🌙 At night● Now
A tango milongaTango dances start late; beginners' classes come first, around 8 pm.
✦ Your self-guided tour
Buenos Aires
Discover the city at your own pace, with your route and your trip essentials in one place.
5 stops · about 3 h 55 · audio guide12 languages
Highlights
5 stops · about 3 h 55 · audio guide
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Buenos Aires: your route
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💡 Good to know in Buenos Aires
Practical tips before you step out.
Luggage
Leave luggage at the airport left-luggage desk or a partner storage point on the route (marked ★). Carry only essentials and your passport.
Internet
Outside EU roaming: buy an eSIM before you travel or a prepaid SIM at an official carrier shop (bring your passport).
Payments
Pay with your foreign card: it gets a rate close to the market one. The Subte and buses take a SUBE card or contactless.
Tipping
Tip 10% in restaurants, ideally in cash; the «cubierto» (bread) is charged separately.
Water
Don't drink tap water: use bottled or filtered water, also for brushing teeth. Restaurant ice is usually purified.
Safety
Keep your phone away while walking and use app or authorised taxis. Watch for the stain-on-clothes trick and motorbike phone snatchers; at night, use an app taxi.
Sockets
Type I (Argentine) sockets, 220 V: bring an adapter.
Toilets
Toilets in malls, museums and cafés; some public ones charge a little and paper goes in the bin, not the bowl.
ⓘ Practical information compiled from official and public sources in October 2026. Not yet checked on the ground in this city — if something has changed, use “Report a problem”.
Safety in Buenos Aires
Emergency numbers, common scams and how to get help. Free for everyone.
Emergency911
Hospital and pharmacy search around the city centre — share your location for results near you.
Look for: Farmacia ✚
Show this to someone nearby
¡Auxilio! Necesito ayuda. Por favor, llame a la policía o a una ambulancia.
Common scams and risks
Pickpockets
Crowded trams, metros and queues are their workplace. Bag in front and zipped; phone never in a back pocket.
Phone snatching
Thieves on bikes or scooters grab phones from your hand. Step back from the kerb when using maps.
The stain trick
Someone points at a "stain" on your clothes and helps clean it while a partner takes your bag. Move away.
ATMs and money
Use bank ATMs, not independent ones, and always choose to be charged in the local currency.
Taxis
Use official taxi ranks or apps with a fixed fare. Turn down rides offered inside the airport arrivals hall.
After dark
Stay on busy, well-lit streets and use a taxi or ride-hailing app (Uber, Bolt) for longer trips at night. Keep phones and jewellery out of sight in empty areas.
👜 Watch your wallet in
Crowded Subte and buses · Florida e Lavalle · San Telmo on Sundays · La Boca away from Caminito
🌙 At night, take extra care in
La Boca · Constitución · Retiro (station)
Keep a photo of your passport on your phone, carry just one card and some cash, and stick to busy, well-lit streets.
ⓘ Practical information compiled from official and public sources in October 2026. Not yet checked on the ground in this city — if something has changed, use “Report a problem”.
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🆕 Today in Buenos Aires
Thursday 22 October · updated automatically every day
17° – 18°🌂 Rain likely
Experiences in Buenos Aires
Moments, fun and events, picked for you.
Your interests
🌙 At night● Now
Asado at a Palermo parrillaBife de chorizo, blood sausage and malbec; dinner before 9 pm is too early.
📅 At the weekend
San Telmo fair on SundayAntiques and crafts along Defensa street, with impromptu tango on the square.
🕐 Flexible — check opening times
El Ateneo Grand SplendidA 1919 theatre turned into one of the world's most beautiful bookshops.
🌅 At sunset
Sunset in Puerto MaderoCalatrava's Puente de la Mujer and the brick docks at dusk.
🏛️ History & culture of Buenos Aires
How the city came to be, in a few minutes of reading.
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city, according to the GaWC 2024 ranking. The city proper has a population of 3.1 million and its urban area has a population of 16.7 million, making it the 21st most populous metropolitan area in the world.
It is known for its preserved eclectic European architecture and rich cultural life. It is a multicultural city that is home to multiple ethnic and religious groups, contributing to its culture as well as to the dialect spoken in the city and in other parts of the country. Since the 19th century, the city, and the country in general, has been a major recipient of millions of immigrants from all over the world, making it a melting pot where many ethnic groups live together.
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Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city, according to the GaWC 2024 ranking. The city proper has a population of 3.1 million and its urban area has a population of 16.7 million, making it the 21st most populous metropolitan area in the world.
It is known for its preserved eclectic European architecture and rich cultural life. It is a multicultural city that is home to multiple ethnic and religious groups, contributing to its culture as well as to the dialect spoken in the city and in other parts of the country. Since the 19th century, the city, and the country in general, has been a major recipient of millions of immigrants from all over the world, making it a melting pot where many ethnic groups live together. Buenos Aires is considered one of the most diverse cities of the Americas.
The city of Buenos Aires is an autonomous district and is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor its capital. In 1880, after the Argentine Civil War, Buenos Aires was federalized and split from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include the towns of Belgrano and Flores, both now neighborhoods of the city. The 1994 constitutional amendment granted the city autonomy, hence its formal name of Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Citizens elected their first chief of government in 1996. Previously, the mayor was directly appointed by the president of Argentina.
The Greater Buenos Aires conurbation includes several surrounding cities, which are located in the neighbouring districts of the Buenos Aires Province. It constitutes the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas. It is also the second largest city south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Buenos Aires has the highest human development of all Argentine administrative divisions. Its quality of life was ranked 97th in the world in 2024, being one of the best in Latin America.
💬 What travellers say about Buenos Aires
Tips, experiences and questions from people who've been there.