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Buenos Aires Tour Itineraries
Buenos Aires City Tour
The tour is through the main areas of the city, visiting its most traditional areas, experiencing its historical and cultural evolution from immigration to tango to football.
Areas covered include Avenida 9 de Julio, the Colón Theatre, the Obelisk, Plaza de Mayo (Casa Rosada, the City Cathedral and Cabildo), the areas of San Telmo, La Boca-Caminito, the Old Port, Puerto Madero, Retiro, Palermo (its residential areas, Palermo Woods, the Planetarium, and the Zoo) and Recoleta (the Basilica Church of Pilar, the Recoleta Cemetery).
The tour will allow for 3 stops to take photos.
Duration- 3 hours
(Minimum of 10 people)
Architecture and Art
The tour starts in the traditional Plaza de Mayo, where we will make our first stop to visit the cathedral. We will continue along Avenida de Mayo, taking in the buildings along the way, to our next stop at the Congreso Palace. At Congreso we will look at the most important buildings located around the square. Then we will go along Avenida Callao towards Avenida Córdoba in order to see the majestic Aguas Argentinas building. Then we will head to Recoleta going along the elegant Avenida Alvear to visit the Museo de Bellas Artes. Our next destination is Palermo Chico and its architecture. Finally we will end our tour at the Museo Isaac Fernández Blanco.
Duration- 4 hours
Shopping Trip
Two locations are available to choose from- Patio Bullrich or Galerías Pacífico.
Both are situated in old converted and modernized commercial centres.
Duration- 3 hours
Optional Tour- San Isidro and Tigre
We offer this tour as something to compliment your city tours. We will leave in the morning so as to get to the northern outskirts of the city, where we find two very peaceful and quiet suburbs- San Isidro and Tigre. There you will find the past and present co-exist in the area’s unique natural surroundings, such as the Paraná Delta.
We will visit the old town of San Isidro, an area which grew up around the imposing neo-Gothic Cathedral of San Isidro Labrador. Then we will travel to Tigre by bus. There we will take a tour in a typical motorboat, navigating the various rivers and streams, getting to know how the islanders live, their customs, culture and lifestyle, and admiring the weekend retreats of some porteños, alongside their yachting and rowing clubs. The boats for the tour are completely equipped with music, guides and refreshment (coffee and snacks)
Lunch is included in María Luján.
Lancha Tigre (Tigre Motorboats) is in regular service.
Duration- 7 hours
Price- US$ 90 (VAT included)
(Minimum of 10 passengers)
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