Buenos Aires Attractions
Please find below all of the Buenos Aires attractions either reviewed or to be reviewed soon by the Buenos Aires Travel Guide, listed by attraction type (museum, venue, architecture, sights, street, area, park, building, plaza etc). Click on a colored link to be taken to each review (if there is no link, it means the review is coming soon).
[For some suggested sightseeing itineraries in Buenos Aires, read either my suggested Tour of Buenos Aires Historical City Center (also available as a Private Guided Walking Tour), or ‘My Perfect Day in Buenos Aires‘]
Famous Streets in Buenos Aires
- Caminito (on the corner of Don Pedro de Mendoza & Del Valle Iberlucea), La Boca, small but colorful street that is the “world’s 1st outdoor pedestrian museum”
- Florida (stretching from Rivadavia to Marcelo T de Alvear), Microcentro, City Center, famous busy pedestrian shopping street
- Lavalle (running from San Martin to Carlos Pelligrini), Microcentro, City Center, another pedestrian street that intersects Florida, famous for its cheap cinemas
- Avenida de Mayo (from Bolivar to Luis Saenz Pena), Monserrat / Congreso, City Center, beautiful turn of the 20th century avenue full of French art nouveau architecture
- Avenida Corrientes (stretching from Av. Leandro Alem to Av. Callao), Microcentro / Tribunales, City Center, historically known as “the street that never sleeps” of Buenos Aires, with lots of bookstores, theaters, tango landmarks, cinemas, cafes and pizzerias,
- Avenida 9 de Julio (running from Av. Belgrano to Arroyo), Microcentro, City Center, massive central traffic intersection that is supposedly the widest avenue in the world
- Avenida Alvear (running from Cerrito to Ortiz), Recoleta, the most upmarket avenue in Buenos Aires, full of the most expensive designer stores in the city & wonderful French architecture
- Avenida Lisandro de la Torre (running from Av. Directorio to Av. de los Corrales) - home to the excellent Mataderos Fair, where you can find regional Argentine music, dancing, arts and crafts, food, and gaucho horsemanship!
- Calle Lanin, a colorful street full of murals by a local artist that lives there, in the southen barrio of Barracas (next to La Boca)
Buenos Aires Parks and Plazas
- Plaza Dorrego (corner of Defensa & Humberto Primo), in San Telmo, home to the San Telmo Sunday Street Fair
- Jardin Japones / Japanese Gardens (corner of Av. Casares & Av. Berro), Palermo, interesting small Japanese-style gardens
- Plaza de Mayo (corner of Av. de Mayo & Bolivar), Monserrat, City Center, the main square of Buenos Aires, where the city was originally built outwards from, and surrounded by the Pink House, Cathedral, Cabildo, National Bank & City Government
- Plaza Serrano (corner of Serrano / Borges & Honduras), Palermo Soho, bohemian square in the trendy part of town, with lots of cool cafes, bars & designer clothes stores
- Plaza San Martin (corner of Maipu & Av. Santa Fe), Retiro, City Center, large and leafy square named after the independence hero of Argentina, whose monument is found here in the well to do area of Retiro - the square is surrounded by mansions!
- Plaza Congreso (corner of Av. Callao & Av. Rivadavia), Congreso, City Center, elongated square leading up to the grand old Argentine National Congress building
- Plaza Lavalle (corner of Tucuman & Libertad), Tribunales, City Center, green space in between the Teatro Colon and national law courts of Argentina
- Plaza Francia (corner of Av. Pueyrredon & Av. del Libertador), Recoleta, sloping square in front of Recoleta cemetery that holds a great crafts fair on weekends
- Botanical Gardens / Jardin Botanico Carlos Thays (corner of Av. Santa Fe & Armenia), Palermo, nice quiet gardens of flora & fauna, and full of feral cats
- Buenos Aires Zoo (corner of Av. Las Heras & Av. Sarmiento), Palermo, over 350 species of animals are held in the main zoo in Buenos Aires
- Parque Tres de Febrero (basically most of the Palermo parks area!), this is also known as Los Bosques de Palermo (Palermo Woods), and is a huge green area
- Parque Lezama (corner of Defensa & Av. Brasil), San Telmo, a large sloping park which is the area where Buenos Aires was supposedly first founded in 1536
- Palermo Rose Gardens / El Rosedal (between Av. Montt & Infanta Isabel), Palermo, beautifully kept rose gardens with a lake for pedal boating fun, and bicycles for hire
- Costanera Sur Nature Reserve (corner of Av. Tristan Achabal Rodriguez & Padre M Migone), Costanera Sur, Puerto Madero, natural park & ecological reserve round the back of Puerto Madero, with lots of green parrots and lizards
Buenos Aires Venues
- Teatro Colon, Cerrito 618 (between Tucuman & Toscanini), Tribunales, City Center - Opera Venue, CLOSED for performances until May 25, 2008 (sorry!)
- Palermo Hipodromo, Av. del Libertador (between Av. Dorrego & Olleros), Palermo - Horse Racing Venue (and semi-casino: slot machines only)
Interesting Architecture in Buenos Aires
- Abasto Shopping Mall, Corrientes 3247 (between Aguero & Anchorena), Abasto, City Center - beautiful, huge 1930s Art Deco structure that used to house an indoor market, but is now home to a shopping center, kids museum and cinema
- Nuestra Señora de Belén Church, Humberto 1º 340 (between Defensa & Balcarce), decorative church with an interestingly eclectic facade
There are many more Buenos Aires attractions & sights to be reviewed very soon - so keep checking back for more sightseeing tips, or ask for a particular place of interest to be reviewed by contacting me.
Also, if you are interested in casting your net a little wider than Buenos Aires city alone, then check out our page on Trips from Buenos Aires.
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