Buenos Aires in One Day Private Walking Tour

Highlights

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Itinerary

1. This is where we meet and start our tour NO LATER than 10am: Please look for the guides that have a (small) BA Walking Tours sign in their hands or clothes. We meet OUTSIDE the cafe corner door (corner with Paraguay St.).

   5 min

2. We will stroll and explain about this lively and quintessential street and its historical buildings.

   15 min

3. We will show & explain these highlights--and much more: • Elegant Plaza San Martin (initial bastion, bullfight ring and slave market) • Paz Palace (amazing belle-epoque mansion in BA) • Kavanagh Building (architecture in BA explained) • Santísimo Sacramento Church (unusual and amazing church, explained) • British Clock Tower + Railroad Terminal Stations (here we explain past & present unsuspected presence of England in Argentina) • General San Martin's Monument (here we explain how Argenina was born)

   25 min

4. We will show & explain these highlights--and much more: • Barrio Norte Neighbourhood (here we explain the strong influence of the French and Italian in Argentina) • Mihanovich & Strugamou Buildings • Arroyo Street and its Art Galleries • Elegant Alvear St. & Palaces (here we explain the impact of catholicism, judaism and immigration in Argentina ) • Palacio Ortiz-Basualdo (French Embassy) • Alzaga-Unzue Manor (4 Seasons) • Nunciature (Vatican Embassy - Fernandez-Anchorena-Harilaos Palace) • Duhau Mansion (Hyatt) • Hume Mansion • Alvear Palace

   30 min

5. We will show & explain these highlights--and much more: • The amazing Recoleta Cemetery (explained with monuments and stories, including all about Evita Peron --she is buried here) • Nuestra Senora del Pilar Church + Recoleta Neighbourhood • BA Exhibition Center • Palais de Glace (we explain the coming of age of Tango) • BA Design Center

   30 min

6. A unique cemetery famous worldwide for its beautiful monuments and for being the burial ground of famous Evita Peron. We will explain its most fascinating stories and monuments, including Evita's. No stone left unturned (not literally--it is just a figure of speech!).

   45 minAdmission included

7. We will show & explain these highlights--and much more: • BA Design Center • National Gallery of Art • Peynot's Grand Monument (France's present to Argentina for its centennial celebration) • Floralis Monument (Giant Flower) • Evita Peron's Monument (place where she died) • National Library Building

   30 min

8. We will show & explain these highlights--and much more: • Florida Street--Oldest street. How Buenos Aires evolved. • Harrods & Galerias Pacifico bldgs.--the British Buenos Aires • Centro Naval--Argentina's past wealth--ranchers & military • Teatro Colon Theatre--Opera House • Obelisco--what does it stand for • Mariquita Sanchez house--Argentina's National Anthem • Bank & Finance District--We will explain our recent history and economy

   25 min

9. Monserrat: oldest neighbourhood Cabildo (old City Hall) BA's Cathedral--where current Pope Francis preached General San Martin's Mausoleum (here we explain how Argentina became a nation) National Bank Government House (its history and architecture explained) Monument to Manuel Belgrano (where the gallows used to be) Ministry Buildings (shrapnel still attests to recent coups -explained) Piramide de Mayo (and the Walk of the Mothers of the dissapeared) Bolivar St.: Manzana de las Luces ("Enlightment Square" -first center of wisdom and foundational site of our schooling system) Oldest Shop, Oldest Church and Oldest house still preserved in the city Defensa St. and Saint Domingo Convent (here we explain the early British presence in 1806 and 1807) Viceroy Linier's House Chile St (old city limit) & Minimal House Immigration and changes in the Architecture of BA Carlos Calvo Market Plaza Dorrego Park Belen Church & Martina Cespedes' cute story Ezeiza's Little Convent ...and much more

   30 min

10. We will see and explain Puerto Madero, the newest neighborhood built by expanding the city across the old British dockyards into the water beyond the coast.

    15 min

11. We will show & explain these highlights--and much more: • Historic downtown and Plaza de Mayo • Metropolitan Cathedral—where current Pope Francis worked • Cabildo-Old City Hall • Casa Rosada—Presidential Office • Piramide de Mayo • Mothers of the Disappeared—tyrants in argentina

    30 min

12. The Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral (where current Pope Francis officiated) is the main Catholic church in Buenos Aires, Argentina and holds the impressive and magnificent (guarded) tomb of General San Martin, the Liberator of southern South America, amongst other highlights.

    15 min

Cancellation

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

Reviews

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How it compares in Buenos Aires

• Its from-price is 22% above the median of the 250 city tours we list in Buenos Aires.
• It is longer than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 46 of 250.
• 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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