The world’s first soccer-themed hotel pays homage to Buenos Aires’s much-adored team Boca Juniors. Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott is responsible for the creative design.
Hidden in Microcentro, this whimsical hotel earns our praise for its nautical interiors. The highlight: steel-trimmed modular furniture.
Doors fashioned out of wine-stained barrel slats, hardwood floors, and bathtubs made from caldén tree trunks warm the interiors at vintner César Catena’s newcomer.
International A-listers, from Prince Charles to Donatella Versace, have stayed at this 80-year-old grande dame.
Book a suite in the original 1920 building, decorated with ornate mirrors and toile de Jouy wallpaper.
This stylish Recoleta property includes a Neoclassical mansion and a contemporary minimalist tower.
Silversmith Marcelo Toledo is one of the finest jewelry designers in the city. We love his re-creations of Eva Peron’s gem-encrusted necklaces.
Brazilian clothing designer Oskar Metsavaht creates Osklen’s sleek silhouettes from organic materials.
Housed in a renovated grain mill, this cathedral-size museum is dedicated to works by artists such as Cuban duo Dagoberto Rodríguez and Marco Castillo, who are known as Los Carpinteros.
See 20th-century pieces in the industrial and video arts. Highlights include Antonio Seguí silk-screen prints and Alberto Heredia sculptures.
This spacious gallery, in Retiro, is a must for lovers of avant-garde art, showcasing the best from both emerging and established Argentine artists (Flavia Da Rim and Miguel Ángel RÍos, to name two).
The permanent collection includes more than 500 paintings, sculptures, and objects from top Latin American talent. There’s also a screening room that showcases independent films.
This excellent seafood spot, on the pier that juts from the Avenida Costanera into the Río de la Plata, has won a loyal following with salads of fresh king crab and grilled wreckfish.
Chef Diego Gera whips up intensely flavored signature dishes such as crisp-skinned suckling pig paired with quince purée. After dinner, head to the restaurant’s patio for cocktails and live DJ music.
An Art Deco–style restaurant in Belgrano that serves hearty comfort foods, from tender osso buco with gnocchi to braised lamb shoulder accompanied by carrot purée and Rösti (fried potato pancake).
Argentine chef Darío Gualtieri has shaken up the bistro’s menu with innovative dishes like Patagonian prawns cooked in palm oil and coconut milk and Sichuan-pepper ice cream with passion-fruit mousse.
At this underground supper club, beef-and-bean locro stews are matched with Malbecs.
Phillipine-American Christina Sunae serves Thai-style pork and green curries at this puerta cerrada, in Colegiales.
Located in the Villa Crespo barrio, it’s one of the city’s most sought-after tables thanks to chef Pablo Abramovsky’s fresh market fare.
A great selection of men’s clothing, from casual floral-print shirts to slim-fitting suits.
Have afternoon tea on the veranda, where you can watch hundred-year-old boats on the water.
The museum features Argentinean paintings from the late 19th through the 20th century.
Sharpen your milonga moves by booking a tango class in this grand 1912 mansion-turned-salon in Microcentro.
Since its opening in 1866, the storied French Club has drawn generations of politicians and writers. The upper floor has been turned into a 28-room hotel filled with antiques and period furniture.
The delicious oyster-mushroom sandwich is a favorite at this old-fashioned diner in Palermo.
Don’t miss Rojo Tango, the hottest live tango show in town, at the Faena Hotel & Universe.
Ready to strut your stuff? The best place to dance with locals is this spot in San Telmo.
Don’t miss this bohemian clothing shop for slim cocktail dresses in black and white.
