# What to see in Buenos Aires: the 15 essentials

Neighbourhoods, historic cafés, cemeteries and museums that feature in every guide to the Argentine capital.

- 23 votes · 17 items
- Mar 21, 2020 · Tomás Ruiz
- https://even.best/en/l/62/what-to-see-in-buenos-aires-the-15-essentials

## Top 15

1. **Puerto Madero and Puente de la Mujer** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Converted old docks with Calatrava's swing bridge and the Fragata Sarmiento museum ship.
2. **El Ateneo Grand Splendid** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Bookshop set in a 1919 theatre with its stage and boxes intact.
3. **Plaza de Mayo and Casa Rosada** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — The founding square with the Cabildo, the Cathedral and the Casa Rosada, seat of government.
4. **Caminito (La Boca)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Lane of brightly painted corrugated-iron houses by the Riachuelo, near La Bombonera.
5. **Teatro Colón** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1908 opera house, considered one of the best acoustically in the world; guided tours available. <https://teatrocolon.org.ar/>
6. **Recoleta Cemetery** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Necropolis of marble mausoleums where Eva Perón is buried.
7. **Obelisco and Avenida 9 de Julio** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The 67 m obelisk from 1936 on one of the world's widest avenues.
8. **La Bombonera stadium** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Boca Juniors' stadium in La Boca, with a museum and guided tours.
9. **Floralis Genérica** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 23 m steel flower by architect Eduardo Catalano in United Nations Square.
10. **Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 350 hectares of wetlands by the Río de la Plata, next to Puerto Madero.
11. **Café Tortoni** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — The city's oldest café (1858), on Avenida de Mayo, frequented by Borges and Gardel. <https://www.cafetortoni.com.ar/>
12. **Tango show** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Dinner shows such as Café de los Angelitos or El Viejo Almacén, or a neighbourhood milonga.
13. **San Telmo and its fair** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The oldest neighbourhood; on Sundays, an antiques fair on Calle Defensa and tango in Plaza Dorrego.
14. **MALBA** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Latin American Art Museum with works by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Xul Solar. <https://www.malba.org.ar/>
15. **Palermo Woods and El Rosedal** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tres de Febrero Park with lakes and a rose garden of thousands of bushes.
16. **National Museum of Fine Arts** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Free museum with the largest collection of Argentine art and works by Goya, Rembrandt and Van Gogh. <https://www.bellasartes.gob.ar/>
17. **Palermo Soho** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Streets of design shops, bars and murals around Plaza Serrano.

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