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Avellaneda

Avellaneda is a port city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the seat of the Avellaneda Partido, whose population was 367,554 as per the 2022 census [INDEC].

Avellaneda
Avellaneda · Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The place

Avellaneda is a port city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the seat of the Avellaneda Partido, whose population was 367,554 as per the 2022 census [INDEC]. Avellaneda is located within the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, and is connected to neighboring Buenos Aires by several bridges over the Riachuelo River.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Avellaneda

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Buenos Aires

    The University of Buenos Aires is a public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the second-oldest university in the country, and the largest university in the country by enrollment.

    7 km · public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    La Bombonera

    La Bombonera, officially known as Estadio Alberto José Armando, is an association football stadium in La Boca neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, Argentina that is the home of the Boca Juniors team. It is widely regarded as one of the most iconic stadiums in the world due to its design, the club's history and its intense atmosphere, and it has been host to many noteworthy players in football, including Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Alfredo Di Stéfano, and Pelé.

    3 km · football stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Colón Theater

    The Teatro Colón is a historic opera house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic.

    7 km · opera house in Buenos Aires · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Argentine Senate

    The Chamber of Senators of the Argentine Nation or Senate, officially the Honorable Chamber of Senators of the Argentine Nation is the upper house of the National Congress of Argentina.

    6.1 km · upper house of Argentina Congress · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Barolo Palace

    Palacio Barolo is a landmark office building, located at 1370 Avenida de Mayo, in the neighborhood of Monserrat, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It stood as Buenos Aires' tallest building for more than a decade until the construction of the Kavanagh Building in 1936.

    6.1 km · tower block in Buenos Aires · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Plaza de Mayo

    The Plaza de Mayo is the main city square of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was formed in 1884 after the demolition of the Recova building, unifying the city's Plaza Mayor and Plaza de Armas, by that time known as Plaza de la Victoria and Plaza 25 de Mayo, respectively.

    6 km · square in Buenos Aires, Argentina · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Obelisco de Buenos Aires

    The Obelisco de Buenos Aires is a national historic monument and icon of Buenos Aires. Located in the Plaza de la República in the intersection of avenues Corrientes and 9 de Julio, the reinforced concrete structure was erected in 1936 to commemorate the quadricentennial of the first foundation of the city.

    6.7 km · Iconic historical monument in Buenos Aires, Argentina · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Mariano Moreno National Library

    The Mariano Moreno National Library is the largest library in Argentina. It is located in the barrio of Recoleta in Buenos Aires.

    9.1 km · national library of Argentina · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Palace of the Argentine National Congress

    The Palace of the Argentine National Congress is a monumental building, seat of the Argentine National Congress, located in the city of Buenos Aires. It is located in the barrio of Balvanera at its limit with Monserrat, an area informally known as the Congreso neighbourhood.

    6.3 km · building in Argentina · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Recoleta Cemetery

    La Recoleta Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Perón, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy, and military commanders such as Julio Argentino Roca.

    8.6 km · cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Avellaneda

Airports
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP), 12 km · Ezeiza - Ministro Pistarini (EZE), 23 km · Carrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso (MVD), 215 km
  • Rosario → Avellaneda
    283 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · AR$18,200–24,250
  • Cordoba → Avellaneda
    652 km · quickest by air, 5h 12m · AR$102,190–158,590
  • Resistencia → Avellaneda
    802 km · quickest by road, 13h 48m · AR$55,100–73,500
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Avellaneda

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Avellaneda. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inBuenos Aires also has several small airports dedicated to chartered flights and private aircraft.
  • Get inThree companies operate this service: All three offer ferries to Colonia and connecting buses to Montevideo, Piriapolis, and Punta del Este.
  • Get inBuquebus also offers a significantly more expensive direct ferry to Montevideo.
  • Get inIn low season, you may be on the same ferry as the Buquebus passengers who probably paid significantly more.
  • Get aroundThe principal means of public transportation within the city are the buses (colectivos).

From Wikivoyage: Buenos Aires, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    San Pedro de AtacamaCL

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    1,618 km
  2. 02
    ChiloéCL

    11 ways of moving, 16 sources

    1,618 km
  3. 03
    Uyuni and the Salar de UyuniBO

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    1,784 km
  4. 04
    Ilha GrandeBR

    10 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,880 km
  5. 05
    El ChalténAR

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    2,019 km

If you know how people move in Avellaneda – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Avellaneda

Avellaneda is 6 km from Buenos Aires, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Buenos Airescapital and largest city of Argentina7.1 km
  • Lanúscity in Greater Buenos Aires5.1 km
  • La Bocaneighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina3 km
  • Banfieldcity in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina9.8 km
  • Puerto Maderoneighborhood of Buenos Aires5.6 km
  • Palermoneighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina10 km