Full day Tour with a friend in Buenos Aires

The Recoleta Cemetery is a famous cemetery in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located in the neighborhood of Recoleta and contains the graves of well-known people. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city, famous for its numerous and imposing mausoleums and vaults adorned with marbles and sculptures. Its architectural value is a sample of the times when Argentina was an emerging economic power at the end of the 19th century, and the more affluent families of the city began to move to the area of Recoleta and build splendid pantheons in the cemetery. Many of its mausoleums and vaults are the work of important architects and more than 90 have been declared a National Historic Monument. The cemetery itself has been considered a National Historical Museum since 1946.

Ateneo Grand Splendid is a bookstore located in the Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It stands out for being where the Grand Splendid Theatre did, having preserved the original architecture of that theater, but being in turn readapted to function as a bookshop. In 2008, it was chosen by the British newspaper The Guardian as the second most beautiful bookstore in the world, and in 2019, National Geographic declared it the most beautiful in the world

Floralis Genérica is a metal sculpture located in the Plaza de las Naciones Unidas, Avenida Figueroa Alcorta, in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, presented to the city by the Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano (1917-2010). The structure was inaugurated on April 13, 2002 with materials provided by the aircraft company Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina. The sculpture is located in the center of a park of four hectares of wooded boundaries, surrounded by paths that approach and distance providing different perspectives of the monument and located above a mirror of water, which apart from fulfilling its aesthetic function, protects it. It represents a large flower made of stainless steel, with aluminum skeleton and reinforced concrete, which looks towards the sky, extending towards it its six petals. It weighs 18 tons and is 23 meters high.

Caminito is the most famous pedestrian street in Buenos Aires. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city due to its colorful houses and its deep historical and cultural significance. Caminito is located in the popular La Boca neighborhood, on the coast of the Riachuelo River and just 400 meters from La Bombonera, the Boca Juniors stadium. It is a 150 meter long curved pedestrian walkway where important artistic works can be seen.

The market was inaugurated in February 1897 with the aim of supplying the necessary food to the new wave of immigrants arriving in the city from the Old Continent. The building retains its original internal structure, formed by beams, arches and metal columns with veneer and glass ceilings. In the center stands a large dome. The project is by Juan Antonio Buschiazzo (1845-1917), the second architect to obtain his degree in Buenos Aires. Buschiazzo came from Italy at the age of four and during the intendence of Torcuato de Alvear he served as Director of Public Works of the City. He designed banks, hospitals, residences and government buildings, and was one of the main people responsible for the Avenida de Mayo project. In 2000, the market was declared a National Historic Monument by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.

It is a palace located in front of the Plaza de Mayo that functions as the seat of the National Government. This imposing pink building occupies the site where the Fort of Buenos Aires was erected in 1580. It was the residence of Spanish viceroys and then housed, with some reforms, the authorities of the successive national governments. The current building is the product of the merger of two previous constructions: the presidential headquarters and the Palacio de Correos (on the corner of Hipólito Yrigoyen and Balcarce).

Inspired by the Gran Vía in Madrid, Avenida de Mayo is one of the largest and most important arteries in Buenos Aires. It runs through the city from Plaza de Mayo with the Casa Rosada at one end, to the National Congress building at the other. Officially opened in 1894, it is worth going through, as it is like taking a trip through the entire history of the city.