first of all I envy you, you are going to the best city in the world 👽❤️
I would go to different neighbourhoods and lose myself: San Telmo, Recoleta, Palermo, Boedo, La Boca. all of them have something to see.
I would make sure to eat a good asado, fracturas for breakfast and probably some pasta con estofado in some random bodegon of the city!
If you like to party make sure to experie the nighlife: bars and clubs are the best vibe in the world- I would try to make some local friends as Buenos Aires have the best friends and party people I have ever met.
I think you can pay public transport with your credit card now btw!
And last, bring money as things now are kind of expensive.
Hope this helps! Let me know if you want more tips and have an amazing trip
FOOD
Places I love:
Nosferatu Pizza - such good pizza next to a cute beer and mezcal place you can order from
Por Siempre Vegano - really fucking good vegan tacos and super cheap, go to the restaurant not the stand
Orinoco - my favorite meat chicharron tacos
Expendio de Maiz Sin Nombre - very cool experimental mexican food with no menu
Chilpa - good spot for chilaquiles
Cafe Nin - sister to the very famous Rosetta Bakery - same pastries but is cuter
Dr. Pizza
Chida la Arepa
MO+F
Paramo - upstairs part of a two floor establishment.
Choza - very hip food place with changing very small menu - only open friday, sunday and monday i think?
Elly's
Veguisima
Yellow Monkey
Cafes/Brunch: i have endless cafe recs, these are just a few i like
Rosetta Bakery - guyaba roll is the famous one
Baveno
Forte
Cardinal
Eno
Bou
Saint
Freims - good brunch spot
Lalo - also good brunch spot
Quentin
Cachi's - bagels
Classics/Street Food you have to try:
Rosetta Bakery - guyaba roll is the famous one
Casa de Toño - mexican fast food that is actually so good. the pozole here is my fave
El Autentico Pato Manila - really good duck tacos
Los Parados - classic mexican street tacos but at a real place
Churreria el Moro - churros
Esquites - my favorite one is on Nuevo Leon and Vicente Suarez infront of the CircleK
Chilaquiles Torta - chilaquiles but in a sandwich, there's a famous place on Alfonso Reyes but its a pop up so look it up
Tacos Cocuyos - in the historic center, just a hole in the wall, but super good tacos
Nicer places
Lardo - mediterranean ish, good brucn also
Maximo - balled out here for my birthday. its so good
Rosetta Restaurant - not super fancy but definitely lovely and really good food
Masala y Maiz - mexican indian fusion. really good wine pairings too
Botanico - havent been but have heard really good things
Contramar/ Entremar - very well known seafood places
Bars/cantina
La Feina - a very classic cantina
Bosforo - hip mezcal bar
La Riviera del Sur - cantina with cheap classic mexican food and drinks
Covadonga - cantina with classic mexican food
Montejo - another cantina
Handshake - speakeasy type bar with good cocktails (apparently one of the top bars in the world) **need a reservation
Cafe Paraiso
Tlecan Mezcaleria
Pulqueria Insurgentes
Club San Luis - salsa
Mama Rumba - also salsa
Felina
Baltra Bar
Zuzu
Casa Franca - a cool jazz bar
Zinco Jazz Club
Jardin Juarez - a fun outdoor bar with live music/djs some nights
Hugo - cute wine bar with tapas style food
Caiman - good cocktails
Loup - wine bar
La Chicha
Clubs/Parties
* in general the parties/events and their locations are found on instagram
Departamento - standard bar/club
Leonor - on thursday they have their gay night called BonBon
El Mickey Bar
Versaille 64 - on saturdays they have their gay night called Siq
Funk
Yuyu
Rico's - insane gay bar with many packed floors, lots of gay bars around it
Sunday Sunday * day party only on sundays
Cultura Subterannea * party that travels locations
Salon Perreo Millennial
Ext * travelling rave, check instagram
Signal *travelling hip hop party, check instagram
Diaspora * travelling party, check instagram
Nochenegra club *check instagram for events
ACTIVITIES
Neighborhoods to explore:
Escandon - where I live
Roma
Condesa / hipodromo
Juarez
Centro Historico
San Miguel Chapultepec
Coyoacan/San Angel
Museums/Galleries:
Jumex - free, small but cool
Frida Kahlo Museum - **needs to be booked in advance
Diego Rivera murals in the Secretaría de Educación Pública
Museo de Arte Popular
Anthropology Museum - massive and very impressive
Luis Barragán House
Other:
Lagunilla Antique market
Xochimilco Trajineras - old farming canals that are now recreationally used for these super cute little boat rides. its a very local activity. you rent by the hour and it doesnt matter how many people and you bring music, food and drinks and have a lil day party. its super fun
Parque Chapultepec - beautiful huge park with a castle. worth walking around, threre's a cool castle you can go in and get a nice view of the city from
Cineteca - old historic independent movie theatre. sometimes has cool
Parque Viveros
DAY TRIPS
Teotihuacán - nearby ruins. it might be cheesy but you can do a hot air balloon ride to overlook the ruins that looks very cool
Los Dinamos National Park
Desierto de los Leones National Park
Tepotzlan - 'magic' town about an hour and half away
Puebla/Cholula - cute city near by
I lived there for 6 months so trying to remember whats good...
Salsa bar called el bombon was fun if you wanna dance. Nevermind was pretty cool inside. Billy brunch. Explore around Poble nou and then head to the beaches up north. Bogatell was my fav, Mar Bella was a nudie. Stay away from Barcelonetta so dirty and pickpocket friendly.
Kinda basic but a hike up to Bunkers del Carmel is a must, watch the sunset, bring some drinks and food and chill there one evening. I spent a lot of nights there. You have the best view of the city for sure. Montjuic is great too. And also around Tibidado, gorg houses, a bit far out.
Watch out for Humana sales! depending what time of the month you could make it during their descending 5 euro, 2 euro, 1 euro or even 50 cent days. Everything in store super cheap, but it's also busy.
Sagrada Familia is free if you go on Sunday for mass, but you have to be there early, around 8am.
Nice art scene in Gracia and Poble nou, you'll find nice cafes and bakeries around there too, and in Exaimple
Best bars were in Raval and sometimes Gothic, gets fun at night!
That's all I can remember tbh, and I was there during covid so didn't do a load of restaurants or clubs etc etc, but you'll find nice stuff for sure :)
I went there for the first time a few weeks ago so i'm basically an expert and i gotchu: * Old port (ancient part of montreal, very big & pretty, by the St. Lawrence river. cute shops and restaurants and musicians and artists, in general a great tourist area)
* The plateau (artsy neighborhood with great food, ice cream, clothing shops and all)
* Mont-royal (the mountain-ish mountain in montreal. great spot for a hike and picnic)
* Cafe Santropol
* Montreal museum of fine arts
* Eat bagels!
* Cafe Aunja (persian cafe- got the best saffron cakes of all time)
* Eva B (vintage/thrift store, has the coolest shirts for 5 bucks)
* Urbanista (sweet bar) Have a fun and safe trip :)