The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
Luján's transportation museum displays a remarkable collection of horse-drawn carriages from the late 1800s, the first steam locomotive to serve the city…
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
Luján's transportation museum displays a remarkable collection of horse-drawn carriages from the late 1800s, the first steam locomotive to serve the city…
Buenos Aires
Jewish symbols adorn the facade of the Templo Libertad, Argentina’s oldest and largest synagogue, located at the northeastern end of Plaza Lavalle…
Complejo Museográfico Enrique Udaondo
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
On the west side of Luján's gargantuan basilica plaza, this gorgeous colonial-era museum complex rambles with several display rooms, pretty patios and…
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
This beautifully restored mansion and Unesco-protected site was once the home of Victoria Ocampo (1890–1979), a feminist writer, publisher and…
Buenos Aires
Behind the Casa Rosada, look for a glass wedge: it's the roof of this bright and airy museum, housed within the brick vaults of Argentina's old aduana …
Mar del Plata
This interesting medieval-style water-storage tower, atop Stella Maris hill, was finished in 1943 and is still functioning. It's 88m high (that's 194…
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
For great views over Tandil and a relaxing afternoon hike, head 6km west of town to this hilltop park. There's a bakery, a restaurant with outdoor tables,…
Buenos Aires
A feisty Irishwoman funded the construction of this handsome art deco–style apartment building, which was the tallest skyscraper in Latin America at the…
Buenos Aires
This mid-18th-century town hall building houses an interesting museum largely dedicated to the revolution of May 1810, when Argentina declared…
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
This gargantuan flower sculpture, located in the center of Plaza Naciones Unidas, is the inspired creation of architect Eduardo Catalano, who designed and…
Buenos Aires
Santa Catalina was founded in 1745, when it became Buenos Aires’ first convent. In 1807 British troops invaded the city for the second time and took…
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
Housed in an unusual circular building that was once an ice-skating rink and a tango hall (happily not at once, however), the spacious Palais de Glace now…
Museo Etnográfico Juan B Ambrosetti
Buenos Aires
This worthwhile anthropological museum was created as an institute for research and university training – and as an educational center for the public. On…
Buenos Aires
Located in Villa Crespo, this meeting spot is so much more than a bar. The concept at Casa Brandon is to promote art in the context of sexual diversity…
San Antonio de Areco
Florencio Molina Campos is to Argentines what Norman Rockwell is to Americans – a folk artist whose themes are based on comical caricatures. This pretty…
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
Tours of the Castillo Luro, as the museum is known, offer insight into the luxurious eccentricities that Argentine landowners could afford to indulge in…
Museo y Taller de Platería Draghi
San Antonio de Areco
This small museum contains an exceptional collection of 19th-century silver facones (gaucho knives), beautiful horse gear and intricate mate paraphernalia…
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
At the north edge of town, the Piedra Movediza, a 300-tonne stone, teetered precariously atop Cerro La Movediza for many years before finally falling in…
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales
Buenos Aires
In the geographical center of the city at circular Parque Centenario is this excellent natural sciences museum. On display are large collections of…
Obispado de la Diócesis de Santa Rosa
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
You've never seen a church like this. Faded now from what must have been its gleaming, feather-ruffling ribbon cutting, the facade in front of Santa Rosa…
Parroquia Santísimo Sacramento
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
Built in 1878, Tandil's gorgeous central Catholic Church is decked out with arts-and-crafts era tiled floors, floral mosaic ceilings and a gilded altar…
Buenos Aires
The city's oldest bookstore – there has been a bookshop on this historic corner site since 1785 – has a number of rare and antique texts as well as recent…
Tigre & the Delta
This worthwhile museum traces the history of the Argentine navy with an eclectic mix of historical photos, old maps, artillery displays and pickled sea…
Buenos Aires
One of Buenos Aires’ best cultural centers, the San Martín offers art exhibitions, music, films, lectures, classes and workshops. See the website for the…
Buenos Aires
The Farmacia de la Estrella (1835) is a functioning homeopathic pharmacy with gorgeous woodwork and elaborate late-19th-century ceiling murals depicting…
Tigre & the Delta
Near to Puerto de Frutos is Tigre’s amusement park with some fun attractions including roller-coaster rides and waterslides. Opening hours vary between…
Mar del Plata
For the adventurous, there’s Playa Escondida, some 25km south of Mardel, which claims to be Argentina’s only legal nude beach.
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
This small museum houses an interesting collection of 15 horse-drawn carriages from the early 20th century.
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
The Museo El Caserío is where the French painter Tristán Lacroix lived and worked in 1911.
Museo Tradicionalista Fuerte Independencia
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
This historical museum, worth a walk-through for context, exhibits a large and varied collection on Tandil’s history. Photographs commemorate major events…
Buenos Aires
This tiny museum traces Argentine theater from its colonial beginnings, stressing the 19th-century contributions of the Podestá family – Italian…
Museo Histórico y Numismático Héctor Carlos Janson
Buenos Aires
Housed in the former Buenos Aires Stock Exchange (1862), this interesting little museum tells the story of Argentina through its money. Starting with…
Buenos Aires
This museum is located in the colonial house where Bartolomé Mitre – Argentina’s first legitimate president elected under the constitution of 1853 –…
Buenos Aires
This maze-like museum, in the basement of Palacio Paz, exhibits a frighteningly large collection of over 3500 bazookas, grenade launchers, cannons,…
Mar del Plata
Grand and castle-like, positioned on a cliff over the ocean, Torreón del Monje is hard to miss – look for the red domes and the stone footbridge…
Buenos Aires
This quirky and extensive police museum displays a whole slew of uniforms and medals, along with ‘illegal activities’ exhibits (cockfighting and gambling)…
The Pampas & the Atlantic Coast
Within the Paseo del Bosque parkland is the former zoo, which is in the process of being transformed into a 'bioparque' housing only animals native to…
Buenos Aires
Located in the Paseo La Plaza complex, this museum claims to be the only Beatles museum in South America. It showcases the Beatles memorabilia of owner…
Buenos Aires
Located at the at the northeastern end of Plaza Lavalle, Argentina’s oldest and largest synagogue can be identified by the Jewish symbols that adorn the…
Buenos Aires
Towering above the Casa Rosada, just south of Parque Colón on Av Colón, is the army headquarters at the Edificio Libertador, the real locus of Argentine…
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