Buenos Aires Audio Guided Walking Tour 2h30 and 18 reviews

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1. You have on your left the small entrance to a large cultural space thought of as an urban oasis in one of the densest neighborhoods of Buenos Aires.

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2. Here you are on Callao Avenue, another important artery of the city and fully declared a historic protected area. Look up to this part of the avenue, it is lined with stately buildings, mostly built between 1880 and 1940.

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3. So yes, you really can not miss it, here is the gigantic Congress of the Argentine Nation. This is where the Things to do of the political power take place.

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4. Absolutely, you recognize, that's Rodin's thinker. This bronze installed in Congress Square arrived in Buenos Aires in 1908 and was recently renovated and installed on a higher pedestal to better admire it.

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5. Look up to your right and admire this giant while gently curving. This is the Palais Barolo. You have before you the result of the disproportionate project of a young Italian who arrived in Argentina in 1890.

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6. Here you are, in the heart of the widest avenue in the world, in front of the statue of the famous Don Quixote, donated by Spain to Argentina in 1980 and facing the famous wall of Evita. You probably know her.

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7. You now pass the Tortoni café, the oldest café in town and certainly the most famous. If there’s anything special about Buenos Aires, it’s its ambient nostalgia and taste for tradition.

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8. You now arrive in front of the beautiful white church of San Ignacio de Loyola. If you are familiar with the name of Ignatius Loyola, Spanish military and then religious, leader of the Counter-Reformation and founder of the Society of Jesus, you suspect that the church must have a connection with the Jesuits.

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9. Here you are in Plaza de Mayo facing the famous Casa Rosada, which as its name suggests and as you can see for yourself, is pink. Versions of the reason for choosing the color to paint the seat of government differ and have fed urban legends since 1870.

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10. You are in the heart of downtown Buenos Aires, in Plaza de Mayo, opposite Casa Rosada, where the government sits. It is a key place in the darkest part of Argentina’s history, its dictatorship.

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11. This huge Greek temple is none other than the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires. It is the main Catholic church in the city and the seat of its archdiocese.

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12. On your right you can see the entrance to the Galeries Güemes. So, it doesn’t necessarily look like it, seen from the outside, but they are beautiful covered galleries in European fashion, inaugurated in 1915 and decorated in a magnificent Art Deco style with canopies, domes, sculpted walls, extravagant elevators and everything that goes with it.

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Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Buenos Aires

• Its from-price is 94% below the median of the 1517 experiences we list in Buenos Aires.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is Argentina's elegant, passionate capital, a city of grand boulevards, tango halls, leafy barrios and late-night steak dinners.

The Plaza de Mayo, framed by the pink Casa Rosada and the Metropolitan Cathedral, is the historic heart of the city, and the vast Avenida 9 de Julio leads to the Obelisk. The Teatro Colón, one of the great opera houses, and the grand cafés of Avenida de Mayo recall the city's golden age.

Top-ranked sights in Buenos Aires: Plaza de Mayo, Palermo, Puerto Madero.

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