The must-sees
First time in Buenos Aires? Start here. From south to north: Caminito and La Bombonera in La Boca, the square in San Telmo, Plaza de Mayo with the Cabildo and the Cathedral, the bridge in Puerto Madero and, last, Recoleta Cemetery.
8 places
La Boca1 h
Caminito
A pedestrian lane in La Boca, almost a hundred and fifty meters long, curved and cobbled, lined with corrugated-metal houses painted in bright colors.
La Boca1–2 h
La Bombonera
Boca Juniors’ stadium, in La Boca, a few blocks from Caminito. Its official name is Alberto J. Armando, but everyone calls it La Bombonera, “the chocolate…
San Telmo1–2 h
Plaza Dorrego
San Telmo’s square, on the corner of Defensa and Humberto Primo, ringed by 19th-century houses that are now bars and antique shops.
Monserrat1–2 h
Plaza de Mayo & Casa Rosada
The oldest square in Buenos Aires, named for the May Revolution of 1810, the first step toward Argentine independence, and for more than a century the place…
Monserrat45 min
Cabildo
The building where, in May 1810, the people of Buenos Aires voted to remove the Spanish viceroy, and where the Primera Junta was formed: the country’s first…
San Nicolás30 min
Metropolitan Cathedral
Buenos Aires’ cathedral, on the corner of Plaza de Mayo and Rivadavia. Its twelve columns, one for each apostle, make it look more like a Greek temple than a…
Puerto Madero30 min
Puente de la Mujer
A footbridge across Dique 3, one of the old docks of Puerto Madero, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and opened in December 2001.
Recoleta1–2 h
Recoleta Cemetery
Buenos Aires’ first public cemetery opened in 1822 in the old vegetable garden of the Recollect friars, who also gave the neighborhood its name.