Buenos Aires needs to be a city at the top of your travel list. I might be biased since my husband is from here and I have grown to love this city through his experiences and amazing friends, but I am pretty sure everyone will love it.

You know when a city reminds you of another city but it’s not in a way to take away from the new city you’re exploring? That might not make sense but what I mean is that Buenos Aires reminds me of the best of Los Angeles, the parks of New York City, the architecture of Paris and the trees of Barcelona… sounds like a dream right? It is.

My favorite time to go to Capital (Buenos Aires) is in March. It is very common for people to travel here in November- February as it is summer in the southern hemisphere. Buenos Aires is pretty darn hot those months but nonetheless beautiful. March and April is the perfect in between of a mild summer mixed with fall mornings.

We recently got back from a 16 day trip to Argentina where we spent just 3 days in Buenos Aires and the rest in La Rioja and Cordoba.

Here’s everything we packed into our 3 days.

Day 1: We got to our hotel after our overnight flight from Houston at 11am. After changing in the lobby bathroom we set out for the Yellow Bus Tour. Although we typically don’t do touristy activities, this one is a good way to get them all done at once. The bus drops you off and picks you up in 15 minute intervals at all the iconic locations.

There are so many stops it would take you 12 hours to really see them all- so we prioritized the ones we haven’t seen or done.

We hopped off at Recoleta, La Boca and Teatro Colon.

Highly recommend sitting upstairs on the Yellow Bus Tour- it gives such a different perspective of the streets and city.

We started at Recoleta where they charge only tourists for entry. My husband tried to pull the “we are married, she’s almost a citizen” card but it didn’t work. Most of the museums or touristy entry points have this charge, while citizens have free entry.

Imagine Ignacio negotiating a different price for me at every single one of these spots. lol

Recoleta was truly beautiful. It feels strange to walk through a cemetery that seems more of a little city than a graveyard. You can walk around for about an hour before it feels like you’ve seen it all or before you start to feel a little freaked out with all the dead people.

After Recoleta we walked to Teatro Colon and paid for the tour. I was really starting to feel the ‘didn’t sleep on a 9 hr flight’ as soon as the tour began. It was the longest 45 minutes of my life. The theatre is beautiful but the tour feels a bit long and at a controlled pace. It is not a roam as you please type of tour, which unfortunately is my preferred type. Through the building and materials used in the theatre you really learn about the building of Buenos Aires and the heavy European influence. It’s not just in the french architecture but in the tiles used on the floors and the marble from Italy.

We took an Uber back to our hotel, showered and took a 3 hr nap. We spent the rest of the evening on a double date with some friends.

We took a pottery and wine tasting class at Pain et Vin.

Went to The Hole Bar (highly recommend) It’s designed to feel like you’re in a prison meets speakeasy!

We spent more time at The Hole than expected and ended the night in the back of a pizzeria dancing to classic reggaeton- we returned to our hotel around 5:30am. I could not believe it. After the Hole 4 hrs of time literally disappeared. Must be the effect of a prison?

Day 2

We spent all of day 2 either napping, taking a cooking class that you can read about here or eating pizza with friends. Not much to report on this day.

Day 3

This was a big day. Today we were going to LA BOMBONERA (read that in Ignacio’s Boca voice).

If you know Ignacio, you know he is a die hard Boca Juniors fan, meaning I am also a die hard Boca fan. When they are playing well and not out of all the tournaments, we are watching about 2 games a week. And yes, I do watch almost all of them with him which means I dedicate about 4 hrs of my week to Boca… and I still can’t get him to do a 1 hr pilates class with me… anyways you get the point- We Love Boca.

It is not easy to get tickets to a Boca game (shout out Santi). With Boca you are a member of the club, you have the same seat all year round and basically until you die or leave the club (which no one leaves Boca). This meant we were borrowing and paying for 4 member cards. I was “Ramon” and clearly looked the part.

After 4 security checkpoints we made it through to our seats.

Some how Boca Juniors played their best game in a long time that night and we won 4-0. Ignacio’s cousins were trying to get me a member card after the win since it clearly was because I was at the stadium… Argentines and their superstitions!

We had the best night and the best part was seeing Ignacio’s face the whole time. We sang the chants we sing in our living room but this time with all the Boca fans. The energy in this stadium is truly electric. I’ll be Ramon any day for this experience again.

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