The Buenos Aires edit

Places worth your time

The museums, gardens and streets behind our Buenos Aires selection.

The museums, gardens and streets behind our Buenos Aires selection. Start with one recommendation, then follow its linked places and official sources to plan your visit.

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Teatro Metropolitan

Choose a production and make this Corrientes theatre the anchor of your evening.

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Teatro Gran Rex

A large Art Deco auditorium gives concerts on Corrientes a memorable architectural backdrop.

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MACBA

Contemporary art adds a compact museum stop to the southern end of San Telmo.

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Teatro Sarmiento

A smaller theatre near Palermo's parks offers an evening built around the current production.

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Teatro Liceo

An established theatre near Plaza del Congreso offers a classic setting for a live performance.

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Museo Histórico Saavedra

A historic house and its surrounding park give the north of the city a leisurely museum stop.

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Museo Casa Rosada

Argentine political history unfolds beside the seat of government on Plaza de Mayo.

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Free entry
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Museo Casa de Yrurtia

A sculptor's former home brings studio scale and garden atmosphere to a Belgrano visit.

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Cine Gaumont

Look to the programme for Argentine cinema near Plaza del Congreso.

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Free entry
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Centro Cultural Borges

Exhibitions and performance offer a cultural detour inside the Galerías Pacífico complex.

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Museo Histórico Nacional

A museum beside Parque Lezama places Argentine history at the centre of a San Telmo afternoon.

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Museo Sitio de Memoria ESMA

A former detention site preserves evidence and testimony about Argentina's dictatorship.

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Centro Ana Frank Argentina

A museum and educational centre connects Anne Frank's story with questions of memory and coexistence.

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Museo Xul Solar

A distinctive artistic world unfolds in the museum devoted to Xul Solar.

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