These top 10 things to do in
Buenos Aires are budget friendly activities for every kind of traveler - don't matter if you are a backpacker, business traveler or on a family vacation.
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Enjoy Argentinas capital as best as possible with this
Travel Video Guide by getting to know the history, the culture and of course the food - if you take it easy this list can keep you busy for a whole week.
And yes - there is much more to do but I challenged myself to highlight the most popular things to do in Buenos Aires ;)
--- Top 10
Things to do in
Buenos Aires, Argentina ---
1) free walking tour (innercity & main sights)
I discovered Demasiado tours through Couchsurfing and recommendations from friends I met at different CouchSurfing meetings in Buenos Aires.
more info: Demasiado
Tours, (http://www.facebook.com/DemasiadoTours)
2)
Recoleta neighborhood & cemetery
This "barrio" is one of the fancy onces, close to the city center -- great architecture, nice parks and one of the most popular cemeteries in town with impressive graves of notable people like "
Evita". I did a free tour here as well to get a quick overview before walking around on my own.
more info: Recoleta free walking tour -
Buena Onda Free Tour (http://buenaondafreetour.blogspot.com.ar/)
La Recoleta Cemetery - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Recoleta_Cemetery
3) Buenos Aires
Street Art Tours
Matt became a good friend of mine and runs unique graffiti toursfollow providing loads of information about the murals, the artists and the Street Art
Scene in general -- a great way for people who are new to Street Art to dive into this interesting culture!
more info: Buenos Aires Street Art Tours (#3):
BA Street Art Tours, (http://buenosairesstreetart.com/) - also a great Blog about
Streetart and
Graffiti in general!
4)
Ice Cream, Helado,
Gelato -- mmmh!
The amount of people who immigrated from
Italy to Buenos Aires and
Argentina in general is very high -- therefore you can find loads of great Ice Cream Parlours here. Beside the big chains like "Freddo" you should go for some family owned businesses -- ask the locals as they know best where to go!
more info:
Top 5 Ice Cream Parlours (#4):
http://www.argentinaindependent.com/life-style/food-drink/top-5-ice-cream-parlours/
5)
Discover Buenos Aires by
Bike
Time to do something active: grab a bike and cycle around the city (like I did in
Berlin)! Since 2 years the city provides a decent network of bicycle routes & most of the hostels offer a bike rental service. This is a great way to get to know
Puerto Madero as there is no
Subte (
Metro) station close to it.
more info: Biking in Buenos Aires (#5):
article by
BBC http://www
.bbc.com/travel/feature/20110906-biking-in-buenos-aires-picks-up-speed
6) Parks
After all these activities it's time for a break! Luckily you can find a decent amount of green areas all around the city. My favourite one has been "
Bosques de Palermo"
more info: Top 5 Buenos Aires Parks (#6):
http://www.argentinaindependent.com/life-style/thecity/top-5-buenos-aires-parks/
7)
Tango
Tango was born in
San Telmo and there is an option to watch it for free at the sundays open-air market.
8) San Telmo
Market / Sunday fair
The best day to visit the oldest barrio of Buenos Aires, San Telmo, is possibly on
Sundays where you can stroll along the antique-market. Though it is very touristy it is a good place to get some nice souvenirs.
more info: San Telmo (#8):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Telmo,_Buenos_Aires
9)
Steak &
Malbec Wine
There is no visit to Argentina without having a great steak sided by some of the best wines you can find! Beside having an Asado with friends, the restaurant "
Las Cabras" is a very good and budget friendly option which is quite popular by locals, too!
more info: Steak
Restaurant (#9):
"Las Cabras" - cheap, tasty and popular amongst locals (https://plus.google.com/117924893443756325463/about?gl=de&hl;=en)
10)
Party &
Nightlife
Buenos Aires is exhausting as you can party there every night ;)
Around the neighborhood
Palermo you can find a high density of Bars and
Clubs.
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- published: 08 Jul 2013
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