Plaza San Martin Attractions & Things to do

Bike through the city, taking-in the highlights of Buenos Aires. Learn about its history and enjoy the parks and monuments. Discover this amazing city on this 4 hour guided tour.
Duration: 4 hours.

Join us for the ultimate one-day city tour through Buenos Aires, guided by a knowledgeable local expert. You'll navigate the city in our air-conditioned vans, making plenty of stops to see all the highlights that define Buenos Aires. From the historic charm of La Boca and San Telmo to Recoleta Cemetery, each area is a must-see on your trip.

Our guide will share stories about Argentina's rich history and culture, giving you a deeper understanding of the places you visit and offering great photo opportunities. We'll also taste some of the best street food Buenos Aires has to offer.

This immersive experience is designed to help you discover all the gems of Buenos Aires. Enjoy the convenience of a well-planned route and the flexibility to savor each moment. This tour is perfect for seeing all the highlights of Buenos Aires, blending history, culture, and delicious local flavors into one unforgettable day.
Duration: 4 hours.

Ride through some of the best neighborhoods of the city during this 4-hour biking tour. Explore the largest neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Palermo, as well as one of the most affluent neighborhoods in the city, Recoleta. Areas of great historical and architectural interest. Visit the Evita Perón Monument, the Rose Garden, amusing squares and much more.
Duration: 4 hours.

This private and unique full day city tour of Buenos Aires will guide you through the touristic spots as well as those out of the beaten path.
We have plenty of time to enjoy together to make stops, walks, take pictures and talk.
You will learn about the city culture and places in detail in a relaxed and confortable atmosphere where you will learn a lot while having great fun.
Duration: 8 hours.

Your 48-hour ticket will allow you to get on and off at the stop you prefer and tour the city at your own pace with an audio guide tour for you to discover every corner of Buenos Aires: the traditional neighborhoods of La Boca, San Telmo and Puerto Madero, among others.

The bus will stop at certain stops to connect you with other activities and tourist attractions.

From the stop in the Nuñez neighborhood, you can connect with a visit to the River Plate Museum. Learn about the history of one of the most important Argentine teams and admire its showcases with its national and international achievements.

From the stop in the neighborhood of La Boca, you can connect with the visit to the “Museo de la Pasión Boquense”. You will walk through different thematic exhibitions with photos, videos, national and international trophies and the collection of shirts of the idols who made history in the club.

Both visits are to be done during or after the Hop On Hop Off.
Duration: 3 hours.

Recoleta Cemetery Entrance fee of $15 per person included in tour price!
Fall in love with the unique character of BA’s most iconic neighbourhoods: Recoleta, Retiro, City Center, San Telmo, & La Boca - WITH the option to personalise the tour to fit your preferences.

This 7 hour private tour allows you to get a local feel of the city & all its treasures at the pace of your choosing. While the majority the tour is walking, some public & private transportation is included, as well as breaks & snack time 😉

All guides are native English speakers currently living in Buenos Aires who love sharing their passion for the city with travellers.

Our mission is to bring you the most highly curated, hassle-free, & unforgettable Argentine experience possible.

This tour is run by 'To Be in Buenos Aires', owned & operated by a prairie girl from Western Canada whose Argentine journey all started years ago, so innocently, with tango...
Duration: 7 hours.

We are sure this tour will be fascinating because it’s impossible to ride an e-scooter without smiling.

Exploring 16 km of this city on an e-scooter will be a truly authentic, relaxed, and fun experience, where your only problem will be getting your hair messed up by the wind.

We’ll share interesting stories with you to help you understand the roots of Argentine culture. We’ll talk about the passion for soccer, the magic of a good barbecue, the way people relate to authority, and, of course, that unique way of expressing themselves.

Plus, we'll try the "alfajor," "mate" known as the drink of the Gods, the famous "Fernet," and the mysterious "chipá."

This tour will end at @Chori, where you'll have the option to try the classic Choripán.

Our ultimate goal is for you to fall in love with BA as much as we have; we’ll share all its secrets with you and give you the best tips to make the most of your stay in BA.

Hasta la vista, baby... (っ▀¯▀)つ
Duration: 5 hours.

You thought it was impossible to see all of Buenos Aires until the arrival of our tourist bus!

Your 24-hour ticket will allow you to get on and off at the stop you want and explore the city at your own pace

The main stop is in the center of the city and as the tour progresses you will be able to see emblematic buildings, historical places, cultural spaces and the different Buenos Aires neighborhoods.

From stop 6 you can connect with the "Postales de Buenos Aires" navigation, and thus obtain the best views of the city sailing along the Río de la Plata from La Boca to Puerto Madero.

You will enjoy the combination of green spaces such as the Ecological Reserve and also the skyscrapers and different emblematic buildings that the city presents. The journey is approximately 40 minutes.

It is an ideal activity to do during or after Hop On Hop Off.
Duration: 1 day.

• Explore the city in your own time. 
• We have a fleet of simple, safe and comfortable bicycles, checked daily at our own repair shop.
• Ideal for sightseeing and crusing needs.
• Helmet, lock, lights and child seat free of charge.
Duration: 10 hours.

Escape tourist agencies and discover Buenos Aires from an anthropological point of view. Do not expect to just walk and listen: be prepared to talk, ask questions, taste mate, and discuss the past, present, and future of Argentina’s capital.

Beginning at the Rapanuí Store and ending at Recoleta Cementery, this walk offers you the chance to explore this beautiful city through its historical past in an attempt to understand its present.

Why was Buenos Aires called the ‘Paris of South America’? Who ‘inhabits’ the Recoleta Cemetery, and what mysteries does it contain? What was the ‘Belle Époque,’ and how did it change the city? What was the role of large landowners in the development of the country? Was Argentina really a global economic power?

These are just some of the many questions we will try to answer on our walk through the most aristocratic part of town.
Duration: 2 to 3 hours.

We are sure that this tour will be fascinating for you because it is impossible to ride e-scooters without smiling.

Touring the south of this city on an e-scooter will be a truly authentic, relaxed and fun experience where the only problem will be getting ruffled by the wind during the 10km of travel.

We will share with you interesting stories that will help you understand the roots of Argentine culture. We will talk about the passion for soccer, the mystique of a good barbecue, the way to relate to authority, and of course, that unique way of expressing yourself.

In addition, we will have a #MateTime, a special moment where you will learn to prepare our mate and taste our typical alfajores. We want you to fall in love with BA as much as we do, so we will tell you all its secrets and we will give you the best recommendations so that you can make the most of your stay in the city...

PS: We are not responsible if you fall in love with the city.

Hasta la vista, baby... (っ▀¯▀)つ
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes.

The absolutely most thorough tour of Buenos Aires' swankiest areas!

An ultra-enjoyable walk that will help you understand Buenos Aires (and Argentina!!) much better. Lots of stories, mores, cultural peculiarities, sites and highlights explained by our expert local guides.

This 3 mile (4.8km) morning walking tour of Buenos Aires is the most pleasant way to experience our city, its history, customs, buildings and monuments. An educational and fun way to explore Argentina's capital city!
Duration: 3 hours.

As a complement to the South Tour, this Tour will give you an another perspective about Buenos Aires and infinite ideas on how, and where to spend your time here.

Considering the neighbourhoods, the modern structural aspects, the monuments,parks and museums you will be visiting. Places and landmarks such as: Recoleta, and its Cementery, Floralis Genérica, Palermo, and El Rosedal are among them.

You will be provided with history, tales and local gems related to all the places, on both old and recent time events that contributed to the city´s evolution by our experienced and knowledgeable Tour Guides.
You will be taken to the greatest places for your pictures and you'll be given time to experience the Parks and the Monuments on your own terms.
Suitable for all biking abilities, you will enjoy the city in a unique way that will leave you with the best biking experience ever.

Duration: 4 hours.

As a complement to the south tour, this tour will give you an another perspective about Buenos Aires and infinite ideas on how to best and where to spend your time there, considering the neighbourhoods, the modern structural aspects, the monuments, the natural parks and the museums you will be visiting. Places and landmarks such as Retiro, Recoleta, Cementerio de Recoleta, Floralis Genérica, Palermo, and El Rosedal are among them.
You will be provided with history, tales and local gems related to all the places, on both old and recent time events that contributed to the city´s evolution by our experienced and knowledgeable tour guide.
You will be taken to the best spots for your pictures and be given time to experience the parks and the monuments on your own terms.
Suitable for all biking abilities, you will enjoy the city in a unique way that will leave you with the best biking experience ever.

Duration: 4 hours.

Enjoy a 4-hour bike tour through the north areas of Buenos Aires and discover wonderful places. This is a great bicycle ride around some of the richest parts of Buenos Aires. Discover the beauty of the European architecture style buildings and the majestic palaces and mansions along the tour. Get ready to understand why Buenos Aires is called the "Paris of the South".
Duration: 4 hours.

Join our soccer-obsessed guides into a journey of passion and futbol
In this tour you'll walk around La Boca and Retiro, discovering the link between the immigration of the 1800s and the arrival of football to Argentina. You'll learn how we became so obsessed with football and talk about the relationship of this sport with politics, gender, and rituals across Argentina. We will visit the Museo de la Pasión Boquense (entrance to the Stadium is not allowed by the club authorities yet) , the mythical arena were players like Maradona, Riquelme and Palermo played.
Duration: 3 to 4 hours.

Leo's BA Private Tours offers a personalized service. My goal is to entertain and inform the travelers, I will try to make you understand and feel the city through my personal experience, my knowledge and researchs. I've worked in Finance and Administration but I have also been a theatre actor, director and producer. I am singer, composer and image and sound designer, and with all that eclectic formation I have the chance to provide you with a wide point of view about the city. My own traveler experience will help me to understand your needs. I want to provide you not just a friendly guidance but I also want to help you with all your needs in order to make your stay entertaining, comfortable and safe. Having the chance of working alongside a professional driver I can keep all my attention in the travelers' needs. Our tours are flexible in time and venues depending on our travelers' choice.
Duration: 3 to 8 hours.

We are Elisabet and Bárbara. Our mission is to show you Buenos Aires and let you experience this vibrant city as a local does. You will learn about our history, culture, traditions and everything you may be interested in. This is one of the benefits of our private tour.
We guide and assist you on everything you need. We have our own drivers (car, van, minibus) depending on the number of people.
This means that we don´t pay attention to the traffic but we have our full attention on our customers.
PLEASE ASK US BEFORE YOU BOOK.
If we are already booked the days you require, we work with a very carefully selected group of tour guides that are included in our staff to provide you with the best service. BUT WE MAY BE ALREADY BOOKED UP.
Duration: 7 hours.

We will take a bicycle ride through several neighborhoods of Buenos Aires in order to meet the women who changed the course of Argentine history, their monuments, neighborhoods or places that marked their lives and through them understand the process of female empowerment and current struggles that cross transversally to this country.
Come and enjoy their monuments but above all the stories, anecdotes, struggles, real lives, difficulties and triumphs of empowered women (Military, writers, singers, sculptors and first ladies) that today are paradigms of the Argentine society and some, recognized worldwide for their achievements.
Duration: 4 hours.

You get on your bike and the concrete jungle fades, opening the way to the greenest of trees.
The first stop is Plaza San Martín.
You’re now in the heart of Retiro, and if you look up, you see that this green park is surrounded by architectural pearls.
You continue along Libertador avenue. You are getting closer and closer to Recoleta.
The Recoleta Cemetery begs you to walk it. It amazes you with its diversity, you never had never quite pictured funerary architecture, stained glasses and statues like this.
The next goal is to make it to the 3rd of February park. Pedal for the next 40 minutes non stop. The Rosedal sets a splendid stage for photography.
And now it’s time to start heading back. Going through Barrio Norte, Palermo, and the City Center.
The final stop is Congress Square. From here you can see the magnificent building that houses Congress and the Senate.
Just 5 minutes of pedaling back to our shop. End of trip!
Duration: 4 hours.

The tour runs through the neighborhoods of Retiro and Recoleta, two unmissable areas of the city of Buenos Aires, walking through the wide streets full of trees, quiet and safe. In this tour we take a trip back in time to the beginning of the 20th century trying to imagine how wealthy families lived between their palaces in the city and their trips to Europe.
The tour is fun and agile, in a light walk of a little more than 1 km. We try to have fun and a good time, we not only tell part of the history of our country but we also tell funny and not so well-known stories of the royal families of that time.
As a guide friend I like to share everything I know about the city where I live, recommendations on where to eat, what to do, what to visit, from the perspective and knowledge of a local. I like to share my life with the people who visit us and why not establish a friendship. I am accompanied by an experience of almost 10 years doing what I love.
Duration: 90 to 120 minutes.

Take a traditional city tour that will allow you to get an idea about the historical, architectonic and demographic characteristic of the cosmopolitan city of Buenos Aires.
Duration: 4 hours.

Join our soccer-obsessed guides into the ultimate tour for soccer enthusiasts!
In this tour we'll dive deep into the soccer madness. We'll start our day at Retiro, discovering the link between the immigration of the 1800s and the arrival of futbol to Argentina.
Then, we will visit the Bombonera Stadium, the mythical arena where players like Maradona, Riquelme and Palermo played, before heading to Nuñez to check out the stadium of Boca's arch-nemesis: River Plate.
We will finish the day at off-the-beaten path La Paternal, where we'll walk around the area of the Argentinos Jrs Stadium to learn about the origins of the legendary player Maradona, where he lived with his family while he played for Argentinos. We'll talk about this legendary left-footed prodigy exploring his life as a football player, his personal life and its controversies and finally, the massive mourning experiences by his death, and immortalized in the many murals and tributes to him in the area.
Duration: 7 hours.

This customizable tour shows you the places where some of the most famous Argentinian writers in the world lived or found inspiration to create their mystical worlds. From Borges, Sabato, to Cortazar and many others, this tour will introduce you to these great writers as you discover their presence in Buenos Aires.
As you drive by the most important neighborhoods of the City such as: Retiro, Plaza de Mayo, San Telmo, Recoleta and Palermo.

We are granted by the safe travel seal of World Travel & Tourism Council.
Duration: 3 hours.

Get to know one side of Buenos Aires which is not usually explored. Despite being one of the largest metropolis in South America, Buenos Aires can offer adventure activities that any adrenaline lover can enjoy.

Tour the city by bike and visit a typical Ranch where you will be able to go horseback ridding through the plains.
Duration: 4 days.

Leo's BA Tours offers a personalized service. My goal is to entertain and inform the travelers, I will try to make you understand and feel the city through my personal experience, my knowledge and researchs. I've worked in Finance and Administration but I have also been a theatre actor, director and producer. I am singer, composer and image and sound designer, and with all that eclectic formation I have the chance to provide you with a wide point of view about the city. My own traveler experience will help me to understand your needs. I want to provide you not just a friendly guidance but I also want to help you with all your needs in order to make your stay entertaining, comfortable and safe. Our tours are flexible in time and venues depending on our travelers' choice.
Duration: 3 to 8 hours.

At Recorre BA we invite you to experience the city in a different way with guides specialized in the history of Buenos Aires. We are a team of architects and historians who invite tourists to tour the city of Buenos Aires experiencing its history, its architecture, its characters and the different transformations that have occurred over time.
Our proposal is to be able to understand the history of the city through the urban tour. The streets, the avenues, the parks and the various corners of Buenos Aires hide secrets that are worth telling.
You can follow us on Instagram as @recorre.ba
We will wait for you!!

Duration: 2 hours.

Recoleta Cemetery Entrance Fee of $15 pp is included in tour price!
This Driving & Walking Tour Combo allows you to discover all of the same treasures as the 7 Hour Walking Tour that we also offer, but in a more compact time frame. It’s perfect for those who are tight on time, who have mobility issues, or who just want to spend every moment enjoying the absolute best of the best of Buenos Aires.

As in the walking tour, Recoleta, Retiro, City Center, Plaza de Mayo, San Telmo & La Boca are all part of the itinerary, with the option of personalizing according to your preferences.

Because the tour guide is NOT the same person as the driver, there is no need to wait for parking, etc. The driver drops you & your guide off at each stop, and is there to meet you exactly when you're ready for your next adventure.

This tour is run by 'To Be in Buenos Aires', owned & operated by a prairie girl from Western Canada whose Argentine journey all started years ago, so innocently, with tango...
Duration: 5 hours.

Embarking on this private walking tour of Buenos Aires' historical center is akin to stepping into a time machine, traversing centuries in the span of a day.
Begin with the vibrant energy of Plaza de Mayo, pulsing with political vigor, as Casa Rosada, the blushing beacon of power, stands watch.
The Cabildo whispers tales of colonial times, an architectural poem etched in the city's soul. The Metropolitan Cathedral, a grand symphony in stone, sings stories of faith and national pride.
The tour tastefully intertwines the flavors of history and local life, with a pause at Café Tortoni, an atmospheric portal to bygone times, and Florida Street, a vibrant tapestry of local hustle and bustle. Galerías Pacífico offers a surprise spectacle of art, a celestial canvas nestled in a hive of commercial buzz. The journey culminates in the verdant embrace of San Martín Square.
This is not just a tour; it's a living, breathing narrative of Buenos Aires.
Duration: 2 hours.

We will discover the main sites of Buenos Aires in a relaxed and entertaining way. You will be accompanied by local guide who will provide you recommendations and background according to your interests and needs.
Duration: 5 to 6 hours.

This tour is a great combination of history and modernity. Visit its parks, great French style buildings and get ready and discover how the elite and influential families helped built the country. Cycling you will understand why Buenos Aires is referred to as the “The Paris of South America”.

This tour visits the neighborhoods of Puerto Madero, Retiro, Recoleta, Palermo and Monserrat.
Duration: 3 to 4 hours.

You will have a car at your disposal with driver and bilingual guide to take you around the city. The itinerary can be modified according to the preferences of passengers, our guide will evaluate the changes required to optimize the tour and carried out under the supervision of the agency. Passengers can stop and stay in each place they consider necessary time to take pictures and enjoy the scenery. passengers will be accompanied by the guide at all time to be present in every situation.

Second service for this package: Rojo Tango dinner and show: If you book this service you will get 1st row guaranteed at Rojo Tango. The best show of Tango Buenos Aires, menu, wine , champagne and the best artists in the Country. The place is small, decorated as a cabaret of the 1900s, you will meet a live orchestra and great dancers. Artists who are part of these scenarios are great talents, both in tango and interpretation of each piece.
Duration: 4 hours.