Buenos Aires is a fantastic city for a short break of five to seven days.
The object of this blog is to explore and advise on the very best seasons to travel to Buenos Aires; help you choose the best and safest barrios to stay in Buenos Aires; describe the best days of the week to enjoy Buenos Aires’ sights and attractions; discuss the pluses and minuses when choosing between Buenos Aires hotels or renting vacation apartments. Take a breath! We also describe some of the best walks, tours and sightseeing Buenos Aires best attractions without even breaking a sweat. Breath again. We also offer advice and guides to the best wine and food.
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If traveling to Buenos Aires, we would not consider a vacation or city break of less than five nights, six days, because in reality, the annoyance of your arrival (sounds so simple) and departure means only four full-uninterrupted days to tour Buenos Aires (every time I fly – no me gusta- I dream of wormholes and ‘beam me up Scotty’ travel).
During winter and summer holidays in Argentina – July (winter) and end of December / January (summer) – Buenos Aires city is at its coldest and hottest respectively, and most certainly, at its quietest. Although there is an influx of tourists both during the winter and summer months, Buenos Aires City is quietest when Porteños’ leave for their winter and summer vacations. Younger clients often complain Buenos Aires is too quiet during vacation time, but it is a great opportunity to enjoy Buenos Aires at its most tranquil.
If you can manage stifling humid heat, then January (summer) is a good time to visit for a low-key vacation without the crowds. If you prefer mixed colder days of sunshine, a bit of wind and rain, then July (winter) gets the thumbs up.
Our preference for touring Buenos Aires is either spring or fall. We love the months September to end of November and February to start of May – these are our favorite months to visit Buenos Aires – but the end of winter leading into the glorious blossoming of spring is most definitely the best time to vacation in Buenos Aires. It is truly beautiful.
Buenos Aires is quietest (particularly the nightlife) from Monday to Wednesday. You must try to include Thursday to Sunday touring Buenos Aires if flights and budget permit.
The best Buenos Aires sightseeing days are Thursday to Sunday in our opinion because you have various weekend events and attractions, and of course, the Buenos Aires nightlife, do not forget the nightlife, so carefully plan your Buenos Aires travel itinerary.
As we have already said, the Buenos Aires weekend starts on Thursday for those who like to party and there are many weekend Buenos Aires attractions, not least, the wonderful weekend street fairs in Recoleta and San Telmo.
Having mapped out the year and helped you pick the best Buenos Aires seasons, you will want to choose right barrio for your vacation in Buenos Aires, we recently covered ‘where should I stay in Buenos Aires’>go in an earlier blog and invite you to review our advice. For a short break, we always choose Recoleta for our clients. Recoleta is close to Buenos Aires best attractions, has good communication systems, safety and lots of budget and luxury accommodation.
There is also the question of whether to stay in a Buenos Aires apartment or at a Buenos Aires hotel. Apartments are not for everyone and we counsel you to read our blog that compares Buenos Aires Apartments and Buenos Aires hotels>go.
Where are we? BA Stay helped you sort out the best time of year to visit Buenos Aires, helped you choose the right barrio for your Buenos Aires Stay and hopefully you have decided to rent one of BA Stay’s fantastic apartments for your vacation. We compare hotel and apartment prices and guarantee to save you up to 60% off hotel bills in a blog we made earlier – great information if you are travelling on a tight budget>go.
Your first day in Buenos Aires should include a city tour. We suggest a city tour for many reasons – you gain some knowledge of the city, its major routes, transport systems – you get to see a bit of each of the barrios to decide where to focus your attention when Buenos Aires sightseeing solo. You can also ask lots questions and our professional guides will help you plan your stay in Buenos Aires. For short breaks, we never advise museums tours or exhibitions, unless art is your thing, as there is so much to see – you will not have time.
We have a number favorite Buenos Aires walks to enjoy the best parts of the city, we link two of our favorite walking tours of Buenos Aires and invite you to contact us for more Buenos Aires walking tours – walking tour Recoleta to Palermo Soho and a Buenos Aires tour of the south city – La Boca, San Telmo to the Puerto Madero ecological reserve.
Many people ask us about trips to Uruguay, forget it if you are on a short trip, Buenos Aires has better less stressful excursions – if you must travel outside the city of Buenos Aires we suggest tours to either Tigre or a little further afield wonderful San Antonio de Areco that we highly recommend.
If you fancy dancing tango or a Buenos Aires tango show, we have something entirely different, our tango tours will blow you away. Buenos Aires Stay is not a fan of the glitzy shows priced $100 dollars upwards with poor food and wine included. The tango shows we have seen are not up to much and they do not really tell you much about the real Buenos Aires tango scene. Our advice, see the real tangueros, go underground for a truly inspirational Buenos Aires tango experience.
Then we have the very important function of eating and drinking! Buenos Aires Stay has a guide to the best Argentine wines and, in our opinion, the best and cheapest Argentine wines. We also have a quick reference Buenos Aires restaurant guide that we update as we eat out.
Our assumptions rely on you reading all the articles linked above. We are lazy and rarely read the labels, so if still stumped, do not worry – contact Buenos Aires Stay for one-to-one travel consultancy.
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