Discover the friendly and fascinating city of Buenos Aires on foot. This 2 mile (3.2km) morning walking tour of Buenos Aires is a pleasant way to experience the unique culture of Argentina, its history, customs, buildings and monuments. An educational and fun way to explore Argentina's capital city!
In this 2.5 hour walking tour, you'll discover just what makes Buenos Aires the famous, flamboyant "Paris of the South". This is a fun, entertaining walk rich in history, culture and architecture, where you'll find out everything that makes Buenos Aires so special: the influence of the Spanish, the Italian, the French and (unexpectedly) the British, who had enormous presence here. Along this walk you'll also learn about unique customs and peculiar value which puzzle most visitors.
The walking tour covers over 25 "must see" attractions including:
Florida St. and Early History of BA
Paz Palace - French splendour: 120 rooms for a family of four
San Martin's Monument - How Argentina was born
Kavanagh Building - and many more: architecture of BA
Holy Sacrament: a Private Cathedral worth a Vatican title
British Clock Tower - Falklands War Memorial
Destroyed Embassy of Israel - Beautiful Bencich Building
Barrio Norte - the Paris of the South
Mihanovich and Strugamou Buildings
Arroyo Street shortcut and its Art Galeries
Alvear Street and its Palatial Mansions
Nuestra Senora del Pilar Church
Recoleta Neighborhood and La Biela Cafe
...and lots of local stories, curious facts & peculiarities!
Listen as your knowledgeable guide informs you about the local history, architecture, traditions, habits and unique features you might never have discovered otherwise. This is a fun, easy going tour where you will be taken "off the beaten track". Your Best of Buenos Aires walking tour ends in the Recoleta neighborhood, where the 'Recoleta Afternoon Walk' begins.
Note: full itinerary will be covered depending on timing and circumstances at time of tour
Paid and confirmed yet no tour operator showed up at the meeting point. Very disappointed and a complete ripoff. No one answers phone number. Stay away!
Review by: marcia.meyer, March 2017
Carlos was waiting for our group at the appropriate time and location. He was fun, informative and interesting. It was a good overview of our pre-cruise visit in Buenos Aires.
Review by: Sandra I, May 2016
This was a good thing to do if you are looking to fill up a short period of time._br/_ Great photo opportunities. Learned a lot about the history of some of Argentinas history and the_br/_ people involved._br/_ Sandi
Review by: Pendleton A, May 2015
Great tour, good way to see the city on foot and learn something. Reasonably priced too.
Review by: Raul S, May 2015
The tour of my city I was born in BA was fantastic: the guide was extremely knowledgeable about tons of interesting facts and her Spanish is also great!. I strongly recommend it for those who want to see what a wonderful city we have in the Southern Hemisphere:.
Review by: Steven U, December 2014
The guide was great - especially to turn up_br/_
On Xmas day
Review by: Lawrence G, April 2014
Excellent tour with an intelligent and very knowledgeable guide.
Review by: WC M, March 2014
Carlos was an outstanding guide and with his knowledge and inside info the city monuments and sights came to life. It's a leisurely walk but covering quite a bit of ground. You don't have to be super fit to do it but need to be able to keep up. One of our highlights.
Review by: Philip T, March 2014
Very experienced guide who walked at a pace that was not too arduous and gave us lots of facts and information to make our experience of Buenos Aires even more than we could have hoped for.
Review by: Petar L, August 2013
Great walking tour! Martin was knowledgable, friendly and funny. It was a great introduction to the beautiful city of Buenos Aires. Thanks Martin :)
Review by: FERNANDO V, June 2013
This is the perfect tour for this fascinating city. I enjoyed walking back into the history of of Buenos Aires, Martin made it fun and interesting,he is very knowledgable and expert in the history of the country as far as socially,economically and political,i strongly recommend to ask for him specifically he is the best._br/_
Best regard's._br/_
Anabel Urquidez.
Review by: David B, June 2013
Excellent tour and a great way to see and learn about the inner city. Guide spoke excellent English and was very informative.
Review by: timothy b, June 2013
We did this tour in combination with the afternoon walking tour and found it to be fabulous. Our guide was personable, knowledgable, and fun. By the end we had heard many interesting and little known facts about the neighborhoods we walked through. We would have liked to walk more neighborhoods with him had we had the time. Don't miss these walking tours, especially if you are a first time visitor to Buenos Aires.
Review by: James H, June 2013
This is a wonderful way to get to see Buenos Aires with an amazing guide who provided much details and history of the city.
Review by: James B, June 2013
Everything was very good and enjoyable. No negatives.
Review by: Lynda A, March 2013
Excellent! Guide (Martin, I think his name was) was brilliant. Very informative and interesting and told us all sorts of interesting and quirky things about BA. Highly recommend this tour.
Review by: Anatoli S, March 2013
Buenos Aires is a big, exciting and walkable city. Take a doudle-decker bus tour on your first day. After that you need a professional guide to explore some important parts of this friendly city. Our guide, Martin, was one of them.
Review by: Reidar H, March 2013
Always nice to have a brief view of a new town, and street tours really are good that way. We had a great guide who knew about what he was showing us and the histories behind it - really enjoyable
Review by: George C, March 2013
The tour was interesting and the guide, Carlos, was amusing in a droll way about the history of the city. He seemed very well informed about the history of the architecture in Recoleta. On the downside I thought he spent too much time trying to sell other tours to us and he wasn't very responsive to questions.
Review by: Andrew D, February 2013
Excellent very informative guide completely fluent in English. Knew the city and the history of it and Argentine well. Covered European links and architecture interestingly and walked us around many areas and buildings to illustrate this.
Review by: Melitta P, February 2013
Very professional, informative and a great introduction to the city!
Review by: Erickson M, January 2013
I absolutely loved this tour! It has a lot to do with our tour guide, Martin. Aside from the historical tidbits that he shares, we touched on the cultural differences between western customs and that of Argentina. This was my favorite tour (I took 4 tours in all).
Review by: Konstantin D, December 2012
Great guide, learned a lot bout BA and Argentina, highly recommended.
Review by: PaulGBoston, November 2012
I wasn't all that impressed with this tour mainly because it was me and some other people that the guide had the previous day. He catered to what they wanted to see with the tour which was everything I did on my own the day before. It was supposed to be something entirely different than what was delivered. Because they were going to La Boca and I had been there the day before, he cut me loose at the San Telmo market. This particular guide was speed walking, so I'd be prepared to walk at a brisk pace. Otherwise it was informative enough for me.
Review by: Lucine G, October 2012
it was a nice tour, the guide was very knowladgeable. the only drwaback is was short ( 2hrs) and the guide talking very fast_br/_
to finish his tour
Review by: stacey h, September 2012
So much fun even on a rainy day. This is truley a spectacular city and it so enchanting. Our tour giude martin was informative and funny. Great tour
Review by: Anonymous, June 2012
Awesome day out with Martin! Great introduction to this city.
Review by: Bandit, June 2012
Great tour, very informative. Martin was a great guide and you could tell that he was very passionate about his city. You can ask him anything and he'll know the answer. I'd recommend this tour to anyone wanting to know more about the city of Buenos Aires.
Review by: Sam f, June 2012
Tour guide knew his history. Walked through many interesting sites, however after two hours he told me that my tour was over and he carried on with the others. Never asked what the second part was all about or if he combined the day tour into one. He could have covered more.
Review by: Jeff G, January 2012
Short Version: Get Martin as your tour guide. Period, end of story.
Review by: sandra l, January 2012
the guide is excellent he gave us a lot of usefull information and we really enjoyed every minute of the tour
Review by: Anthony L, December 2011
Wonderful tour! Martin the tour guide was awesome.
Review by: Marion C, November 2011
We enjoyed this tour even though it did not cover some of the major places of interest. Martin was a good guide and the pace was comfortable.
Review by: David D, November 2011
Knowledgeable and entertaining guide takes small group around some interesting sites in central area. All good. Our only negative was we found the morning tour was a little limited (our fault because we booked a short time) but we added an after-noon extension and that made it all feel like a better tour.
Review by: Michael C, November 2011
There were only 2 of us on the tour and Martin had been up till 3am the previous night so not at his best. However we got a good feel for the city through his insight. Only some of the sights mentioned in the tour description were visited and no coffee stop! Overall worth doing though.
Review by: Nadeem H, June 2011
Excellent!...our tour guide Martin was extremely knowledgeable...highly recommended for short stays in BA
Review by: Olive B, March 2011
Delightful way to see the city with a guide who has excellent information about the history, architecture and personalities of Buenos Aires.
Review by: Jay M, January 2011
I call this "Tour with Attitude." This was a walking tour of some neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. Guide was very knowledgeable--and opinionated about advantages and disadvantages of Argentinian life. In middle of tour, you will have a "coffee break" with guide. This gives you a chance to better understand Argentina culture and how they view work---"we work to live"---as compared to "we live to work." Argentinians are about enjoying life--not about working hard. The guide who spent lot of time in Canada is very well spoken---just don't take the side of England in the Falkans War!
Review by: Kathleen S, December 2010
FANTASTIC!!! The walking guide spoke PERFECT English and was really nice. It was just my wife and I on the tour so it felt like walking the city with a friend. We saw way more than I thought we would and he gave us the history of many local buildings and sites. The tour was one of the best walking tours we have been on and I would say it was the best way to really see the main sites.
Review by: Chris R, Australia, July 2010
Was the only one on the tour. Guide a little unprofessional at times which made things uncomfortable but info good.
Review by: Yvette A, United States of America, April 2010
This tour is wonderful and very informative of the city of Buenos Aires and its history. Very knowledgable and witty with this city's culture and history. Highly recommended!
Review by: Stefan A, Austria, February 2010
It was good doing this walking tour with explanations from a professional tour guide.
Review by: Anonymous, Australia, December 2009
The tour operator was very professional and had a very thorough and interesting knowledge of the history of Buenos Aires. He was also very passionate about his work and the history of Argentina and the city. By participating in this tour you will gain a new found understanding of the City that will change your perception of it.
Review by: Min Hiu H, United States of America, April 2009
Excellent escorted guided tour. Our guide was well informed, and we especially appreciated his explanations in perfect English. Great value and good exercise to walk the route that was easy for the average person. One in our party has respiratory deficiency, but there were frequent pauses that allowed him to catch up. Doing it on your own is false economy, since you would miss so much of the historic commentary a local guide provides. We would not hesitate to recommend this tour to a friend. Five Stars!
Review by: Anonymous, April 2009
Excellent escorted guided tour. Our guide was well informed, and we especially appreciated his explanations in perfect English. Great value and good exercise to walk the route that was easy for the average person. One in our party has respiratory deficiency, but there were frequent pauses that allowed him to catch up. Doing it on your own is false economy, since you would miss so much of the historic commentary a local guide provides. We would not hesitate to recommend this tour to a friend. Five Stars!
Review by: Gerhard P, South Africa, February 2009
A must if you are visiting Buenos Aires.
Review by: Wilhelmina K, United States of America, January 2009
It was great. Guide was knowledgeable and most helpful. A good choice.
Review by: Malcolm S, United States of America, June 2008
The guide was knowledgeable and fun. The city has perhaps some of the most interesting architecture in the Western Hemisphere.
Review by: R Malcolm S, June 2008
The guide was knowledgeable and fun. The city has perhaps some of the most interesting architecture in the Western Hemisphere.
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