It is a jewel of architecture and is ideal to know in a short period of time as a long weekend.
There is an ideal destination for all those lovers, gastronomy and Buenos Aires customs. It has a great architectural attraction and is very close to the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, just to a train away. It’s about Villa Ocampoa Museum House located in the town of Beccarbelonging to the San Isidro party.
It was built in 1891 as a summer residence for the family of Victoria Ocampo, writer, intellectual and one of the most influential women in the Argentine Republic. It was his home from 1941 to 1979. There they visited great personalities such as Borges, Bioy Casares, Albert Camus, Octavio Paz, Saint-Exupéry, Pablo Neruda and María Elena Walsh, among other Argentine writers and intellectuals.
Villa Ocampo
Where is Villa Ocampo
Villa Ocampo is located in the town of Beccar, belonging to the San Isidro party. More precisely between the city of Cabecera and San Fernando. About Avenida del Libertador and present Uriburu
What to do in Villa Ocampo, Buenos Aires
Villa Ocampo can be visited on Fridays from 12:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. There are guided tours, with quotas limited to 12, 14, 16 and 6:00 p.m. You can also visit the garden on Saturdays and Sundays at 10:00. It includes an hour of travel but not entering the house. There is also the visit “Victoria Ocampo and feminism” which is on Saturdays and Sundays at 5:00 p.m. I includes a talk and tour of an hour and 30 minutes through the house.
In addition, you can travel freely, without a guided tour of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
How can you get to Villa Ocampo, Buenos Aires
The easiest way to arrive in a private car is through the Illia highway and Avenida del Libertador in the direction of San Isidro, which arrive directly to the museum. To arrive by train, it is necessary to take the Miter line.
Source: Ambito
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