What to see in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires highlights

The places you can’t miss. In the app we sort them by day and close to each other.

1. Caminito

   A street-museum of colourful houses.

2. Recoleta Cemetery

   Mausoleums and Evita’s tomb.

3. Teatro Colón

   An opera house famous for its acoustics.

4. Casa Rosada

   The seat of government on Plaza de Mayo.

5. MALBA

   A museum of Latin American art in Palermo.

6. El Ateneo Grand Splendid

   A bookshop inside an old theatre.

Day trips from Buenos Aires

We take you straight to the best-rated tour on GetYourGuide, with its reviews and dates.

• Tango show ★ 4.4 (1,307 reviews)
• Tigre Delta ★ 4.1 (558 reviews)
• Colonia del Sacramento ★ 4.5 (167 reviews)

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Typical food of Buenos Aires

The dish you have to try there and how to make it at home, to whet your appetite before the trip (or to go back to Buenos Aires from your kitchen).

Cornflour alfajores

Two tender cornflour biscuits sandwiched with dulce de leche and rolled in coconut: the afternoon snack in Buenos Aires and all over the country, with mate.

• Serves 15
• 1 h

Ingredients

• 200 g cornflour
• 100 g flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 150 g butter
• 100 g sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon of brandy or liqueur (optional)
• Lemon zest and vanilla
• 400 g dulce de leche
• Desiccated coconut

How to make it at home

1. Beat the butter with the sugar until creamy and add the yolks, zest, vanilla and liqueur.
2. Sift in the cornflour, flour and baking powder and bring together into a dough without overworking it. Chill for 30 minutes.
3. Roll it out to half a centimetre and cut out 5 cm rounds.
4. Bake at 170 °C for about 10 minutes: they should stay pale.
5. Once cool, sandwich them in pairs with dulce de leche and roll the edges in coconut.

The trick: Don’t let them brown: cornflour alfajores come out of the oven still pale.

Frequently asked questions about Buenos Aires