Attraction
1. Teatro Colón
Buenos Aires' great opera house, opened in 1908 with Verdi's Aida and famed for its acoustics, with daily 50-minute guided tours of its halls.
View details — Teatro ColónLandmarks, museums, historic sites, parks and viewpoints that draw visitors to a city, with practical notes on planning a visit.
10 places · Updated October 27, 2026
Our top 3 attractions in Argentina
Attraction
Buenos Aires' great opera house, opened in 1908 with Verdi's Aida and famed for its acoustics, with daily 50-minute guided tours of its halls.
View details — Teatro ColónAttraction
A walled city of 4,691 above-ground vaults opened in 1822, where Eva Perón, presidents, Nobel laureates and writers rest among ornate tombs.
View details — Recoleta CemeteryAttraction
The pink presidential palace on Plaza de Mayo, created by joining two 19th-century buildings, with a museum built around the remains of the old fort.
View details — Casa RosadaAttraction
Buenos Aires' neoclassical cathedral on Plaza de Mayo, home to the mausoleum of General José de San Martín and linked to Pope Francis.
View details — Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos AiresAttraction
Argentina's national fine arts museum, open since 1896, with the country's largest collection of Argentine art alongside works by Goya, Rembrandt and Van Gogh.
View details — Museo Nacional de Bellas ArtesAttraction
A modern museum of Latin American art opened in 2001, with works by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Tarsila do Amaral and Antonio Berni.
View details — MALBAAttraction
A 100-metre office tower on Avenida de Mayo, completed in 1923 and designed around Dante's Divine Comedy, crowned by a lighthouse.
View details — Palacio BaroloAttraction
A two-hectare Japanese garden in Palermo's Parque Tres de Febrero, opened in 1967, with a carp lake, bridges, a bonsai collection and a restaurant.
View details — Jardín JaponésAttraction
A museum on the life of Eva Perón, opened in 2002 in a 1923 Palermo house that her foundation once used as a shelter for families.
View details — Museo EvitaAttraction
A 350-hectare wetland reserve on reclaimed land beside Puerto Madero, protected since 1986 and listed as a Ramsar site, with trails to the Río de la Plata.
View details — Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur