What Argentina keeps off the postcards
94 lesser-known monuments, buildings, ruins and film locations across Argentina. Pick a dot on the map and find out why it is worth the detour.
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Café Las Violetas
Almagro, Buenos Aires · a luxury confitería opened in 1884
Confitería del Molino
Balvanera, Buenos Aires · an Art Nouveau café with windmill sails
Confitería Richmond
Calle Florida, Buenos Aires · the literary café of Borges and Girondo
Curutchet House
La Plata · a Le Corbusier house on 180 square metres
Hotel Castelar
Montserrat, Buenos Aires · the hotel where García Lorca lived
Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse
Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego · the lighthouse at the end of the world
Paz Palace
Retiro, Buenos Aires · a French château with 140 rooms
Estancia Villa María
Near Buenos Aires · a Tudor manor with a 74-hectare park
Filmed here
Films and series shot at these places in Argentina. Walk where the cameras stood.
Café Las Violetas
Almagro, Buenos Aires · a luxury confitería opened in 1884
Confitería del Molino
Balvanera, Buenos Aires · an Art Nouveau café with windmill sails
Confitería Richmond
Calle Florida, Buenos Aires · the literary café of Borges and Girondo
Curutchet House
La Plata · a Le Corbusier house on 180 square metres
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- Al Ahmad Mosque
- America Cultural Center
- Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist
- ARA Presidente Sarmiento
- Barolo Palace
- Basilica of Our Lady of Luján
- Bicentennial Lighthouse
- Bosch Bridge
- Bosch Palace
- Buenos Aires Central Post Office
- Buenos Aires Customs Palace
- Buenos Aires Stock Exchange
- Córdoba Cabildo
- Café La Biela
- Café Las Violetas
- Café Tortoni
- Caminito
- Casa de Liniers
- Jujuy Cathedral
- Cathedral of La Plata
- Cathedral of Our Lady of Nahuel Huapi
- Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity
- British Cemetery
- Club de Pescadores
- Confitería del Molino
- Confitería Richmond
- Córdoba Cathedral
- Curutchet House
- Eden Hotel
- El Ateneo Grand Splendid
- El Castillo Hotel Fábrega
- Esteban de Luca's House
- Estrugamou Building
- Félix Aguilar Observatory
- Fernández Anchorena Palace
- Fort of Buenos Aires
- Galería Güemes
- Historical House of Tucumán
- Hotel Castelar
- Hotel Villavicencio
- House of Culture of Buenos Aires
- Japanese Garden of Belén de Escobar
- Buenos Aires Japanese Gardens
- Kavanagh Building
- La Chacarita Cemetery
- La Tablada Israelite Cemetery
- Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse
- Llao Llao Hotel
- Los Penitentes
- Mansión Seré
- Equestrian monument to General Manuel Belgrano
- Mar del Plata Water Tower (Torre Tanque)
- Marquis of Sobremonte Provincial Historical Museum
- Martín García Island
- Memory Park
- Ministry of Public Works Building
- Monument to Christopher Columbus
- Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina
- Monumento a los caídos en Malvinas
- National Museum of Decorative Arts
- Nicolás Avellaneda Transporter Bridge
- Our Lady of Loreto Cathedral
- Our Lady of Mercy Church
- Our Lady of Rosary Cathedral, Cafayate
- Our Lady of the Incarnation Cathedral, San Miguel de Tucumán
- Palacio Alcorta
- Paz Palace
- Pereda Palace
- Galileo Galilei Planetarium
- Pucará de Tilcara
- Puente del Inca
- River Plate Fresh Meat Company
- Ruins of Quilmes
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola Church
- San José Charterhouse
- Salta Cathedral
- San Ignacio Miní
- San Martín Palace
- Santo Domingo Convent
- Sarmiento House
- Tastil
- Templo Libertad
- Ader Tower
- Torre Espacial
- Torre Monumental
- Usina del Arte
- Villa Epecuén
- Estancia Villa María
- Villa Ocampo
- Ortiz Basualdo Villa
- Yatasto Relay
- YPF Tower
- Zárate-Brazo Largo Bridge