Buenos Aires, Argentina

Getting around Buenos Aires

How to travel around Buenos Aires — 5 options, what they cost, and which booking apps fix the fare before you go.

Last updated 2026-08-09

1. Subte

Six lines, cheap, with Line A's restored 1913 wooden cars.

Cost: Pay with a SUBE card

2. Cabify and Uber

Both operate and fix the fare, which matters given exchange volatility.

Watch outTaxis with tampered meters, and the note-swap when giving change. The fixed app fare avoids both.

3. Colectivos

An enormous bus network running around the clock, on a SUBE card.

4. EcoBici

Free public bike share with a growing separated-lane network.

Cost: Free with registration

5. Walking Palermo and San Telmo

Both flat, leafy and best covered on foot.

Booking apps in Argentina

Agreeing the fare in an app before you travel removes the argument at the end of the journey, which is where most transport scams happen. Links go to each app's official page — lookalike apps are themselves a scam.

Cabify

Ride-hailing with fares fixed in-app, useful given currency volatility.

Coverage: Buenos Aires and larger cities.
Why it helps: The fare is fixed in-app, which removes both the tampered meter and the counterfeit-note switch when giving change.

Uber

Operates in Buenos Aires and several other cities.

Coverage: Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario.
Why it helps: Fare is agreed in the app before the trip, and the route is recorded — which removes the refused meter, the tampered meter and the fixed 'foreigner price' in one move.