Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires rewards those willing to give it time, rather than treat it as a stopover before Patagonia. Argentina’s capital mixes elegant European grandeur with a genuinely contemporary edge, best felt in Palermo, where cobbled streets and shaded pavements are lined with coffee bars that spill lazily outside. Slip into a milonga after dark for tango danced properly rather than performed for tourists, and the city’s more private side starts to reveal itself.