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Best Things to do in Buenos Aires (2026)

Some of the best experiences in Buenos Aires happen in the street rather than behind museum doors. In La Boca, the short painted alley of Caminito was transformed by the artist Benito Quinquela Martín from a disused railway line into an open-air street museum, and it is best visited during the day. San Telmo, the old quarter, comes alive on Sundays with the Feria de San Telmo, an antiques fair that began in 1970 on Plaza Dorrego and now spreads through the surrounding streets. The nearby Mercado de San Telmo, an iron-and-glass market hall from 1897, combines butchers and greengrocers with antique dealers and two historic cafés.

For something indoors, El Ateneo Grand Splendid on Avenida Santa Fe is a bookshop inside a 1919 theatre, with a café on the old stage. In the evening, a tango show is almost obligatory: Café de los Angelitos, a café that opened in 1890 and counted Carlos Gardel among its regulars, offers dinner-and-show and show-only options with transport included. Plan a Sunday around San Telmo and La Boca, keep a weekday for El Ateneo, and book tango shows in advance.

5 places · Updated October 27, 2026

Our top 3 things to do in Buenos Aires

  1. Caminito Street museum and painted alley, La BocaA 100-metre painted alley in La Boca, transformed by the artist Benito Quinquela Martín from a disused railway line into an open-air street museum.
  2. Feria de San Telmo Sunday antiques fair, San TelmoThe Sunday antiques fair on Plaza Dorrego, started in 1970 to revive San Telmo and now spreading to more than 200 stalls of old objects and curiosities.
  3. El Ateneo Grand Splendid Bookshop in a former theatre, Barrio NorteA bookshop inside a 1919 theatre on Avenida Santa Fe, with the original boxes, a painted ceiling and a café set on the old stage.

Thing to do

1. Caminito

Street museum and painted alleyLa Boca

A 100-metre painted alley in La Boca, transformed by the artist Benito Quinquela Martín from a disused railway line into an open-air street museum.

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