The Buenos Aires edit

New in our Buenos Aires edit

Recently added recommendations. New here does not mean newly opened.

Recently added recommendations. New here does not mean newly opened. Start with one recommendation, then follow its linked places and official sources to plan your visit.

PlaceConcerts

Niceto Club

Palermo’s concert-and-club finish, for an evening chosen around the music rather than the dinner reservation alone.

A closer look
PlaceActivities

Usina del Arte

An old power station gives La Boca a different kind of energy. Pick a concert, visit or family programme before making the trip.

A closer look
PlaceActivities

Palacio Libertad

Leave a downtown afternoon open for exhibitions inside the former central post office. The scale of Palacio Libertad rewards a slower visit.

A closer look
RestaurantArgentine

Café Tortoni

Coffee, a table and a little Avenida de Mayo theatre. Make Tortoni a deliberate pause instead of a photograph taken at the door.

Argentine$$
RestaurantArgentine

El Preferido de Palermo

Give Palermo a long lunch on the corner of Borges and Guatemala. An old almacén address with a restaurant at the centre of the plan.

Argentine$$$
GuideCulture

Buenos Aires, art to Palermo after dark

Bellas Artes, MALBA, a botanical pause, a parrilla table and Niceto. Let the day move north and the evening find its own tempo.

5 considered recommendations
GuideCulture

Buenos Aires in books and cinema

A theatre turned bookshop, a museum of language and two very different cinema programmes. An afternoon for browsing, followed by a film chosen on Corrientes or near Congreso.

4 considered recommendations
PlaceCulture

Museo Histórico Sarmiento

A Belgrano museum connects the neighbourhood's civic buildings with nineteenth-century Argentina.

A closer look
PlaceConcerts

La Trastienda

Build a San Telmo evening around a concert in this established live-music room.

A closer look
PlaceCulture

Museo del Cabildo

Step from Plaza de Mayo into the building that anchors the story of the May Revolution.

A closer look
PlaceCulture

Biblioteca del Congreso

Reading rooms and cultural programming give the Congress area a quieter kind of stop.

A closer look
PlaceOutdoors

Parque Tres de Febrero

Leave room for a longer Palermo walk between lakes, paths and stretches of green.

A closer look
PlaceConcerts

Teatro Maipo

A historic theatre just off Corrientes gives an evening out a classic porteño setting.

A closer look
PlaceCulture

Manzana de las Luces

Courtyards and historic buildings offer a different pace in the centre of Monserrat.

A closer look
PlaceCulture

El Cultural San Martín

Film, exhibitions and performance share a cultural address beside the theatre district.

A closer look
PlaceCulture

Museo Fernández Blanco

The Palacio Noel setting makes this a focused visit for Hispanic American art in Retiro.

A closer look
PlaceCulture

Casa Nacional del Bicentenario

Contemporary exhibitions make this Riobamba address worth checking before an afternoon downtown.

A closer look
PlaceCulture

Faena Art Center

Choose an exhibition or public programme to enter this former industrial space in Puerto Madero.

A closer look
PlaceCulture

Museo de la Cárcova

Sculptural casts create an unusual art encounter near the southern end of Puerto Madero.

A closer look
PlaceConcerts

Teatro Avenida

Avenida de Mayo's theatre brings a performance stop to one of the city's architectural walks.

A closer look