Buenos Aires, Argentina Recommendations Map

So many awesome spots here in Buenos Aires I'm going to have to do this in parts. The city is quite large. I spent 16 days here and did not get my fill of it! Or eat enough steak!

The red dot is in Villa Devoto, a lovely little neighborhood, or barrio. It seemed to me like the New Canaan, CT (of NYC) of Buenos Aires. It's clearly one of the more posh neighborhoods and it has a cute little town to walk around. It's a bit tough to get to, but worth it for a totally different flavor of the city. Plenty of little shops and restaurants, like this one with the red dot, Tiempo de Sabores (good spot for lunch and wine, but not open past 8pm).

The Villa Crespo / Recoleta (to the right of Villa Crespo) barrios are the hip areas with trendy bars, cafes, and restaurants.

From the top:

LAB Cafe: A cool, small coffee shop. They have nice baristas and USB charging stations so you don't need your adaptors!

La Baita: I didn't actually go to this Italian restaurant. I ALMOST went here on a date, but we ended up going to a steak restaurant instead. It was a local's recommendation so I'm sure it's good.

Nicky NY Sushi: I didn't actually go to this place either, but it's a bar / speakeasy. Recommended by a friend of a friend who vacationed, here it sounds kind of cool. It's a sushi restaurant with a NYC themed speakeasy inside of it. If you definitely want to go, make a reservation at the restaurant and you get an automatic pass. We didn't want to and chose a totally random steak restaurant instead. I forget its name, but it was great, like any steak place here is!

Félix Coffee: A fun cafe.

Growlers: A brewery recommended by a local. Loved it.

Ninina: Another restaurant that I almost went to on a date, but I include it because it is a local's rec!

Sarkis: A very popular Armenian restaurant. The line was very long, so we chose La Cabrera, a steak restaurant, instead, but this place was highly recommended by my date. I went to the rest of the places on my list, I promise!

La Cava Jufre: A very small, very relaxed wine bar. I liked it.

The Cabellito / Monserrat barrios are like the center city. Cheaper and bustling with all sorts of people.

From the top:

Cafe DUO Bar: My favorite cafe. Awesome tostadas, great vibe, and home to my favorite alfajors! More here.

Tostado Cafe Club: It's like more hip, healthier Cafe Martinez. More here.

Cafe Martinez: A very good coffee chain all over the place in Buenos Aires. There were always a lot of locals here eating breakfast and reading the paper or chatting. More here.

Güerrin: A casual pizza place with decent enough pizza (though nothing like NYC) and a great vibe. More here.

Las Cuartetas: A pizza place with slightly better pizza but without the fun atmosphere of Güerrin and no quick, casual, stand-at-the-counter option.

La Cocina: Located downstairs in a little mall, this place has great empanadas you can get to-go.

El Lumioso: A nice, small bar with decent beer, happy hour and good snacks.

The Capital Beer: A fun brewery, local rec.

Cafe de los Angelitos: If you want to watch a tango show, this is one of the places you can eat while you watch. I would just go get dessert or appetizer and a drink and watch like I did. There are better places to eat.

Santa Cafe: Probably the best coffee in terms of taste and quality in the city. A small cafe with one meal of the day and a couple baked items. It's a chill spot, I would definitely go get a coffee there if you're into coffee and you're in the neighborhood, which you probably will be, it's right in the center!

Hotel Porteño: I didn't star this one for some reason, but it was my second hotel/hostel and it's just three blocks to the left of Santa Cafe.

BET Hotel: I would recommend NOT staying here. A much better cheap option is Hotel Porteño. It's only $10-15 more per night and in a much more central, convenient (and safer) neighborhood. There's really nothing for a 15 minute (walking) radius, and you'll only miss out on the morning coffee and these tostadas.

La Porteñita: Go get a few fracturas here for breakfast one day! It's a lovely little panaderia that always always had a line of more than three people whenever I passed by it on the way to my hotel, which was a few times every day for 10 days (too many at BET Hotel! I should have switched sooner).

San Telmo, the historic area with government parks and buildings near the coast and across the bridges at Puerto Madero and the Costanera Sur Reserve Park are fantastic spots in the city and I would plan on walking around here for a day. Down south is El Caminito in La Boca. I had a lovely walk on the way there, but if you're short on time and need to skip something, skip it! Although the futbol stadium nearby IS cool.

From the top:

Dandy: A quick and hip cafe in Puerto Madero.

Puente de la Mujer: A beautiful sculpture and pedestrian bridge inspired by a couple dancing tango. More here.

Ship Museum: A cool old ship on the Rio de la Plata (silver river). I didn't go inside to the museum but I liked seeing it from the bridge and pier!

PANI: A very cutesy, bright cafe that is set back a bit in Puerto Madero, so it's not as crowded.

PRIDE Cafe: Felt like a very hip cafe for this area. I liked it just fine.

San Telmo Market/Coffee Town: Coffee Town is IN San Telmo Market and I would definitely check out the market. There are a bunch of food stalls, antique-y shops, butchers, fruit stalls, it's fun.

Usina Art Center: This is an arts center and theater. A former power plant that has been re-purposed and put to very good use because with its wide open and industrial spaces it is a funky place for art exhibits and concerts. Check out what's there here: http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/usinadelarte/agenda and go for a music concert. I just walked around but I wish I did!

Torre del Fantasma: If you're walking in the area, arrange yourself so you walk by this tower. It is pretty and hosts an urban legend. Stories say the tower is haunted by Clementina, an artist, a painter, who presumably died by suicide, throwing herself out a window in the top of the tower. It was a shock to her family and friends. AND here's the real mystery: she had just completed a painting that was to be the main feature in her upcoming show, and a reporter had come to interview her. He snapped a photo of the painting. After she died, the reporter noticed something funny and compared the photo to the painting she left behind after her death. Three small elves had appeared. This painting is nowhere to be found online, sadly. Elves feature in other myths and urban legends in Argentinian lore.

La Bombonera: The futbol stadium home to the Boca Juniors, the futbol team of Buenos Aires. I thought this was the best thing to see in El Caminto. I wish I went to a game! The fans are crazy! Especially when the Juniors are playing their #1 rival, River Plate.

El Caminito: The bright block colored buildings you see in pictures are on one small street in the Caminito area of the La Boca barrio. So are a million and two tourists so either go in the morning, skip it, or enter willingly to the Times Square of Buenos Aires. Better in pictures! Or maybe early morning, though I wouldn't know because I went at hora pica, lunch time.

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