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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Buenos Aires

29 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Updated April 25, 2025

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El Ateneo Grand Splendid0

Buenos Aires, Argentina

El Ateneo Grand Splendid

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.
Tunnel entrance below Manzana de las Luces

Buenos Aires, Argentina

La Manzana de las Luces

A gateway to a mysterious network of underground tunnels.
“Vuel Villa” by Xul Solar

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Xul Solar Museum

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cementerio de la Recoleta

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.
Artists display their wares along Caminito.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Caminito

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.
Central Rotunda

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Palacio Barolo

A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.
In the courtyard.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

El Zanjón de Granados

Museum housed in underground tunnels that date back to Buenos Aires's earliest settlements.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Floralis Generica

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.
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Stories About Buenos Aires

There’s still much scholars don’t know about Villa. Even the exact year of her death remains a mystery.

The Female Architect Behind Buenos Aires's Underground Necropolis

Ítala Fulvia Villa oversaw the building of the colossal Sixth Pantheon—but history nearly erased her contributions.
by Daniel Maurer
March 8, 2023
In 2017, Mexico City hosted its seventh annual International Queer Tango Festival at the Sergio Magaña Theater. Similar festivals have been held in Germany, Argentina, the United States, and several other countries.

In Buenos Aires, Queer Tango Takes a Revolutionary Dance Back to Its Roots

In traditional tango, men lead and women follow. Queer tango is creating a new paradigm.
by Juan Relmucao
February 12, 2020

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Original letter of Abraham, the son of Maimonides found in the Cairo genizah.
A sculpture of the Tower of Babel, by Alan Baughman, from the Introductory Room of the Museum of the Alphabet
Boontling word of the week in the tap room of the Anderson Valley Brewing Company.

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