Buenos Aires has a century old tradition of coffee houses with writers, artist and regular inhabitants discussing life, love and politics for hours over a cup of hot brew or a drink. With nightlife a very important part of Buenos Aires, you might well be in need of some strong cups yourself the morning after, so here’s our guide to the most important cafes to visit during the best tours to Buenos Aires.
Tortoni
Voted one of the ten most beautiful cafes in the world. Pricey and overrun with tourists, but by far the most famous of them all. If you can avoid the lines that often form outside this former hangout of Borges and Einstein, it’s well worth a visit during the best tours to Buenos Aires.
(Avenida de Mayo 825 - Microcentro)
Confiteria Ideal
Founded in 1912, one of the oldest tearooms in the city, its second floor houses a grand ballroom that hosts tango lessons and milonga’s almost every afternoon and evening. Various days the dancing is accompanied by live musicians and on Friday and Saturday evening they host tango shows as well.
(Suipacha 384 - Microcentro)
Las Violetas
An unchanged classic since 1884 with beautiful gilded interior, high ceilings and waiters in complete uniforms. The place to go for an old fashioned high tea named after opera singer Maria Callas in the afternoon that includes enough food to leave you filled till well after even Buenos Aires dinner time.
(Rivadavia 3899 - Almagro)
La Biela
Named after the piston in an engine, it started out as the hangout for Argentina’s aviation pioneers and in later years became the unofficial club house for some of the most famous race car drivers in Argentina, including 5 time Formula 1 world champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
(Quintana 596 - Recoleta)
Bar Plaza Dorrego
One of the oldest bars in the city dating back to the 18th century. Original wooden iceboxes en tables and a bar people have been carving their names in for many decades, make this the perfect location to rest up from visiting the sunday antique and crafts market that occupies the street out front.
(Defensa 1096 - San Telmo)
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