Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBy ArrivLast checked
Plan a trip to Buenos Aires
European architecture, Italian food traditions, and dinner at ten. Ten means ten. Neighborhoods are large and flat, and walking them is the trip, so the right pace is one a day with the whole afternoon given to it.
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Buenos Aires at a glance
4 to 6 days, four stops, three neighborhoods to choose a room in. That is the shape of a first trip to Buenos Aires, and the notes below say which of them earn the time and which month makes the whole thing easier. Recoleta Cemetery is the one to schedule first.
- How long
- 4–6 days
- When to go
- March to May and September to November are mild. Summer, December to February, is hot and half the city leaves. Check the current currency situation before you go, since the exchange picture here changes faster than any guidebook can track.
- Getting around
- The Subte is cheap and covers the main axes, and you need a SUBE card to ride it. Neighborhoods are flat and walkable, so the only thing left is rideshare, which is reliable and inexpensive.
What to build the plan around
- 1
Recoleta Cemetery
Mausoleum streets in the middle of the city, including Eva Perón's, and an hour is enough once you have a map.
- 2
Teatro Colón
One of the best acoustics in the world, and tours run daily, though a cheap upper-tier seat at a real performance beats the tour by a distance.
- 3
San Telmo
Cobblestones, antiques, and a Sunday market that fills Defensa Street for a mile, which is the day to come.
- 4
El Ateneo Grand Splendid
A 1919 theater turned bookshop, and the stage is now a café, which is worth ten minutes if you are walking past.
Where to stay in Buenos Aires
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- Palermo Soho / Hollywood
- The best restaurants and bars on leafy streets, and the easiest base if it is your first visit. Browse stays in Palermo Soho / Hollywood
- Recoleta
- Grand buildings and museums, quieter than Palermo, and walkable to the center if you don't mind the distance. Browse stays in Recoleta
- San Telmo
- The oldest quarter with the most character, and the cheapest of the three once you are off the main street. Browse stays in San Telmo
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Buenos Aires planning questions
- How many days do you need in Buenos Aires?
- Plan on 4 to 6 days, though how you split them matters more than the total. Four days covers three neighborhoods, a tango night, and one long steak dinner. Six lets you add Colonia across the river in Uruguay or a day in the Tigre delta, both of which are easy and neither essential.
- What is the best time to visit Buenos Aires?
- March to May and September to November are mild. Summer, December to February, is hot and half the city leaves. Check the current currency situation before you go, since the exchange picture here changes faster than any guidebook can track.
- Where should I stay in Buenos Aires?
- Palermo Soho / Hollywood, Recoleta, and San Telmo, in roughly that order of convenience, though convenience and rate rarely move together. Palermo Soho / Hollywood: The best restaurants and bars on leafy streets, and the easiest base if it is your first visit. Recoleta: Grand buildings and museums, quieter than Palermo, and walkable to the center if you don't mind the distance. San Telmo: The oldest quarter with the most character, and the cheapest of the three once you are off the main street. Any of them beats booking out by the airport.
- How do you get around Buenos Aires?
- The Subte is cheap and covers the main axes, and you need a SUBE card to ride it. Neighborhoods are flat and walkable, so the only thing left is rideshare, which is reliable and inexpensive.
- What should I see first in Buenos Aires?
- Go to Recoleta Cemetery early in the trip, before the days start filling up with things you booked later. Mausoleum streets in the middle of the city, including Eva Perón's, and an hour is enough once you have a map. The other three stops can go in whatever order the map makes easy, since none of them depends on the others.
- Can I build a Buenos Aires itinerary automatically?
- Yes. Tell Arriv the length, the pace, and who is coming, and it builds a Buenos Aires itinerary from real mapped venues you can reorder or replace. Running it is free, and you sign in only once you want to save the trip or share it.