Art is life! This is such a cool cultural center for…read moreRecoleta. This place is located right next to the infamous Buenos Aires cemetery, where there are so many (morbid) works of art. But next door to Recoleta's church, there's a fantastic cultural center. Look for the giant painting of a bird man on the front of the place. When I went, it was free! They had a wide variety of works of art, in various media- from sculptures, to paintings, to mixed media works. My favorite was a Michelin Tire Man that someone had made out of tires! There were rock n' roll bands putting on shows, there was a class on twerking (awesome!) and they were even giving out free works of art! There's plenty of air conditioning, and places to hang out and just be creative, cool sculptures to contemplate, and lots of works of art to take in. This seems like a place that really nurtures the creative spirit of Recoleta! Parking looks like it might be a challenge, since it's located next to the country's most famous cemetery and a big ol' park. Bonus- the park is transformed into an artists' market on the weekends! I highly recommend checking this place out! I loved it!

The admission fee is so minor that there's little reason not to check out Centro Cultural Recoleta…read moreif you're nearby (it's beside the Recoleta Cemetery) . The guidebook I had pretty much said the same, so I made time for this place and set my expectations accordingly. Your feelings about this cultural center will likely vary depending on the exhibits currently running. There's a wide variety of art on display and it just keeps unfolding. I found my sweet spot in the building that sits across the courtyard from the building in which you enter. It was in that building, in a food-adjacent show, that I watched a video on hummus that amused me beyond reason. I liked a lot of other things here too and appreciated that each new room I entered featured something totally unique from what preceded it. Buenos Aires is a great museum town and I'm not suggesting that this should replace visits to any of those. But if it does, you might not even care. I was super-glad to have made time to experience Centro Cultural Recoleta.

We visit B. Aires once every year x the last 15 years and were recommended to go to the Club…read moreArmenio by an Armenian family. Now we go every time we are here. Suggestion stay at The Glu Hotel, enjoy Palermo and make sure you have dinner at the Club Armenio. The food is excellent period.

I have been to a lot of concert halls around the world and Teatro Colón is spectacular. This is one…read moreof the world's best opera houses. Opened in 1908 it seats 2478 people. Extraordinary architecture, elegant interiors with marble staircases, decorative sculptures, bronze details, and stained-glass windows. The theater was designed to allow opera singers and orchestras to be heard with extraordinary clarity. Look upward to see the colorful ceiling mural painted by Argentine artist Raúl Soldi. Ordering tickets is easy you can order directly on the website or directly at the theater. I went to the theater and was able to buy tickets and got 10th row, just off center, Orchestra seats. The performance was fabulous and Freddie de Tommaso is going to be one of the greatest tenors in the world. It was special to see this performance. If you are in Buenos Aires, don't miss a chance to go to this elegant world class theater. They also have daily backstage tours which I hear are very good.

We had a private Tour Guide that arranged for us to attend one of the one hour tours given by the…read moretheater staff. Our assigned time was 2 PM so we arrived 10 minutes prior and began the lineup process. If you've never toured this theater, I would highly recommend you do so. It is absolutely stunning, so many ornate details to see. We were taken into several different areas of the theater, including the main grand entrance, the theater itself where we were able to sit in one of the box seating and the French styled room where the upper level patrons rest during intermission. Not only did she cover the history, but she also covered many stories of some of their famous attendees, where people sit, including the widows area back in the day where widows couldn't be seen at social functions It's definitely worth your time!