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22 curated restaurants & dining across Buenos Aires
Chef Alejandro Feraud's 50 Best listed restaurant. Deep respect for product: daily fresh fish, seasonal vegetables, local meats. An 800-bottle cellar and patisserie boutique next door. The reason Zona Norte became a food destination.
Argentina's only two-Michelin-star restaurant. Chef Gonzalo Aramburu delivers an 18-course surprise tasting menu from an open kitchen. Dessert and post-dinner cocktails upstairs in the intimate library. A pilgrimage for serious food lovers.
Michelin-starred seafood restaurant celebrating Argentina's Atlantic coast. Chef Gabriel Oggero's 20-year obsession with artisanal fishing and open-fire cooking. The oyster bar is essential, the Patagonian seafood tasting menu revelatory. A wine cellar of 700+ Argentine labels.
Argentina's most celebrated parrilla. Michelin-starred, World's 50 Best listed. The bife de chorizo is legendary, the wine list encyclopaedic, and the dry-aged beef program is unmatched in the country. Book months ahead or dine like a porteño after 10pm.
The Four Seasons' flagship restaurant. Impeccable steaks and seafood. The Sunday brunch is legendary among portenos. World-class without the hunt for a reservation.
Modern Jewish cuisine in a dimly lit dining room. The pastrami is a brick-sized slab of smoked brisket atop a potato latke, crowned with a fried egg. The Jerusalem Mix with sweetbreads is unforgettable. Near the Japanese Garden and Planetarium.
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7 curated bars & nightlife across Buenos Aires
Best bar in South America. World's 50 Best Bars #7. Hidden beneath a working flower shop, the basement evokes a ship. Tato Giovannoni's cocktails tell stories of Argentine immigration. Also serves natural wines and excellent tapas.
The Four Seasons' polo-inspired cocktail lounge. Inventive cocktails and the city's best burgers. Perfect for pre-dinner drinks or late-night malbec.
One of BA's first speakeasies. Over 15 years old, makes its own liquors. The vermouth hour — two drinks for about $5. Italian and Spanish immigrant-inspired cocktails.
Buenos Aires' first speakeasy, circa 2010. 1920s Chicago-style. Password from Instagram, dapper bouncer, phone booth entrance. Seasonal cocktails with house-made spirits. The bar that started the revolution.
Tree-lined Belgrano. No secrecy or pretension. Bespoke cocktails with native ingredients, meat and fish dishes, Wednesday/Thursday happy hour.
Prohibition-era speakeasy behind a sushi restaurant. Secret doors, jazz, cocktails served on toy trains. 1920s noir fantasy with an Argentine twist. DJ sets and dancing break out regularly.
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14 curated hotels & stays across Buenos Aires
Ten rooms. Personal butler. Tree-trunk carved bathtubs. Catena champagne on tap, complimentary. If Sinatra planned a weekend with Audrey Hepburn, this is where they'd stay.
French-style grande dame. Chandeliers, butler service, legendary breakfast salon. The most classically luxurious hotel in Argentina.
Private members' club and restaurant in Palermo Chico.
Philippe Starck-designed icon. White unicorn curtain, red velvet El Cabaret, pool terrace overlooking the docks. Part hotel, part theatre, part art installation.
Impeccable service with views of 9 de Julio or the river. Excellent spa, pool, and two outstanding restaurants: Elena and Pony Line.
The top luxury hotel in Buenos Aires. Neoclassical palace merged with a modern tower. Crystal chandeliers, marble floors, hand-carved oak doors. Palace suites have private butlers. Tea time and brunch are city institutions.
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9 curated landmarks & culture across Buenos Aires
One of the world's finest opera houses. Opened 1908, legendary acoustics. See the Philharmonic or tour the gilt auditorium, costume vaults, and backstage workshops.
Maradona's cathedral. One of football's most intense stadiums. Museum covers Boca Juniors history. Tours in English and Spanish. Match tickets are one of sport's great experiences.
Museum of Latin American Art. Frida Kahlo, Botero, Segui. Contemporary design, manageable size. Free Wednesdays. The museum cafe is excellent.
Over 2,500 works from classical European to contemporary Argentine art. Free admission. Monthly guided tours, temporary exhibitions, family activities. A temple of art.
Homage to Dante's Divine Comedy — divided into Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Lighthouse aligned with the Southern Cross. Guided tours reveal the esoteric symbolism.
An open-air museum of funerary art — 6,400 above-ground vaults across 14 acres. Eva Peron, presidents, Nobel laureates. Take a guided tour; the stories are extraordinary.
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3 curated experiences across Buenos Aires
One-hour ferry to Uruguay's UNESCO town. Cobblestone streets, Portuguese colonial architecture, riverside parrilla. Return by sunset.
Forget tourist tango shows — attend a real milonga. Social dance halls where portenos dance for each other. La Catedral, Salon Canning, or any San Telmo milonga Saturday night. Take a class first, then dance.
Every Sunday: a kilometre-long market of antiques, crafts, tango dancers, and street food. Start early, work south from Plaza Dorrego, stop for a choripan.
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