Buenos Aires doesn't do subtle. Grilled meat smoke drifts through San Telmo at midnight, tango spills onto the pavement outside milongas, and your euro stretches further than it has in years. Plus Ultra now flies non-stop from Madrid to Buenos Aires from €488 return.
✈️ The Deal
- From: Madrid, Spain
- To: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Airline: Plus Ultra
- Stops: Non-stop
- Price: €488-€499 return
- When: February - July 2027
Example dates:
05/02/2027 - 20/02/2027
06/02/2027 - 21/02/2027
10/03/2027 - 21/03/2027
15/03/2027 - 27/03/2027
02/04/2027 - 20/04/2027
16/04/2027 - 29/04/2027
03/05/2027 - 18/05/2027
15/06/2027 - 14/07/2027
Check dates on Kiwi
💰 How Far Does Your Money Go?
A café con leche and medialunas for breakfast costs around €2.80, less than a caña back in Madrid. A parrilla dinner with a glass of Malbec runs €11-17, about what you'd pay for a menú del día at home, except it's steak. Happy hour (17:00-20:00) drops a craft beer to roughly €2, and a proper mid-range dinner for two comes in around €70.
☀️ The Weather
Fly in February or March and Buenos Aires is still in late summer, 27-29°C by day and warm well into the evening. Land in April or May and it eases into a mild, dry autumn, 19-23°C, ideal for walking the city without melting. Book June or July and you get a crisp winter, 8-16°C, jacket weather rather than freezing, with the parrillas and tango halls just as busy.
🏨 Where to Stay
Three options, whatever the budget.
El Misti Hotel Buenos Aires Centro - 8.8/10 · From €47/night Simple, central and walking distance from Plaza de Mayo, built for travellers who'd rather spend on steak than the room.
Arc Recoleta Boutique Hotel & Spa - 9.0/10 · From €89/night A quiet boutique base in leafy Recoleta, close to the cemetery and the city's best coffee shops.
Alvear Icon Hotel - 9.3/10 · From €215/night A 32-floor tower over Puerto Madero's riverfront, for anyone who wants the skyline view with their steak.
🎯 What to Do
Buenos Aires runs on late dinners, tango and long walks by the river.
San Telmo food walking tour: Empanadas, choripán and cured meats through cobblestone streets, ending at the antiques market on Sundays. Tango show in San Telmo: Watch dancers take over Plaza Dorrego at dusk, then catch a full show with dinner at a milonga later that night. Puerto Madero riverfront walk: Wander the old docks and the Reserva Ecológica for a break from the city noise, all on foot. Recoleta Cemetery: Marble mausoleums and Evita's grave, one of the strangest and most photographed corners of the city.
🗺️ Where to Go From Here
Buenos Aires is also the easiest launchpad in South America.
Tigre Delta: An hour by train for boat rides through a maze of rivers and islands. Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay: A short ferry across the Río de la Plata to a cobbled, UNESCO-listed old town. Iguazú Falls: A two-hour domestic flight to one of the largest waterfall systems on Earth. Mendoza: A short hop west into Argentina's wine country, for Malbec at the source.
€488 return and dates open right through to July 2027. Non-stop from Madrid makes it an easy yes.
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