Buenos Aires is a beautiful city that deserves to be seen from the heights to see it in all its fullness and enjoy each of its corners. Do you want to see Buenos Aires from the heights? Then visit any of the 8 most outstanding viewpoints in Buenos Aires to enjoy an experience to the fullest.
1. Monumental Tower
This viewpoint in Buenos Aires is also known as the Torre de los Ingleses (Englishmen’s Tower). The Monumental Tower was a gift from the British community for the Centenary of the May Revolution. If you go up to the 6th floor of the tower you will find its viewpoint with dazzling views of the Kavanagh building, the port, the ecological reserve and the whole Retiro area.
Monumental Tower
📍Dr. José María Ramos Mejía 1315 Av.
⏰Open daily from 11am to 5:40pm.
👉Tickets on their website
2. Mirador Galería Güemes
This viewpoint in Buenos Aires is located in the Mitre Tower, on the 14th floor of the Güemes Gallery. With more than 101 years of history, this tower, the first skyscraper in Buenos Aires, offers breathtaking views of Microcentro, the nearby domes, the Río de la Plata and even the Uruguayan coast on clear days. The Mirador de la Galería Güemes can be visited from Monday to Friday in small groups (enter through the elevators of the Mitre Tower to the 14th floor). If it rains, this Buenos Aires viewpoint is closed.
Güemes Gallery
📍Florida 165
Open Monday to Friday from 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to 4:40pm.
👉 More info at their website
3. Kirchner Cultural Center
The Kirchner Cultural Center is one of the best known and most important cultural centers in Buenos Aires. Besides having a diverse and constantly changing agenda of events, if you go up to its terrace you will be able to enjoy one of the most beautiful views of Buenos Aires. This viewpoint is located on the ninth floor. From there you can enjoy Puerto Madero, the Casa Rosada and the historical part of Buenos Aires.
Viewpoint of the Kirchner Cultural Center
📍 Sarmiento 151
⏰Open from Wednesday to Sunday from 2pm to 8pm.
4. Barolo Palace
The Barolo Palace is a symbolic construction on Avenida de Mayo that represents the mysteries hidden in one of the most famous works of Dante Alighieri. If you have never been there, it is definitely worth going inside and if you have a little more time, walk around it up to its highest point: a viewpoint that will allow you to contemplate the Plaza del Congreso, the Congreso de la Nación and a large part of Avenida de Mayo.
Barolo Palace
📍 1370 Avenida de Mayo
More info at the Palacio Barolo website.
5. Viewpoint Terraza del Chalecito (Chalet Díaz)
In the middle of Avenida 9 de Julio, Chalet Díaz is one of the most peculiar viewpoints in Buenos Aires. If you stand on Corrientes Avenue and 9 de Julio and look up you will see a house on top of a building. Yes, a house on the terrace of a building: that is the Chalet Díaz. From there you will be able to enjoy a breathtaking view of the Obelisk, Corrientes street and the lights of 9 de Julio Avenue.
Diaz Chalet
📍 Sarmiento 1113
Open Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 8pm.
6. Café Proa
Café Proa is the café of Fundación Proa, one of the best places to see art in Buenos Aires. Café Proa offers a unique postcard view of La Boca, Caminito and the river, the iron bridges and the essence of the neighborhood. One of the most special viewpoints in Buenos Aires.
Café Proa
📍 Don Pedro de Mendoza Av. 1929
⏰Open from Wednesday to Sunday from 12hs to 19hs.
7. Obelisco Viewpoint
The Obelisco viewpoint is almost ready to work again, after the restoration works it underwent. While you wait to know the days and hours to go up to one of the most incredible viewpoints of Buenos Aires, you can climb the stairs located diagonally to the Obelisk, over the surveillance point of the federal police. From there you will be able to take excellent pictures and enjoy a privileged view of the Obelisk and 9 de Julio Avenue.
Viewpoint of the Obelisk
📍 1124 Pres. Roque Sáenz Peña Av.
8. Miguel Bencich Building
The terrace of the Miguel Bencich Building offers breathtaking views of the intersection of Florida and Diagonal Norte streets, in the heart of downtown. This building was inaugurated in 1927 and will allow you to admire the imposing dome of the building and several historical spaces, such as Plaza de Mayo and the Casa Rosada. If you want to add a very special touch to your visit to this viewpoint, you should know that you can enjoy a dome night with wine tasting and tasting once a month (except during the winter months).
Bencich Building
📍 616 Roque Sáenz Peña Av.
9. La Inmobiliaria Building
This is the building on Avenida de Mayo that you see with the red domes from the Plaza de los dos Congresos. It is a beautiful building from where you can observe the Plaza de los dos Congresos in its splendor and enjoy one of the best sunsets in the city.
It is not free and open access, but this building usually hosts events and special snacks so you can enjoy this unique sunset, in one of the best viewpoints in Buenos Aires.
10. Cassara Foundation Building
This building is not one of the highest viewpoints in Buenos Aires, but in addition to a beautiful glazed terrace, the Cassara building houses an art gallery with traveling exhibitions and gives you a very special view of Avenida de Mayo.
Cassará Building – Cassará Foundation
📍 1190 Avenida de Mayo
Free visits on Fridays and Saturdays from 4pm to 8pm.
11. Obelisk of Buenos Aires
This will be one of the most attractive viewpoints in Buenos Aires because it will allow you to climb to the top of Buenos Aires from the most important and symbolic point of the city.
The Obelisk of Buenos Aires will have an elevator (the works are active at the moment) so that you can go up to the top or observe the city. We will let you know when it is ready.