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Recoleta Tour for Curious People
Recoleta Tour for Curious People
Recoleta Tour for Curious People
Recoleta Tour for Curious People
Recoleta Tour for Curious People

Recoleta & cemetery: Power & aristocracy

By Social & Cultural
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$39 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Escape tourist agencies and discover Buenos Aires from an anthropological point of view. Do not expect to just walk and listen: be prepared to talk, ask questions, taste mate, and discuss the past, present, and future of Argentina’s capital.

Beginning at the Rapanuí Store and ending at Recoleta Cementery, this walk offers you the chance to explore this beautiful city through its historical past in an attempt to understand its present.

Why was Buenos Aires called the ‘Paris of South America’? Who ‘inhabits’ the Recoleta Cemetery, and what mysteries does it contain? What was the ‘Belle Époque,’ and how did it change the city? What was the role of large landowners in the development of the country? Was Argentina really a global economic power?

These are just some of the many questions we will try to answer on our walk through the most aristocratic part of town.

Activity location

  • Plaza General San Martin
    • Av. Santa Fe
    • 1006, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Rapanui
    • 772 Avenida Santa Fe
    • C1006, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • English

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Language options: English
Starting time: 10:30 am
Price details
AU$46.33 x 1 AdultAU$46.33
Total
Price is AU$46.33
Until Sun, 1 Dec

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedUniversity graduate guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTickets to cemetery not included (AR$ 14.320 only with Credit/Debit Card at the entrance or online)

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Plaza General San Martin
  • 30m
Beginning in General San Martín Plaza and ending in Recoleta Cementery, this walk offers you the chance to approach this beautiful city from its historical past in an attempt to understand its current present.
Estacion Retiro San Martin
  • 20m
We will visit the biggest train Station in Latin America to understand the export-oriented agricultural economy. We will explain why does Argentina has such a large train system and why British capital was so interested in its development.
Torre Monumental
  • 10m
We will talk about the British community in Buenos Aires and the reason of their presence in this shores.
Edificio Kavanagh
  • 10m
We will talk about the "Belle Epoque" and how it change the city for ever. We will also adress the role of large landlords in the development of the country.
Palacio San Martin
  • 10m
We will visit some ot the palaces built by the Pampa's landlords. We will talk about how they managed to have so much arable land and where did they spent all that welth.
Edificio Nicolas Mihanovich
  • 20m
We will introduce the arrival of Austro-Hungarians and Yugoslavians in Buenos Aires and explain why were these europeans coming to Argentina in such large numbers.
Plazoleta Carlos Pellegrini
  • 10m
Jockey Club: the Pampas are not only about cows and sheep.
Gomero de la Recoleta
  • 10m
We will discuss why Recoleta is called like that and talk about the origin of all the beautiful and enormous trees in this area.
Cementerio de la Recoleta
  • 20m
  • Admission ticket not included
At the entrance of the Recoleta cemetery we will introduce its "inhabitants" and the mysteries it contains.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESPlaza General San Martin
    • Av. Santa Fe
    • 1006, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLERapanui
    • 772 Avenida Santa Fe
    • C1006, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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