Tigre is a city in the Buenos Aires Province, situated 28 km north of Buenos Aires city. The town lies on the Paraná Delta and is an important tourist and weekend attraction, easily reached with bus and train connections, including the scenic Tren de la Costa. It sits on an island created by several small streams and rivers. It was founded in 1820 after floods had destroyed other settlements in the area.

The area's name derives from or jaguars hunted on occasion in the area in its early years. The area was first settled by Europeans farming the land, and the port developed to serve the Delta and to bring fruit and wood. Tigre is still an important timber processing port. The Puerto de Frutos ('fruit port') is now a crafts fair located in the old fruit market by the riverside. The Naval Museum is also nearby.

Antiques shops and riverside bars and restaurants are popular in Tigre. It is a popular tourist destination throughout the year, renowned for its natural beauty and the starting point to visit the magnificent Paraná Delta, vintage mahogany commuter boats are the favourite way to travel by locals and tourists alike trough it's web of connecting rivers and streams where English style rowing clubs, countless marinas, lodging, restaurants and teahouses or simple picnic sites, elegant mansions from the “Belle Époque” dot the area. Tigre has in recent years seen an increase in people relocating to the city from other parts of Greater Buenos Aires.