Join any of the city’s free guided tours this summer. No reservation required, just show up! All the walking tours last around 1hr.
Please note that tours will be suspended in the event of rain.
For other types of city tour, and for suggestions for self-guided tours, check out theGuided & Self-Guided Tours section.
Walk around the colourful ‘conventillos’, museums and historic bars around the old port and the Caminito.
Days & Times: Tuesdays at 5pm
Meeting point: Corner of Alte. Brown & Av. Pedro de Mendoza
Home to writer Jorge Luis Borges and possibly the most cultured and ‘European’ of Buenos Aires neighbourhoods, Recoleta is a wealthy downtown residential barrio, an area of great historical and architectural interest.
Days & Times: Thursdays at 5pm
Meeting point: Corner of Eduardo Schiaffino & Av. Del Libertador
Learn more about the city’s oldest square, home to the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Cabildo, the Casa Rosada (Pink House) and a number of other historical buildings.
Days & Times: Saturdays at 5pm
Meeting point: Corner of San Martín & Rivadavia (next to the Cathedral)