Parque Urracá is just a small city park off Avenida Balboa and Avenida Federico Boyd, but it’s often filled with people, and it’s fun to wander from here north and west through the hilly backstreets of Bella Vista. This is the edge of the area bancaria (banking area), so-called because of its many banks, often built into old houses.
They’re fast disappearing thanks to the construction boom, but it’s still possible to walk down tree-lined streets and see beautiful Spanish-colonial mansions with red-tiled roofs and stone walls.