Calendar of events, activities lunches and dinners
Hotels
We have around 15 rooms reserved at Hotel Clasico Palermo (4-star hotel) with a preferential rate. 129 USD per night, around £100, plus IVA (Argentine tax) ; however you are tax-exempt if you pay with a foreign card. Breakfast included with booking. In order to access these rooms you will need to email reservas@hotelclasico.com with the email subject as “Bruna y Max” and you will be able to make your reservation. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us :))
Other hotels to note:
Recoleta
Hotel Intersur
Hotel Meliá
Small boutique hotels we recommend:
Palermo Chico
CasaSur Bellini in Palermo Zoo/ Palermo Chico
Palermo Soho
H5063 (situated next to one of the best ice cream shops in the city, Obrador Florida)
Palermo Hollywood
Airbnb locations
Chacarita
Whatever the tourist guides say about Palermo Soho is no longer true. It’s been replaced by Chacarita. Some of the best restaurants the city has to offer.
Villa Crespo
Similar to Chacarita but with more food options.
Palermo Hollywood
Commercial and touristy. Feels more central than near the obelisk (where the “centro” is located). Comfortable with plenty of food options - quantity over quality, beware.
Cañitas
The Las Cañitas neighborhood was always characterized by being very quiet, due to the fact that it was surrounded by diagonals and because it was attached to the Palermo Polo Club. This changed in the mid-90s, years in which many restaurants, pubs and nightclubs began to open.
Colegiales
Quiet neighbourhood, pleasant and attractive houses with some good offering, quality over quantity. Next door to Palermo.
Palermo Soho
Shopping area, gets very busy. One of the most touristy neighbourhoods in the city, like staying in Soho in NYC or Shoreditch in London. Palermo can seem quite cute but late at night can become quite a party and be rowdy if you are looking for some quiet.
Recoleta
Recoleta is a strollable, affluent area known for Paris-style townhouses, lavish former palaces and posh boutiques. A main attraction is Recoleta Cemetery, where national icons like Eva Perón rest in extravagant tombs. The National Museum of Fine Arts exhibits Argentine masterpieces, while the Recoleta Cultural Center offers cutting-edge temporary shows. Grassy Plaza Francia hosts a weekend handicrafts market.
Belgrano
Belgrano comprises several upscale residential enclaves around Avenida Cabildo, a busy shopping street known for its Argentinean fashion brands. Barrio Chino, the compact Chinatown, beckons with specialty supermarkets, street-food stalls and no-nonsense noodle joints. Popular with dog walkers and picnickers, hillside park Barrancas de Belgrano has an old-timey bandstand used for tango dancing and folk concerts.
Microcentro
Near the Obelisk area can get a bit sketchy at night. Not recommended as a place to stay despite there being lots of hotels.
Restaurants
At the bottom of the list you'll find a map.
Favourites
Chuí (vegan friendly)
Narda Comedor (vegan friendly)
Loreto Garden bar (vegan friendly)
Fico
Naranjo Bar (vegan friendly)
Anchoita Cava
MNSanta Ines
Condarco
Reliquia Restaurante
El Imperfecto
Lardito (natural wine & small plates, one of our favourites)
Barragán Lonchería y Café
Argot Café
Divino Diviiino “Bar de Vinos”
Paquito Bar
Isla Flotante
Lardo & Rosemary
Copetín Fiat
Las Patriotas Vilardo wine & bar
Catalino
La Alacena
F5 Cantina
Vegan
Amador
MARTi
Fifi Almacen
Sacro
Donnet (Mushroom only restaurant, Max does not approve lol)
Artemisia (Vegan friendly)
Hola Chola Garage
Bioma Plant Based Café Palermo (pastries)
Tita la vedette
COMO Club de Cocineros (pastries)
Raíz
Let it V
Loving Hut
Sampa (Vegetarian restaurant, but vegan friendly)
Good coffee + pastries
Cuervo
La Kitchen
Anchoita Panaderia
Oli Cafe (good for lunch too!)
La Garage
Cuadra
Atelier Fuerza
Bodegones (Argentine “cantines”)
Albamonte
Cantina Rondinella
Gambrinus
Los Bohemios
Café Paulin
Oriente Coffee Bar
Los Galgos Bar
Steak
Parrilla Peña
Madre Rojas
Corte Comedor
El Obrero
La taberna de Roberto
Norte
Maure Parilla
Parrilla Don Jorge
Marucha Parrilla Familiar
Parrilla La Brigada
Parrilla SecreTiTo
Parrilla El Pobre Luis
Ice cream
Aversa Helados
Obrador Florida
Cadore
Heladeria Buffala
Helados Italia
Finde Heladeria
La ventana de Willy
Rapanui (big chain but good)
Freddo (big chain but good)
Volta (big chain but good)
Empanadas
Pin Pun
El Imperfecto
Bar Salteño
Coffee Bar Roma
Molino Norteño
Pizza
El Lunfardo (Argentine style)
Ferreiro (Argentine style)
El Cuartito (Argentine style)
Pizzería Güerrin (Argentine style)
La Mezzetta (Argentine style)
Pizzería Burgio (Argentine style)
C. A. N. C. H. A (Neapolitan style)
Siamo nel Forno (Neapolitan style)
Atte (Neapolitan style)
Tognis (USA-Style)
South American
There’s a great diaspora of Peruvians and Venezuelans in Buenos Aires. Barra Chalaca Palermo is one of Bruna’s favourite restaurants in the city.
Explore Argentina and South America
These places are within 3 hours of Buenos Aires, so maybe extravagant but when is the next time you are going to passing by this close? You're practically saving money!
Iguazu Falls
Iguazú Falls or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. Together, they make up the largest waterfall system in the world.
Salta
Salta, a province in northwest Argentina, encompasses parts of the Andes Mountains, Yungas forests and semiarid Gran Chaco lowlands. The capital, also called Salta, has colonial architecture including the neoclassical Cathedral of Salta. It's the departure point for the Tren a las Nubes, a high-altitude railway. Small-town Cafayate is a gateway to wineries and the dramatic rock formations of the Calchaquí Valleys.
Patagonia
Looks like Switzerland but is more expensive, according to Max, who has never even been there.
Machu Picchu, Peru
Machu Picchu is an Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains in Peru, above the Urubamba River valley. Built in the 15th century and later abandoned, it’s renowned for its sophisticated dry-stone walls that fuse huge blocks without the use of mortar, intriguing buildings that play on astronomical alignments and panoramic views. Its exact former use remains a mystery.
Easter Island
Not technically within three hours obviously because few places are as remote as Easter Island, but to get here you have leave via plane from Santiago.
Easter Island, a Chilean territory, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia. Its native name is Rapa Nui. It’s famed for archaeological sites, including nearly 900 monumental statues called moai, created by inhabitants during the 13th–16th centuries. The moai are carved human figures with oversize heads, often resting on massive stone pedestals called ahus. Ahu Tongariki has the largest group of upright moai.
Rio de Janeiro
In Brazil! Pele! Carnival!