Where was The Motorcycle Diaries filmed?
2004 film by Walter Salles
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) was filmed in Buenos Aires — 1 recorded filming location in Argentina. It is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Filming locations
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 16 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Machu Picchu
🇵🇪 Peru
15th-century Inca citadel in the Peruvian Andes and UNESCO World Heritage Site
“The site features prominently in the biopic The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), based on Che Guevara's 1952 travel memoir, and in the NOVA television documentary "Ghosts of Machu Picchu".” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Cusco
🇵🇪 Peru
historic city of Peru, capital of the Department of Cusco
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Atacama Desert
🇨🇱 Chile
desert in South America
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🏙 Towns & cities
Villa Gesell
🇦🇷 Argentina
city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Amazon
🇵🇪 Peru
river in South America
“The scene which features Guevara's character swimming across to the other side of the river was filmed during three nights in which Bernal swam across the actual Amazon River.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Caracas
🇻🇪 Venezuela
capital and largest city of Venezuela
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🏙 Towns & cities
Lima
🇵🇪 Peru
capital and largest city of Peru
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🏙 Towns & cities
Leticia
🇨🇴 Colombia
capital of the Colombian department of Amazonas
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🏙 Towns & cities
Valparaíso
🇨🇱 Chile
city in Chile
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🏙 Towns & cities
Miramar
🇦🇷 Argentina
city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Buenos Aires Province
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🏙 Towns & cities
San Martín de los Andes
🇦🇷 Argentina
city in Neuquén Province, Argentina
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Nahuel Huapi Lake
🇦🇷 Argentina
glacial lake
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🏙 Towns & cities
Temuco
🇨🇱 Chile
city in Chile
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🏙 Towns & cities
Los Ángeles
🇨🇱 Chile
city in Chile
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Chuquicamata
🇨🇱 Chile
Chilean mine of copper
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🏙 Towns & cities
San Pablo
🇵🇪 Peru
town in Loreto, Peru
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Chile, Peru, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- Children of Men 2006
- Evita 1996
- The Secret in Their Eyes 2009
- Wild Tales 2014
- Focus 2015
- The Official Story 1985
- Highlander II: The Quickening 1991
- Nine Queens 2000
- Happy Together 1997
- The Fall 2006
- Son of the Bride 2001
- You Are the One 2006–2007
More filmed in Argentina
- Children of Men 2006
- Seven Years in Tibet 1997
- Evita 1996
- The Secret in Their Eyes 2009
- Wild Tales 2014
- Focus 2015
Every filming location in Argentina →
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Motorcycle Diaries have?
1 place recorded on Wikidata, and 16 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across Argentina.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Children of Men (2006), Evita (1996), The Secret in Their Eyes (2009), Wild Tales (2014) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.