# Things to see in Buenos Aires (Argentina): 121 places and when to go

> Buenos Aires is a major city in Argentina with around 12,795,000 inhabitants, and this site lists 121 places in and around it, mainly Museums and art (38), History (31), Temples (21). The best known are Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral and Obelisco de Buenos Aires. The best time to come is October to April; also possible: May to September. In December there are 14 h 18 of daylight, and in June, 9 h 42. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/buenos-aires/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-08
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Argentina · -34.6006, -58.3995
- **Population:** About 12,795,000
- **Places:** 121 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museos/) (38) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/historia/) (31) · [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/espiritual/) (21) · [Food and drink](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/gastronomia/) (19) · [Architecture](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/arquitectura/) (9) · [With kids](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/familia/) (9)
- **Best time:** October to April.
- **Also possible:** May to September.
- **Nearest airport:** AEP Buenos Aires, 4.9 km as the crow flies

## What to see in Buenos Aires

The places in and around Buenos Aires, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Casa Rosada](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/pink-house/): Executive mansion and office of the President of Argentina · 2.8 km
- [Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/catedral-metropolitana-de-buenos-aires/): Cathedral in Argentina · 2.5 km
- [Obelisco de Buenos Aires](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/obelisco/): Iconic historical monument in Buenos Aires, Argentina · 1.7 km
- [La Recoleta Cemetery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/recoleta-cemetry/): Cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina · 1.5 km
- [Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-nacional-de-bellas-artes/): National art museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina · 2.0 km
- [Puente de la Mujer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/women-s-bridge/): Pedestrian bridge in Buenos Aires, Argentina · 3.3 km
- [Buenos Aires Botanical Garden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/jardin-botanico-carlos-thays/): Botanical garden in Buenos Aires, Argentina · 2.6 km
- [King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/centro-cultural-islamico-rey-fahd/): Islamic cultural center in Argentina · 3.9 km
- [Cabildo of Buenos Aires](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-historico-nacional-del-cabildo-y-de-la-revolucion-de-m/): Historical building in Buenos Aires, government house during colonial times · 2.5 km
- [National Museum of Decorative Arts, Buenos Aires](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-nacional-de-arte-decorativo/): Museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina · 2.0 km
- [National Historical Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/national-historical-museum/): Museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina · 4.0 km
- [Synagogue of the Israelite Argentine Congregation](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/sinagoga-de-la-congregacion-israelita-cira/): Synagogue in Buenos Aires, Argentina · 1.4 km
- [Torre Monumental](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/torre-de-los-ingleses/): Clock tower in Buenos Aires · 2.5 km
- [MALBA](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-de-arte-latinoamericano-de-buenos-aires-malba/): Art museum in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires · 2.7 km
- [Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/catedral-nuestra-senora-del-patrocinio-pokrov/): Catholic eparchy in Argentina · 8.5 km
- [Pirámide de Mayo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/pyramid-of-may/): Monument in Buenos Aires, Argentina · 2.7 km
- [Galileo Galilei Planetarium](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/planetario-galileo-galilei/): Planetarium in Buenos Aires (Argentina) · 3.6 km
- [Buenos Aires City Legislature Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/legislatura-de-la-ciudad-autonoma-de-buenos-aires/): Seat of the Buenos Aires City Legislature · 2.5 km
- [Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Argentine Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-argentino-de-ciencias-naturales-bernardino-rivadavia/): Museum of natural sciences in Buenos Aires, Argentina · 3.5 km
- [Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-de-arte-moderno-de-buenos-aires/): Art museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina · 3.6 km
- [Buenos Aires Japanese Gardens](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/jardin-japones/): Japanese garden in Buenos Aires, Argentina · 3.0 km
- [ARA Uruguay](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/buque-museo-corbeta-a-r-a-uruguay/): History · Museums and art · 3.1 km
- [Al Ahmad Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/al-ahmad-mosque/): The secondo mosque opened in Argentina · 3.0 km
- [Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Buenos Aires](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/basilica-de-nuestra-senora-del-pilar/): Church building in Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina · 1.7 km

And the other 97, by what you come to do:

- **History**: [Puente Transbordador](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/puente-transbordador-nicolas-avellaneda/), [ARA Presidente Sarmiento](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/buque-museo-fragata-a-r-a-presidente-sarmiento/), [Confitería del Molino](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/confiteria-el-molino/), [Illuminated Block](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/manzana-de-las-luces/), [Monument to Christopher Columbus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/monument-to-christopher-columbus/), [Equestrian monument to General Manuel Belgrano](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/monumento-ecuestre-al-general-manuel-belgrano/), [Museo Mitre](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-mitre/), [Palace of Justice of the Argentine Nation](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/palace-of-justice/), [Buenos Aires City Hall](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/buenos-aires-city-hall/), [Pizzurno Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/palacio-sarmiento/), [Buenos Aires House of Culture](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/casa-de-la-cultura-de-la-ciudad/), [Buenos Aires Customs](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/direccion-general-de-aduanas/), [Monumento a España CABA](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/monumento-a-espana/), [Monumento a los caídos en Malvinas](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/monumento-a-los-caidos-en-malvinas/), [Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/monumento-de-los-espanoles/), [Museo Carlos Gardel, Buenos Aires](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-casa-carlos-gardel/), [Espacio Memoria y Derechos Humanos](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/espacio-memoria-y-derechos-humanos/), [Monument to Bartolomé Mitre](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/monumento-a-bartolome-mitre/), [ESMA Museum and Site of Memory – Former Clandestine Center of Detention, Torture and Extermination](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-sitio-de-memoria-esma/), [Former National Congress Building, Buenos Aires](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/antigua-sede-del-congreso-nacional/), [Argentine National Congress](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/congreso-de-la-nacion-argentina/)
- **Temples**: [Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Buenos Aires](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/catedral-ortodoxa-rusa-de-la-santisima-trinidad/), [Our Lady of Mercy Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/basilica-nuestra-senora-de-la-merced/), [San Isidro Cathedral](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/catedral-de-san-isidro/), [Santo Domingo Convent](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/basilica-nuestra-senora-del-rosario/), [San Patricio Church massacre](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/san-patricio/), [Basílica Santa Rosa de Lima](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/basilica-santuario-de-santa-rosa-de-lima/), [San Nicolás de Bari Basilica, Buenos Aires](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/parroquia-de-san-nicolas-de-bari/), [Basilica of St. Joseph](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/basilica-de-san-jose-de-flores/), [Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/basilica-del-santisimo-sacramento/), [Congregation Amijai](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/comunidad-amijai/), [basílica de Nuestra Señora del Socorro](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/nuestra-senora-del-socorro/), [St. Maron's Cathedral, Buenos Aires](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/catedral-de-san-maron/), [Inmaculada Concepción parish](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/inmaculada-concepcion/), [Parish Nuestra Señora de Balvanera](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/parroquia-nuestra-senora-de-balvanera/), [Parish Nuestra Señora de Montserrat](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/parroquia-nuestra-senora-de-montserrat/)
- **Museums and art**: [AMALITA Collection](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/coleccion-de-arte-amalia-lacroze-de-fortabat/), [Sarmiento Historical Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-historico-sarmiento/), [Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-de-arte-espanol-enrique-larreta/), [Museum of Contemporary Art of Buenos Aires](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-de-arte-contemporaneo-de-buenos-aires/), [Museum of Foreign Debt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-de-la-deuda-externa/), [Fundación Proa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/fundacion-proa/), [Juan B. Ambrosetti Museum of Ethnography](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/juan-b-ambrosetti-ethnographic-museum/), [Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano Isaac Fernández Blanco](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-de-arte-hispanoamericano/), [Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-del-cine-pablo-ducros-hicken/), [Palais de Glace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/palais-de-glace/), [Casa Nacional del Bicentenario](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/casa-nacional-del-bicentenario/), [Eduardo Sívori Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-de-artes-plasticas-eduardo-sivori/), [Ernesto de la Cárcova Museum of Reproductions and Comparative Sculpture](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-de-la-carcova/), [Faena Arts Center](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/faena-arts-center/), [Museo Casa de Rogelio Yrurtia](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-casa-de-yrurtia/), [Immigration Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-de-la-inmigracion/), [Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-del-holocausto/), [San Martín National Institute](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/san-martin-national-institute/), [Museo de Armas de la Nación](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-de-armas-de-la-nacion/), [Women's Museum of Argentina](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-de-la-mujer/), [Héctor Carlos Janson Historic and  Numismatics Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-del-banco-central/), [Museo Histórico Cornelio de Saavedra](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-historico-de-buenos-aires-cornelio-de-saavedra/), [Museo Pueyrredon](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-historico-municipal-brig-gral-juan-m-pueyrredon/), [Museo Malvinas e Islas del Atlántico Sur](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-malvinas-e-islas-del-atlantico-sur/)
- **Nature**: [Lezama Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/parque-lezama/), [Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/reserva-ecologica-costanera-sur/), [Plaza Dorrego](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/plaza-dorrego/), [Buenos Aires Eco-Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/ecopark/), [Reserva Ecológica Vicente López](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/reserva-ecologica-vicente-lopez/), [Ciudad Universitaria Ecological Reserve (Buenos Aires)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/reserva-ecologica-ciudad-universitaria-costanera-norte/)
- **Architecture**: [Puente Valentín Alsina](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/puente-ezequiel-demonty/), [Puente Nicolás Avellaneda](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/puente-nicolas-avellaneda/), [Farallón Island Lighthouse](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/faro-de-isla-de-farallon/), [Martín García Lighthouse](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/faro-martin-garcia/)
- **With kids**: [Tecnópolis](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/tecnopolis/), [Tierra Santa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/tierra-santa/), [Kenyifish Aquarium](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/kenyifish-aquarium/), [Mundo Gea](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/mundo-gea/), [Open Park Land](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/open-park-land/), [Piletas Namuncurá](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/piletas-namuncura/)
- **Stargazing**: [Asociación Argentina Amigos de la Astronomía](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/asociacion-argentina-amigos-de-la-astronomia/)
- **Food and drink**: [San Telmo market](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/mercado-de-san-telmo/), [Mercado San Cristóbal](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/mercado-san-cristobal/), [Antares](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/antares/), [Bierlife](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/bierlife/), [Cervecería Alvarez](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/cerveceria-alvarez/), [Cervelar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/cervelar/), [Cervercería Bro](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/cerverceria-bro/), [Conrado](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/conrado/), [Cossab](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/cossab/), [Difei](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/difei/), [Glück](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/gluck/), [Go Bar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/go-bar/), [Open Door](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/open-door/), [Santo Remedio](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/santo-remedio/), [Temple Craft Devoto](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/temple-craft-devoto/), [The Capital Beer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/the-capital-beer/), [The Clover Irish Pub](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/the-clover-irish-pub/), [Vinoteca EnoGarage](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/vinoteca-enogarage/), [Winery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/winery/)
- **Diving**: [ABucear - Scuba Diving Center](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/abucear-scuba-diving-center/)

## When to go to Buenos Aires

The best time to visit Buenos Aires is **October to April**; also possible: May to September. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Best time | 14 h 05 |
| February | Best time | 13 h 15 |
| March | Best time | 12 h 16 |
| April | Best time | 11 h 07 |
| May | Possible | 10 h 11 |
| June | Possible | 9 h 42 |
| July | Possible | 9 h 54 |
| August | Possible | 10 h 42 |
| September | Possible | 11 h 48 |
| October | Best time | 12 h 54 |
| November | Best time | 13 h 51 |
| December | Best time | 14 h 18 |

In December there are 14 h 18 of daylight, and in June, 9 h 42. In January, 120 of the 121 places are at their best.

When to go to Argentina in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Buenos Aires

The nearest main airport is Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP, Buenos Aires), 4.9 km as the crow flies. How to get around Argentina (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=-34.6006%2C-58.3995)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=-34.6006%2C-58.3995)

## Other towns nearby

- [Quilmes Oeste](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/quilmes-oeste/): 6 places · 20 km
- [Bella Vista](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/bella-vista/): 13 places · 25 km
- [Benavídez](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/benavidez/): 11 places · 36 km
- [La Plata](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/la-plata/): 13 places · 53 km
- [Luján, Buenos Aires](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/lujan/): 11 places · 65 km
- [Concepción del Uruguay](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/concepcion-del-uruguay/): 5 places · 237 km

And all of Argentina, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Buenos Aires?

The best known: [Casa Rosada](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/pink-house/), [Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/catedral-metropolitana-de-buenos-aires/), [Obelisco de Buenos Aires](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/obelisco/), [La Recoleta Cemetery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/recoleta-cemetry/), [Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes](https://kokai.app/en/paises/america/argentina/museo-nacional-de-bellas-artes/). In all, 121 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Buenos Aires?

October to April; also possible: May to September. In December there are 14 h 18 of daylight, and in June, 9 h 42.

### How do you get to Buenos Aires?

The nearest main airport is Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP), 4.9 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=-34.6006%2C-58.3995) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Buenos Aires as the destination and these 121 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).