Discover La Plata: A Guided Architectural and Sightseeing Tour
- 5 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 3 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Discover La Plata, Buenos Aires Province's capital during a half day tour full of architecture, culture, religion and natural sciences. Paradigm of modern urban planification, La Plata offers a perfectly square shape. Only 1 hour away from Buenos Aires, La Plata City Tour is a nice way to get to know more about Argentina and see less mainstreams attractions.
Inclusions
What's included
- Professional guide
- Round-trip shared transfer
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Hotel pickup (selected hotels only)
What's not
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Hotel drop-off
Itinerary
After being picked up in your centrally located hotel in Buenos Aires, enjoy a drive for 56 km on Avenida La Plata in a comfortable coach equipped with Air Conditioning and Heating. During the trip to La Plata, get a nice view of the same name River, while your multilingual guide explains the history and foundations of the famous square city.
Arriving at destination, visit the important Neo Gothic Cathedral, considered as one of the world's biggest. Inspired from Europe, it was made in 1932. Then, walk along the city's diagonals and be impressed by its perfect geometrical shape.
Visit the Astronomical Observatory and the Argentinean Theatre, while your guide explains by who and how they were built.
Get a glimpse at the Natural Science Museum, South America most important science museum. Hosting a collection of over 2 millions objects and specimens, it is as a center of Paleontology, Anthropology, Geology, Botany and Zoology (didactical and educational museum of Argentinean historical species). Get to know better the Argentinian regions and its natural climates (sea, mountain, Patagonia etc), which made possible the conservation of many dinosaurus specimen. Then, after discovering La Plata and its museums, architecture, culture and traditions, hop on the bus again to get back to Buenos Aires.
After a 1 hour drive, you will arrive to Buenos Aires, where you will be left at a agreed point.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- The pick up transfer is only from selected centrally located hotels.
- Pickup
- Pickup is offered, or you can meet at the starting point.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 30 travellers
- Operated by
- Tangol
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
- Cruise Passengers are not allowed to take this tour
How it compares in Buenos Aires
- Its from-price is 15% below the median of the 107 day trips we list in Buenos Aires.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 48 of 107.
- 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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