First time in Buenos Aires — what locals actually recommend
If it's your first weekend in Buenos Aires, this is the locals' shortlist — the sights worth the queue, the food you can't skip, and the neighbourhood walks that show you the place.
Top spots in Buenos Aires
Caminito (La Boca)
CultureLa Boca
Painted tin houses + tango street performers — go daytime only.
Floralis Genérica
CultureRecoleta
Giant steel flower that opens at dawn, closes at dusk.
Recoleta Cemetery
CultureRecoleta
Eva Perón's resting place + 4,800 elaborate marble mausoleums.
Bosques de Palermo
OutdoorsPalermo
Rose garden, paddle boats, free yoga in Spanish on Saturdays.
Palermo Soho & Hollywood
Food & DrinkPalermo
Tree-lined boutiques by day, parrilla and speakeasies by night.
Where to eat
Aramburu
$$$$Contemporary · Pasaje del Correo
Latin America's 50 Best — 18-course tasting, modern Argentine.
Cabaña Las Lilas
$$$$Parrilla · Puerto Madero
Tourist-y but iconic riverside steakhouse — wine cellar is serious.
Don Julio
$$$Parrilla · Palermo
World's 50 Best Restaurants — bife de chorizo, Malbec, sidewalk empanadas while you queue.
El Preferido de Palermo
$$Bodegón · Palermo
1952 bodegón reborn — tortilla, milanesa, Argentine classics with care.
Frequently asked
- Standouts right now: Recoleta Cemetery, Caminito (La Boca), Palermo Soho & Hollywood. The shortlist is curated by people who live in Buenos Aires and refreshed regularly so it reflects what's actually open and worth your time.