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Best Attractions in Buenos Aires (2026)

The main sights of Buenos Aires are grouped in a few districts, so it pays to plan by area. The historic centre around Plaza de Mayo holds the Casa Rosada, the presidential palace, and the Metropolitan Cathedral with the tomb of General San Martín, and Avenida de Mayo leads from there past Café Tortoni to the Palacio Barolo, an office tower designed around Dante's Divine Comedy. The Teatro Colón, one of the great opera houses of the world, is a short way north and offers daily guided tours every 15 minutes, with tours in English at set times.

Recoleta is the second essential area. Recoleta Cemetery, where Eva Perón is buried, and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes on Avenida del Libertador fill a morning together. Further north in Palermo, MALBA shows Latin American art, including works by Frida Kahlo and Tarsila do Amaral, and is closed on Tuesdays, while the Jardín Japonés and Museo Evita make a calm afternoon. For fresh air, the Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur beside Puerto Madero is closed on Mondays. Book Teatro Colón tours and Palacio Barolo visits ahead, check museum closing days before you set out, and allow at least two days for the main attractions.

10 places · Updated October 27, 2026

Our top 3 attractions in Buenos Aires

  1. Teatro Colón Opera house, San NicolásBuenos 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.
  2. Recoleta Cemetery Historic cemetery, RecoletaA walled city of 4,691 above-ground vaults opened in 1822, where Eva Perón, presidents, Nobel laureates and writers rest among ornate tombs.
  3. Casa Rosada Presidential palace and museum, MonserratThe 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.

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1. Teatro Colón

Opera houseSan Nicolás

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.

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3. Casa Rosada

Presidential palace and museumMonserrat

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.

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6. MALBA

Latin American art museumPalermo

A modern museum of Latin American art opened in 2001, with works by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Tarsila do Amaral and Antonio Berni.

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7. Palacio Barolo

Historic office building and viewpointMonserrat

A 100-metre office tower on Avenida de Mayo, completed in 1923 and designed around Dante's Divine Comedy, crowned by a lighthouse.

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9. Museo Evita

History museumPalermo

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.

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