Practical Buenos Aires
Plan your trip to Buenos Aires
Check whether your flight arrives at Ezeiza (EZE) or Aeroparque (AEP) before choosing a transfer. Then decide where you’ll stay and how you’ll pay. The guides below cover those decisions, followed by transport and safety advice for your days in the city.
Before you go
Before you go
Buenos Aires has the opposite seasons to North America and Europe. Pack shoes you already know you can walk in, and check the money guide for a card and cash backup. If you haven’t booked accommodation, compare neighborhoods before choosing a hotel on price alone.
Money in Argentina
Whether to use a card or cash, when pesos help and why you may need less US cash than older advice suggests.
What to pack for Buenos Aires
Clothes for the season, comfortable walking shoes and essentials to bring from home.
Where should you stay?
Recoleta or Palermo? Compare those common first-visit choices, then look at San Telmo, the center and quieter residential areas.
Arrival and transport
Arriving and getting around
EZE is outside the city; AEP is much closer to central neighborhoods. The arrival guide compares ways to reach your accommodation. The transport guide is for the Subte, buses and other journeys once you’re here.
Staying and safety
Safety and tour-day preparation
The city guide covers phone theft, bags, taxis and what to do if something goes wrong. The second article is specifically for guests preparing for a BuenosTours walking tour.
More useful guides
Spanish and coffee
The phrases guide helps you ask for directions, request the bill or ask someone to slow down. The coffee guide explains the drinks and how ordering at a traditional café works.
Your first full day
See the city with a guide on your first day
Essentials follows a route from Barrio Norte and Recoleta through the center to San Telmo. It’s seven hours, with no more than seven guests and time to ask what the places mean.