Name: Free tour Retiro and Recoleta: Aristocratic Buenos Aires
Brand: Vive Buenos Aires Tours
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Free tour Retiro and Recoleta: Aristocratic Buenos Aires

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Run by a local guide · Vive Buenos Aires Tours

Booking is free; at the end you give the guide what you think is fair. Free cancellation at any time.

Join me on a fascinating stroll through Buenos Aires' architecturally stunning neighborhoods, where the late 1800s French-obsessed oligarchic elites left their mark.

Duration

2 h 30 min

Destination

Buenos Aires

Meeting Point

Monumento al Libertador Don José de San Martín

Provider

Vive Buenos Aires Tours

Description

Discover the glamour and extravagance of the "Paris of South America" by visiting Retiro and Recoleta. The chosen neighborhoods by Argentina's French-obsessed economic (and oligarchic) elites in the late 1800s and the beginning of the 20th century, where they built 60-room French palaces to show off their wealth and power, and competed for fame and influence.
San Martin and the liberation campaign, the golden age of Argentina, stories of love and revenge that echo through time, quirks, and bizarre facts and habits of Buenos Aires and its people, "los porteños".
Go back into the glamour of the old days, as you learn about Argentina's "Belle Époque", and how their fortunes (and misfortunes) intertwined with the ups and downs of the country throughout the 20th century and until today.

We will see:

San Martín Square:
- Anchorena Palace
- Kavanagh building
- Paz Palace
- Monument to José de San Martín (Argentina's main National Hero)
The Monumental Tower
Arroyo Street
Embassy of France
Embassy of Brazil
Alvear Avenue: home to Argentina's finest palaces

Useful information:

The tour will end right in front of the Cemetery of Recoleta but DOES NOT include the cemetery

Includes

Retiro

Recoleta

Plaza General San Martín

Edificio Kavanagh

Palacio San Martin

Embassy of France, Buenos Aires

Brazilian Embassy (Chancery building)

Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos Aires

Alvear Palace Hotel

Plaza Francia

Torre Monumental

Palacio Paz

Retiro

Recoleta

Palacio San Martin

Plaza San Martin

Kavanagh

Calle Arroyo

Embassy of France

Avenida Alvear

Embassy of Brazil

Park Hyatt

Traveler reviews

64 reviews in total · Opinions from people who already lived the experience

Exeelente

Ya volveré a elegir otro recorrido!

Adriana babaja · September 2026

Awesome tour of Retiro with Rodrigo

We spent Well over 2 Hours with our guide Rodrigo walking around Retiro and ending up at Recoleta Cemetery learning so much about the history of architecture and families of Buenos Aires It felt so much shorter as it was really brought to life with anecdotes and stories of revenge It was SO MUCH FUN

Colm Maloney · August 2026

Retiro y Recoleta

Excelente guía, muy ameno, muy didáctico Altamente recomendable

Ana Maria Cerutti · August 2026

Excelente tour

Me gustó mucho la experiencia y lo que aprendí de la historia de Argentina. Excelente guía, muy bien preparado en la historia, agradable y súper ameno. Conecta con los turistas. Lo recomiendo ????

Nora Souki · August 2026

Guía

Lo recomiendo!!! Muy interesante y entretenido.

Vanesa Ortega · April 2026

Barrios de Retiro y Recoleta

Excelente experiencia inmersiva en la historia y anécdotas de ambos barrios de Buenos Aires para conocer en mayor profundidad de esta zona tan icónica de la ciudad. Aunque somos nativos y residentes tratamos de vivir esta experiencia junto con mi esposa como si fuéramos turistas y fue genial. Muchas gracias Alejandro por tu amabilidad y todo el conocimiento trasmitido. Muy recomendable!!!!

Sergio Galbuchi · April 2026

Free tour Retiro and Recoleta: Aristocratic Buenos Aires

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