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TEFL courses in Buenos Aires Argentina Recommended barrios in Buenos Aires when you attend the EBC TEFL course

The following is a list of recommended Buenos Aires barrios you can choose from when you stay in Buenos Aires to take our TEFL course. This list of good areas to live in has been compiled by two of our native "Porteños and Porteñas" (the local term used for people born in Buenos Aires). The list of recommended areas is in alphabetical order.

  • Agronomia
  • Almagro (north side)
  • Balvanera (north side)
  • Belgrano
  • Caballito
  • Chacarita
  • Coghlan
  • Colegiales
  • Flores
  • Floresta
  • La Paternal
  • Monte Castro
  • Nuñez
  • Palermo
  • Parque Chacabuco
  • Puerto Madero
  • Recoleta (EBC Training Centre "barrio")
  • Retiro
  • Saavedra
  • San Nicolas
  • San Telmo (generally OK. Take care on the "La Boca" side)
  • Villa Crespo
  • Villa del Parque
  • Villa Devoto
  • Villa Mitre
  • Villa Ortuzar
  • Villa Puerredon
  • Villa Santa Rita
  • Villa Urquiza

You will probably hear people speak of "Barrio Norte". In reality it isn't a barrio. It is an area of Buenos Aires which includes parts of the following barrios: Palermo and Recoleta.

Please click here to see where these barrios are in relation to "Recoleta" where the EBC Training Centre is Located.

Areas to avoid in Buenos Aires

Our native "porteños and porteñas" gave a thumbs down to the following barrios:

  • Almagro (south side)
  • Balvanera (south side)
  • Barracas
  • Boedo
  • Constitución
  • La Boca
  • Liniers
  • Mataderos
  • Monserrat
  • Nueva Pompeya
  • Parque Avellaneda
  • Parque Patricios
  • San Cristobal
  • Velez Sarfield
  • Versailles
  • Villa Lugano
  • Villa Luro
  • Villa Real
  • Villa Riachuelo
  • Villa Soldati

It may well be that you find small areas in these barrios that are OK, but we seriously recommend that you check them out personally prior to deciding to go and live there.

End of Buenos Aires barrios