This street's name literally means 'little walkway'. These days, the street is thronged with tango dancers, artisans and tourists.

Built in 1896, this building was once the headquarters of the La Prensa newspaper but now belongs to the city government. Its French feel goes beyond the...

On the western side of the plaza is this neo-classical cathedral. The plan for the cream-coloured building, the sixth cathedral on this site, was hatched in...

Now far more expansive than Recoleta's exclusive necropolis, with numbered streets and car access to its thousands of vaults, this cemetery is largely for...

The cemetery, opened in 1822, is home to hundreds of illustrious corpses, laid out in a compact yet very extensive maze of granite, marble and bronze...

The 223-foot (68-metre) Obelisco was built to mark four historical events: the first and the final foundation of Buenos Aires; the 1880 declaration of the...

Part archaeological museum, part event space, El Zanjón is a beautifully restored residence encapsulating three centuries of urban living. Although the...

Designed by Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano, the Floralis Genérica lies in the Plaza de las Naciones Unidas. A steel and aluminum flower sculpture...

Designed by celebrated French landscaper Charles Thays and inaugurated in 1898, BA's botanical garden is slightly shabby but nonetheless tranquil and full...

Created in 1967 as a gift from the local Japanese community, BA's Japanese garden is one of the largest in the world outside of Japan. You'll find over 150...

BA's city zoo is one of those interesting but discomfiting attractions that many animal lovers will prefer to shun. Of more general interest are the...

The 'Block of Enlightenment' is a complex of historical buildings that occupies an entire city block (manzana can mean 'block' as well as 'apple'). You can...

Stop by this museum adjacent to La Bombonera stadium for all things Boca Juniors. There are loads of audiovisual gadgets, mountains of facts and figures...

This colonial mansion dating from 1785 was, between 1860 and 1906, the home of former president and founder of La Nación newspaper, Bartolomé Mitre. The...