Battle of the Best Ice Creams in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires Icecream Freddo

by Michael Tieso on June 15, 2010

in Destinations,Featured,Food / Drinks,South America

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I do in fact have a second stomach for dessert. Well not exactly but it does seem that way that no matter how full I may be, I always have enough room for dessert. My limits were tested in Buenos Aires, Argentina though. A simple walk down the city of Buenos Aires will get you passing down countless ice cream parlors. It’s extremely difficult to resist and normally I don’t want to resist anyway.

With dozens of flavors to choose from in most of these places, it’s like a mission. It becomes even more difficult on those late night drunk craves (from experience). There is one flavor however that is hard to go wrong in Buenos Aires and that is the Dulce de Leche. The milk caramel flavor will have you in a daze of amazing-ness. From Dulce de Leche, you then have several more choices from Granizado, Brownie, Bonbon, and more. Regardless of the flavor you choose, you’ll have a sense of the richness of Argentina’s dairy. Thanks to the Italian immigrants that came to Buenos Aires, you’ll have a rich creamy and more milky ice cream compared to other parts of the world. Less air, more milk, and more eggs, sets you in for a high density addictive ice cream just like the Italians gelato.

Un Altra Volta in Buenos Aires

He was confused why we were taking a picture of him. See that bucket of ice cream? That was hardly enough.

With so many parlors to choose from, you’ll have different opinions of which are the best heladerías in Buenos Aires. Creating this post is absoltely killing me to be honest because my absolute favorite was at Un Altra Volta combining several different flavors in a whole bucket. Nothing else compares. Say that to a Freddo fantastic and they’ll argue your ears off how there’s is the best. Close favorite to Un Altra Volta is the many local ice cream parlors I found just walking and discovering the city. Most were usually outside of the big city that I found to be the best.

Un Altra Volta in Buenos Aires

That would be me taking forever to choose a flavor.

Have you had the ice creams / gelatos of Buenos Aires? What would you concider the best? Comment which flavor you liked best as well. Vote on it!

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Michael Tieso travels around the world writing, photographing, and filming his adventures. He is the Editor-in-chief of Art of Backpacking -- a website that provides stories, tips, and advice about all things backpacking. He runs a travel blogging community called Art of Travel Blogging. He's currently filming a documentary on travel and technology called Everywhere Connection. He left the cubicle life to travel the world in May 2009 and he still continues the journey to this day with no end to it. He loves adventure, food, and music. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and .

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  • http://www.journeyofatravelwriter.com Adam

    Ahh, I loved, loved, loved the ice cream in BA. We had an apartment in San Telmo for a month on our RTW, and we found an ice cream shop right around the corner from where we stayed. That was trouble as we seemed to go by there every other day. We always got two flavors in one container. Our go-to was Dulce de Leche/Dark Chocolate combo. If we were feeling particularly gluttonous, we would drizzle some dulce de leche we bought from the grocery store over the top of our bowl of ice cream. Heaven.

  • adventurouskate

    Awww…it was at a Freddo where I realized that I had been pickpocketed. Love BsAs nonetheless! :-) They put dulce de leche in EVERYTHING!

  • Lizzie

    I can't believe you would even pose the question… Clearly it is Un Alta Volta the whole way! And has to be a Dulce de Leche/Chocolate combo. The extra strawberry was nice sometimes though… I don't even remember giving you a choice on that? Ice cream so delicious words don't even do it justice. Ugh, now I have ice cream cravings.

  • http://www.neverendingvoyage.com Erin

    Love Buenos Aires icecream! We never actually tried Un Alta Volta but Freddo is good, if a little more expensive that other places. We mostly just went to our local place Emede in Barrio Norte and got half a kilo with three different flavours. Simon sticks with chocolate but I have to mix it up – banana, coconut, passion fruit, tramontana, and of course dulce de leche with brownie. Mmmm…

    The best heladeria we found was Jauja which had all natural flavours including unusual things like cardamom http://www.heladosjauja.com/ .

  • Luisa

    I would say Limon with Granizado, no matter which ice cream parlor you go…… there is no better one then another, dulce de leche is absolutely amazingly delicious and creamy there is no better way to describe it. The ice cream alone is a great excuse to make the trip down

  • Luisa

    I would say Limon with Granizado, no matter which ice cream parlor you go…… there is no better one then another, dulce de leche is absolutely amazingly delicious and creamy there is no better way to describe it. The ice cream alone is a great excuse to make the trip down

  • lali00

    YOU MUST TRY CHUNGO.
    THEY ARE AS GOOD AS VOLTA…..AND AS ADDICTIVE!!!

  • Tanya C

    I absolutely LOVE Freddo! When backpacking in Argentina 2 years ago, I was hooked on Freddo ice cream… on any dulce de leche ice cream flavors! Your post is bringing back good memories! Read some of our backpacking articles on Off-Track Backpacking (www.offtrackbackpacking.com)

  • Tanya C

    I absolutely LOVE Freddo! When backpacking in Argentina 2 years ago, I was hooked on Freddo ice cream… on any dulce de leche ice cream flavors! Your post is bringing back good memories! Read some of our backpacking articles on Off-Track Backpacking (http://www.offtrackbackpacking.com)