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T+L's Definitive Guide to Buenos Aires

1. Hotel Boca by Design Suites

7.7
Tacuarí 243 (e/ Adolfo Alsina y Moreno), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Hotel · Monserrat · 46 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: The world’s first soccer-themed hotel pays homage to Buenos Aires’s much-adored team Boca Juniors. Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott is responsible for the creative design.

Hotel Pulitzer Buenos Aires is one of T+L's Definitive Guide to Buenos Aires.

2. Hotel Pulitzer Buenos Aires

8.4
Maipú 907 (esq. Paraguay), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Hotel · Retiro · 48 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Hidden in Microcentro, this whimsical hotel earns our praise for its nautical interiors. The highlight: steel-trimmed modular furniture.

MIO Buenos Aires is one of T+L's Definitive Guide to Buenos Aires.

3. MIO Buenos Aires

8.0
Av. Presidente Quintana 465 (Callao), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Hotel · Recoleta · 13 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Doors fashioned out of wine-stained barrel slats, hardwood floors, and bathtubs made from caldén tree trunks warm the interiors at vintner César Catena’s newcomer.

4. Alvear Palace Hotel

9.2
Av. Alvear 1891 (esq. Ayacucho), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Hotel · Recoleta · 101 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: International A-listers, from Prince Charles to Donatella Versace, have stayed at this 80-year-old grande dame.

5. Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires

9.3
Posadas 1086/88 (esq. Cerrito), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Hotel · Retiro · 60 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Book a suite in the original 1920 building, decorated with ornate mirrors and toile de Jouy wallpaper.

6. Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos Aires

9.3
Avenida Alvear 1661 (e/ Montevideo y Rodríguez Peña), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Hotel · Recoleta · 136 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: This stylish Recoleta property includes a Neoclassical mansion and a contemporary minimalist tower.

7. Marcelo Toledo Evita Perón

Humberto 1º San Telmo (Praça Dorrego), Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aire
Jewelry Store · Retiro · 2 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Silversmith Marcelo Toledo is one of the finest jewelry designers in the city. We love his re-creations of Eva Peron’s gem-encrusted necklaces.

Osklen is one of T+L's Definitive Guide to Buenos Aires.

8. Osklen

Posadas 1201-1299, Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aire
Clothing Store · Retiro · 1 tip

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Brazilian clothing designer Oskar Metsavaht creates Osklen’s sleek silhouettes from organic materials.

9. Murillo 666

5.3
Murillo 666 (e/ Malabia y Acevedo), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Furniture and Home Store · Villa Crespo · 6 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Few beat Murillo 666’s selection of colorful leather jackets.

10. Faena Arts Center

7.9
Aimé Paine 1169 (esq. Azucena Villaflor), Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires C.F.
Art Gallery · 35 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Housed in a renovated grain mill, this cathedral-size museum is dedicated to works by artists such as Cuban duo Dagoberto Rodríguez and Marco Castillo, who are known as Los Carpinteros.

Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art (MAMBA) is one of T+L's Definitive Guide to Buenos Aires.

11. Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art (MAMBA)

8.6
(Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (MAMBA))
Av. San Juan 350 (esq. Defensa), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Art Museum · San Telmo · 78 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: See 20th-century pieces in the industrial and video arts. Highlights include Antonio Seguí silk-screen prints and Alberto Heredia sculptures.

12. Ruth Benzacar

Florida St. 1000, Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aire
Art Gallery · Retiro · 3 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: This spacious gallery, in Retiro, is a must for lovers of avant-garde art, showcasing the best from both emerging and established Argentine artists (Flavia Da Rim and Miguel Ángel RÍos, to name two).

13. Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA)

9.2
Av. Figueroa Alcorta 3415 (e/ Jerónimo Salguero y San Martín de Tours), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Art Museum · Palermo Chico · 395 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: The permanent collection includes more than 500 paintings, sculptures, and objects from top Latin American talent. There’s also a screening room that showcases independent films.

14. El Muelle Restaurante

8.7
Club de Pescadores, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Mediterranean Restaurant · Palermo · 38 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: This excellent seafood spot, on the pier that juts from the Avenida Costanera into the Río de la Plata, has won a loyal following with salads of fresh king crab and grilled wreckfish.

Leopoldo is one of T+L's Definitive Guide to Buenos Aires.

15. Leopoldo

8.1
Cerviño 3732 (Arribeños), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Restaurant · Palermo · 29 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Chef Diego Gera whips up intensely flavored signature dishes such as crisp-skinned suckling pig paired with quince purée. After dinner, head to the restaurant’s patio for cocktails and live DJ music.

Sanbenito Restaurante is one of T+L's Definitive Guide to Buenos Aires.

16. Sanbenito Restaurante

Av Federico Lacroze 2136 (11 De Septiembre), Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aire
Restaurant · Palermo · 7 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: An Art Deco–style restaurant in Belgrano that serves hearty comfort foods, from tender osso buco with gnocchi to braised lamb shoulder accompanied by carrot purée and Rösti (fried potato pancake).

17. Social Paraiso

Honduras 5182 (e/ Thames y Uriarte), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Mediterranean Restaurant · Palermo Viejo · 46 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Argentine chef Darío Gualtieri has shaken up the bistro’s menu with innovative dishes like Patagonian prawns cooked in palm oil and coconut milk and Sichuan-pepper ice cream with passion-fruit mousse.

18. Almacén Secreto

6.5
Gregoria Pérez 3431 (e/ Delgado y Av. Álvarez Thomas), Colegiales, Buenos Aires C.F.
Argentinian Restaurant · 14 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: At this underground supper club, beef-and-bean locro stews are matched with Malbecs.

19. Cocina Sunae

Roseti (e/ Heredia y 14 de Julio), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Asian Restaurant · Villa Ortúzar · 42 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Phillipine-American Christina Sunae serves Thai-style pork and green curries at this puerta cerrada, in Colegiales.

20. Paladar

7.6
Camargo 754 (E. Acevedo Y Gurruchaga), Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aire
Restaurant · Villa Crespo · 8 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Located in the Villa Crespo barrio, it’s one of the city’s most sought-after tables thanks to chef Pablo Abramovsky’s fresh market fare.

Bolivia is one of T+L's Definitive Guide to Buenos Aires.

21. Bolivia

8.1
Gurruchaga 1581 (Honduras), Capital Federal, Buenos Aires
Men's Store · 10 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: A great selection of men’s clothing, from casual floral-print shirts to slim-fitting suits.

22. Mundo Bizarro

Serrano 1222 (e/ Av. Córdoba y Av. Cnel. Niceto Vega), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Cocktail Bar · Palermo Viejo · 71 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: A cocktail lounge with a great rock-and-roll vibe.

23. TBC Grill Restaurant Bar

8.0
Paseo Victorica 156 (e/ Tacuarí y Colón), Tigre, Buenos Aires
Argentinian Restaurant · 30 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Have afternoon tea on the veranda, where you can watch hundred-year-old boats on the water.

24. Museo de Arte de Tigre

8.8
Av. Victorica 972 (esq. Pirovano), Tigre, Buenos Aires
Art Museum · 35 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: The museum features Argentinean paintings from the late 19th through the 20th century.

Cualquier Verdura is one of T+L's Definitive Guide to Buenos Aires.

25. Cualquier Verdura

Humberto Primo 517 (esq. Bolívar), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Antique Store · San Telmo · 19 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Its retro housewares are fun to browse.

26. San Telmo Market

8.3
(Mercado de San Telmo)
Bolívar 980 (esq. Carlos Calvo), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Market · San Telmo · 152 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: A covered, 19th-century market–one of the city’s biggest landmarks.

27. Aconcagua

6.0
Estados Unidos 502 (esq. Bolivar), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Argentinian Restaurant · San Telmo · 8 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: A café in San Telmo for the old guys from the barrio.

28. Confitería Ideal

8.0
Suipacha 384 (e/ Av. Corrientes y Roque Sáenz Peña), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Café · Microcentro Porteño · 41 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Sharpen your milonga moves by booking a tango class in this grand 1912 mansion-turned-salon in Microcentro.

29. Club Francés

6.8
Rodríguez Pena 1832 (esq. Av. Presidente Quintana), Recoleta, Buenos Aires C.F.
French Restaurant · 14 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Since its opening in 1866, the storied French Club has drawn generations of politicians and writers. The upper floor has been turned into a 28-room hotel filled with antiques and period furniture.

30. La Pulperia

7.0
Uriarte 1667 (Pasaje Santa Rosa), Capital Federal, Buenos Aires
Argentinian Restaurant · 17 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: The delicious oyster-mushroom sandwich is a favorite at this old-fashioned diner in Palermo.

31. El Cabaret

8.0
Faena Hotel Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Argentinian Restaurant · Puerto Madero · 1 tip

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Don’t miss Rojo Tango, the hottest live tango show in town, at the Faena Hotel & Universe.

32. Centro Leones

Humberto Primo 1462, Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aire
Historic and Protected Site · Constitución · 1 tip

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Ready to strut your stuff? The best place to dance with locals is this spot in San Telmo.

33. Pablo Ramírez

Perú 587 (esq. México), Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aire
Women's Store · Monserrat · 4 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Don’t miss this bohemian clothing shop for slim cocktail dresses in black and white.

Home Hotel Buenos Aires is one of T+L's Definitive Guide to Buenos Aires.

34. Home Hotel Buenos Aires

9.0
Honduras 5860 (e/ Ángel J. Carranza y Dr. Emilio Ravignani), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C.F.
Hotel · Palermo Viejo · 64 tips and reviews