Retiro-Recoleta: elegance, palaces and Parisian streets in Buenos Aires
Tour description
The neighborhoods of Retiro and Recoleta form a fundamental axis in the urban layout of Buenos Aires. The first, forged in the heat of the port and railway movement of a place that became the nodal center of the Buenos Aires urban movement; the second cradle of the historical aristocracy of Argentina, nucleated around Alvear Avenue and the Recoleta Cemetery. Both neighborhoods today bring together a large part of the architectural emblems of the city, from palaces of the aristocracy of the early 20th century to the most modern rationalist skyscraper of the 1930s. Alvear Avenue, icon of the Recoleta neighborhood, is the most elegant and French Buenos Aires, enough to transform the Argentine capital into the "Paris of South America".
On the walk you will cover:
- San Martin Plaza
- Kavanagh Building
- Israeli Embassy Square
- Palaces San Martin, Paz, Ortiz Basualdo, Pereda, Duhau
- Apostolic Nunciature
- Alvear Avenue
- Hotel Alvear
- Bar La Biela
- Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar
- Recoleta Cemetery
ABOUT THE MEETING POINT: The tour begins at the flag pole of the Monument to the Fallen in Malvinas, in Plaza San Martin, on Avenida Libertador at 50. The monument is right in front of the Monumental Tower, on the other side of Libertador Avenue. You will be able to recognize me since I have a green notebook in my hand. The subway line C (Retiro station) and line E (Retiro station) arrive in the area. Bus lines 5, 7, 9, 22, 23, 26, 28, 33, 45, 56, 61, 93, 100, 101, 130 and 152, among others, also converge in the area.
What will we see on this tour?
