The best places to study in Buenos Aires
The 10 libraries and study cafés in Buenos Aires best suited to a long session with a laptop or a textbook, led by Biblioteca Leopoldo Lugones, Café Tortoni and Bonafide.
Ranked by work score: Wi‑Fi, power, seating, hours, what reviews say about laptops and noise, and who recommends working there. One branch per chain.
01Biblioteca Leopoldo Lugones
library2215 Calle La Pampa★ 4.7Wi‑FiPowerWork 100
Biblioteca Leopoldo Lugones is a public library in Buenos Aires with three floors designed for reading and working. The ground floor holds books and a small coffee shop; the upper floors are quieter and lined with tables spread out for privacy.
02Café Tortoni
café825 Avenida de Mayo★ 4.5Wi‑FiWork 100
Café Tortoni is an iconic French-style café that opened in 1858 on Avenida de Mayo in central Buenos Aires. Visitors are drawn to its timeless, elegant atmosphere filled with antique décor and a deep sense of Argentine history and culture.
03Bonafide
café573 Lima★ 4.4Wi‑FiWork 100
Bonafide is a café in Buenos Aires that serves coffee and food in a small, pleasant space. Reviewers consistently praise the friendly service and the quality of the coffee, particularly the moka.
04Havanna
café1696 Avenida Belgrano★ 4.3Wi‑FiWork 100
Havanna is a café on Avenida Belgrano in Buenos Aires serving coffee, alfajores, medialunas and other food. Reviewers praise the coffee quality and mention a calm atmosphere with few people. Staff are described as nice.
05Café Martínez
café498 Avenida Callao★ 4.2Wi‑FiWork 100
Café Martínez is a Buenos Aires café on Avenida Callao with both indoor and outdoor seating. Reviewers appreciate the local atmosphere and describe it as having an appealing Argentine character.
09Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno
library2502 AgüeroWi‑FiWork 100
The Mariano Moreno National Library is the largest library in Argentina. It is located in the barrio of Recoleta in Buenos Aires. The library is named after Mariano Moreno, one of the ideologists of the May Revolution and its first director.
10Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación (BCN)
library1750 Hipólito YrigoyenWork 90