Private Recoleta + Retiro Tour - Includes visit to unique Recoleta Cemetery
Description
Discover Buenos Aires' upscale neighborhoods of Recoleta and Retiro, where Argentina’s French-inspired elites built opulent 19th-century mansions, leafy avenues, designer shops, and iconic churches. A tour highlight is the Recoleta Cemetery, resting place of aristocrats and historical figures, including Evita Perón, featuring ornate mausoleums. Explore San Martín Square, the Anchorena Palace, Basilica of the Holy Sacrament, Kavanagh building, and British Tower. Stroll along Arroyo Street and Alvear Avenue, home to Argentina’s grandest palaces. Learn about Argentina's golden age, San Martín’s liberation campaigns, Peronism, and the vibrant quirks of porteños. Finally, visit Floralis Genérica, a modern city landmark. Join us for an unforgettable journey through the cultural and historical heart of Buenos Aires' elite districts.
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Itinerary
Discover the last resting place of the elites of Argentina's most powerful period. In this necropolis you'll find stunning mausoleums with great displays of artistry, architecture, sculpture and stained glasses. Buried within this cemetery are presidents, businessmen, dictators and politicians including the most famous woman of all Argentine history: Evita Perón Learn about the funerary rites of Argentina's elites, and about the drama they experiences while they lived.
Explore Recoleta, the Paris of South America, with its beautiful manors, giant monuments and the famed Recoleta Cemetery
Discover the neighborhood of Argentina's french-obsessed elites: from 60 room french palaces, to buildings made out of revenge for broken hearts. We will walk the San Martin Square area, including the San Martin Palace, Kavanaugh building and Holy Sacrament Basilica
Let's go on top of the Monumental Tower, known as the tower of the British, for an amazing view of the new port, Puerto Madero, the river and the Retiro area
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- This tour involves walking around 4km/3mi
Reviews(8)
What a fun day! And so many unexpected experiences from visiting a fabulous basilica during mass to sampling the official Argentinian cookie. We learned so much about Argentinian history, architecture and culture. Johanna was such a wonderful quide. So passionate about her country. This is an experience not to miss. Worth every penny.
Thank you for your comment! We love that the passion and work we put on our tours brings about such fun times! Let us know when you come back!
Our guide Fabian was outstanding ! One of the best guides we have ever had on a trip! He was so knowledgeable and interesting . He went out of his way to make our tour outstanding! I highly recommend Fabian
Fabian is the best! Happy you enjoyed the experience. See you next time around!
Our guide Natalia was lovely, prompt, flexible and smart. We enjoyed our time spent with her and learned a lot. Impressed with how tour operator contacted us and made our plans very easy.
We're happy you enjoyed your day wit us Lisa! We hope to see you next time around!
In March 2022, we booked 2 private tours with Lunfarda: Private Recoleta + Retiro Tour (Martin) and the Human rights/Dictatorship (Victoria). Both were absolutely awesome . The guides were impressively knowledgeable and engaging. They clearly have in-depth backgrounds in the history of Argentina and Buenos Aires, and were able to communicate in excellent English to our group. We especially loved our discussions with them and their personal perspectives. Walking tours are an excellent way to learn about a city and its history and culture--especially one as interesting as BA.
A tour of Av Alvear from Callao to Plaza Carlos Pellegrini and continue to Plaza San Martín in Retiro is a taste of the European influence of the 20's on the architecture of the Palacetes of the wealthy families of the time
You cannot go wrong with Lunfarda. My family and I had an amazing experience with Loli, one of the tour guides. She was extremely knowledgeable, thoughtful, enthusiastic and such a great storyteller. She asked us exactly what we wanted out of our tour and completely made our day. I stumbled across Mariana, the owner of Lunfarda, by chance. We were on a tour with another horrible guide and I happened to overhear Mariana when she was giving her own private tour. I got her card and emailed her immediately — she was extremely prompt in her responses and gave us wonderful restaurant recommendations. If you’re in Buenos Aires you must book a tour with Lunfarda! They will make sure you get the most out of this wonderful city. I couldn’t be more grateful to Mariana and Loli for making our trip so unique and memorable.
Let me start with this: we got so very lucky to get Loli! She's beyond knowledgeable about so much: history, architecture, politics, and more. Even further, she's so nice and pleasant, and speaks perfect English. I'm not overstating when I say they we really were so lucky to spend a few hours with her. She taught us a lot as she has much to share. And, the passion for what she's doing is there, so that's icing on the cake.
Outstanding experience. The guide was very passionate about her city, with a deep knowledge of its history, architecture, culture, and a lot of very interesting facts and anecdotes about it. Recoleta Cemetery is amazing, and strolling it with a superb guide turns it even more fascinating. Our guide explanations about Evita, the political significance of the corpse (which was robbed and buried with another name in Italy, before being recovered and buried in Recoleta), and other famous characters in the Cemetery were really enlightening. Organization of the tour was excellent. Highly recommended!!!
