Puerto Madero docks to the Costanera Sur and the Reserva Ecológica

Across the swinging Puente de la Mujer and past the 1890s training ship Presidente Sarmiento to Lola Mora's Nereidas fountain on the old riverside promenade, then into the 350-hectare wetland reserve.

Best time: Tuesday to Sunday by day (the reserve is closed on Mondays; 08:00-18:00 April-October, 08:00-19:00 November-March)

The route, stop by stop

1. 1
   Puente de la Mujer

   Rotating footbridge over Dock 3 that swings 90 degrees to let boats through; 10 min.

   Santiago Calatrava's first work in Latin America is a rotating footbridge over Dique 3: the white mast is the man and the curved deck the woman of a couple dancing tango; its…

2. 2
   Fragata Presidente Sarmiento

   Museum ship, the last intact cruising training ship of the 1890s; 30 min.

3. 3
   Fuente de las Nereidas

   Lola Mora's white Carrara marble fountain of the birth of Venus, a scandal at its 1903 inauguration; 10 min.

   Lola Mora's white Carrara marble fountain of 1903, with tritons, horses and Nereids lifting a shell from which Venus rises, was meant for Plaza de Mayo but judged indecent and…

4. 4
   Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve

   About 350 ha of wetland and paths along the Río de la Plata, the largest green space in the city; 90 min.

   The city's largest green space, 350 hectares of woods, grasslands and lagoons on landfill by the river, is a Ramsar wetland since 2005 with more than 2,000 species, from coypu to…

Walking directions

More walks in Buenos Aires

• Plaza de Mayo along Avenida de Mayo to Congreso2.6 km · 2 h 50 min
• San Telmo on a Sunday: Defensa street to Parque Lezama1.6 km · 3 h 20 min
• Recoleta: the cemetery, El Pilar and the museums on Libertador1.7 km · 4 h 10 min
• Retiro to the Teatro Colón: Plaza San Martín, the Kavanagh and Florida street1.8 km · 2 h 30 min
• Palermo parks: Botanical Garden to the Rosedal and MALBA5.1 km · 5 h
• Belgrano: Barrancas, Barrio Chino and Juramento1.2 km · 2 h 30 min