Tour A
Only by walking the streets of Buenos Aires and relating their history to the country’s will you understand why Buenos Aires is so different from the rest of the country and even more, Latin America. I will show you the most important spots and neighborhoods in the city (La Boca, San Telmo, Plaza de Mayo, just to mention a few) and will take you back in time in order to understand why Argentineans are the way they are, nowadays.
The tour starts in colorful La Boca. Then we will head on to San Telmo and Monserrat, the historical settlement of the city. It’s one of the oldest neighborhoods in Buenos Aires and it’s surrounded by small stoned streets that resemble those of Europe’s main cities.
From there we will walk up Defensa St. to Plaza de Mayo, the heart of the country. You can tell what is going on in the country by looking at what happens in the square. From the Plaza, you see the government house (aka La Casa Rosada) the city’s Cathedral, the Cabildo, the municipality offices, the Obelisk and the National Parliament.
We will walk down Avenida de Mayo where we will have the chance to see those building that were “designed by Argentines, copying the late 19th century French style, built by Italians and inhabited by Spaniards.” We will stop for a “café con leche” at El Tortoni, the first café in Buenos Aires. Then we will continue to the National Parliament, where we end the tour.
Tour B
This tour is mainly focused in the heart of Recoleta, one of the finest neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. We will visit the Alvear Square, the Pilar Church and the Recoleta Cemetery. Just like the cemeteries of Staglieno in Genoa and the Père Lachaise in Paris, Recoleta cemetery is considered one of the most exquisite architecturally speaking, but it too holds stories of romance, crime, jealousy and rivalries.
