Private Tour: Buenos Aires Like a Local
Description
Escape the tourist path with this locals’ tour of Buenos Aires. Your porteño guide will share insider knowledge of the city as you explore on foot and by public transport. See the Plaza de Mayo and other major sites through the eyes of a local, as your guide points out hidden cafés, rare specialist shops, and little-known architectural details. You’ll also discover two beautiful residential areas, Recoleta and Palermo. • Get off the beaten path and experience Buenos Aires like a true porteño • Discover city secrets and favorite local hangouts • Completely customizable tour can be shaped around your interests • Chance to experience public transport without navigation hassles
Tour Options
Itinerary
Set off on a half-day walking tour with your own private guide, learning all about the history and culture of beautiful Buenos Aires. Your guide will be a real porteño (resident of the city), who knows every barrio like the back of his/her hand. Together, you'll head off to explore some of the city's historical hotspots, as well as some of the favorite local hangouts of your guides. It's a great mix of experiences thrown into one. Getting an inside glimpse of Buenos Aires, you'll go far beyond the guidebooks and swerve the tourist crowds, allowing you to see a different side of the city. At times, you'll take public transport to cover the larger distances, while most of the tour will be on foot. After a few hours with your personal guide, the tour will finish at one of his/her favorite restaurants, where you can grab a well-deserved bite to eat (lunch not included). It's a brilliant way to get a peek into the real porteño way of life.
San Telmo is a bohemian area full of history and antiques.
Caminito is the most well-kept street of what early 20th century La Boca looked like when it was full of immigrants. The multi-color houses are what gave the neighborhood its picturesque look. Optionally, you can choose to visit Boca Juniors Stadium (not included).
Recoleta was the area were rich families had their estates and also housed the cementery where many historical figures have their last rest.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Departure Point: Centrally located hotels in Buenos Aires Dates: Daily Return point: Your tour ends at one of the strategic landmarks in the city center from where you can easily continue your exploration of Buenos Aires on your own. Since this is a customizable tour you will decide the ending point of the tour with your guide at the start of the tour. Please inform us of your hotel so we can check the best option: pick up or meeting point.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
Reviews(45)
Santiago was amazing and attentive. We saw quite a bit and he was able to tailor the tour for us. Thanks Santiago!
A splendid 5 hour walking tour our guide happily adjusted to accommodate our request to visit La Boca. Buenos Aires has such a rich history that our guide shared with us in just the right amount of detail. Highly recommend!
Dear Kerri, thanks for your feedback! We're so glad to know that you enjoyed the service and got the chance to know our beautiful city a bit more (and like a local!). We will share your nice words with Santiago as well :) Regards from cloudy Buenos Aires!
Santiago gave us an excellent walking tour of Buenos Aires. Before we started he checked to see if we had already visited any possible places on the tour. Also if we had preferences on what to visit. Once all was agreed we set off on a steady but gentle walking pace. This is a full 5 hour walking tour and you need to be prepared for a tiring day. Santiago is an accredited tour guide and it showed. He was professional, knowledgable and very calm and friendly. We took public transport between some of the places which was covered in the price and allowed us to see more in the time. He took us to some hidden gems which we would not have found by ourselves. Well worthwhile.
Dear Joseph, thanks for your feedback! We're soglad to know that you enjoyed the service and got the chance to know our beautiful city a bit more (and like a local!). We will share your nice words with Santiago as well :) Regards from cloudy Buenos Aires!
An excellent way to start our visit to Buenos Aires! Our guide, Augustina, was fantastic! She made sure to involve everyone in our party and shared an amazing amount of detailed information for all neighborhoods visited!
Dear Deb, thanks for your feedback! We're really glad to know that you enjoyed the service and got the chance to know our beautiful city a bit more (and like a local!). We will share your nice words with Agustina as well :) Regards from sunny Buenos Aires!
Augustine was great, we had such a great tour and when we met up with friends that spent the day on a different tour our group had more facts and authentic experience's to talk about than their group. 💕I would recommend the tour on the front end of your trip so you get a good understanding of the different areas of the city.
Dear Laura, thanks for your feedback! We're really glad to know that you enjoyed the service and got the chance to know our beautiful city a bit more (and like a local!). We will share your nice words with Agustina as well :) Regards from rainy Buenos Aires!
Great guide who took care of us during the afternoon. He was very knowledgeable and flexible and showed us around in a professional way.
Dear Falk, thanks for your feedback! We're really glad to know that you enjoyed the service and got the chance to know our beautiful city a bit more (and like a local!). We will share your nice words with Santi as well :) Regards from sunny Buenos Aires!
An outstanding tour , our guide , Santi was very knowledgable , tailored the trip to our requirements , and was excellent company . He shared fascinating insights about this beautiful city’s history and culture , we can’t recommend more highly
Dear Katy, thanks for your feedback! We're really glad that you enjoyed the service and got the chance to know our beautiful city a bit more (and like a local ;)). We will share your nice words with Santi as well :) Regards from chilly Buenos Aires!
Great tour and guide! Would definitely do it again. The tour was planned and thought out. I highly recommend this tour for those who want more context and see the main attractions of the city.
Dear Charles, thanks for your feedback! We're really glad that you enjoyed the service and got the chance to know our beautiful city a bit more (and like a local ;)). We will share your nice words with the guide as well :) Regards from sunny Buenos Aires!
Our guide, Santiago Sergovia, met us promptly at 9 a.m. in the lobby of our hotel. We had taken a small group tour the day before, so we wanted to make some adjustments by removing some areas of interest we had already seen the previous day while replacing with other sights we had yet to see. Santiago showed us that he was very eager to please our tastebuds with all the various flavors of all the sights and sounds that Buenos Aires has to offer. The subway going to Palermo and Recoleta was non-functional as it was under a massive reconstruction/rejuvenation. However, Santiago was very adept on transporting us all over the city on bus transit saving our feet from a considerable amount of walking. We covered a lot of territory that day going from one end of Buenos Aires to the other seeing numerous tourist sites as well as sites off the beaten path. Both my husband and I were initially "not into" going to the Recoleta cemetery. Santiago offered that we should at least go for a peak inside, and then depending on what we wished to do, we could stay or go on to something else. We actually ended up staying for the full tour as it was truly fascinating, and Santiago demonstrated such a wealth of knowledge. Honestly, it was truly fascinating, and I do highly recommend having a good guide give you a tour of this extraordinary resting place. Our Guide was akin to a walking Buenos Aires encyclopedia (in perfect English!) while also just being SUPER FUN. The day went by in a FLASH! Do yourself a favor when in Buenos Aires, and book this tour! You will cover so much territory and learn so much more about the rich heritage of Buenos Aires. We savored every moment.
Dear Sandra, thanks for your feedback! We're really glad that you enjoyed the service and got the chance to know our beautiful city a bit more (and like a local ;)). We will share your nice words with Santi as well, he is indeed one of our top guides! :) Regards from sunny Buenos Aires!
This tour was a bit underwhelming. It was good to get oriented to the city and the tour guide did provide some history but ultimately didn’t feel we learned too much nor that she was particularly enthusiastic. She seemed happy when we decided to end early. Not sure I would book again.
Dear Ellen, we regret to know that the guide was not up to our standards. We will talk to her and take necessary measures to uprise the quality of this service, we really appreciate your feedback that helps us to continue improving. Regards from sunny Buenos Aires!
