Comuna 1 Trip Overview
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.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Comuna 1, Argentina
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Comuna 1, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Plaza San Martin, Av. Santa Fe, Buenos Aires 1006 Argentina
This is our meeting point, where we will try the bicycles and helmets.
Nobody doubts who the father of the country is yet nobody remembers who the mother of the country was, the woman who fought hand-to-hand with Generals and soldiers in the quest for Argentine independence; and also, the story behind the black community of Argentina.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Monumento a Combatientes de Malvinas, Plaza General San Martin, Buenos Aires Argentina
Wars have always been something terrible and so silence is.
We will tell you everything about The Malvinas War and the story of female veterans who actively participated in the war as well as the reasons for their subsequent invisibility.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Monumento a Juana Azurduy, Hipolito Yrigoyen y Paseo Colon Parque Colon, corner Casa Rosada & the circular Avenida de la Rabida, Buenos Aires Argentina
Who was the most important female captain of South America?
At this stop we will introduce you Juana Azurduy, we will be happy to tell you about her incredible life, the battles in which she was involved and why she was called “the amazon of freedom”.
Enjoy the beautiful view of the city at her colossal monument.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Puente de la Mujer, Porto Madero, Buenos Aires Argentina
We are going to pedal through the newest and most expensive neighborhood in the city and one of the most visited by porteños and tourists until arriving at the Woman’s Bridge, to know the history of this feminist neighborhood as well as the names and achievements of some incredible women in history and current leaders, squares named after them and her monuments.
We will also see the new feminist intervention of an American female artist in historical silos.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Paseo de la Gloria, Av. Dr. Tristan Achaval Rodriguez 1151, Buenos Aires Argentina
Luciana Aymar was chosen as “Legend of hockey” by The International Hockey Federation and one of the most important athletes in Argentine history.
Gabriela Sabatini is the most important Argentine tennis player in history who climbed to number 3 worldwide.
Both women already have their monuments among the most outstanding athletes of The “Glory walk”.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Fuente de Las Nereidas, Av. Tristan Achaval Rodriguez- Costanera Sur, Buenos Aires Argentina
Here we will have the chance to admire this amazing marble sculpture which is the most beautiful fountain in our city. Created by the famous sculptress Lola Mora whose life and career were equally fascinating, it is worth knowing everything!
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Fundacion Mercedes Sosa, Calle Humberto Primo 378, Buenos Aires C1103ACH Argentina
At this stop: Women Former Prison, we will take a Break to get to know this historic building and discover some of the women who were imprisoned here.
At the same place, we will have the chance to know the most famous singer who changed Argentine folk music: Mercedes Sosa, her music and voice made people hail her as:
“The voice of the voiceless ones” or “the voice of Latin America”.
Duration: 35 minutes
Stop At: Plaza de Mayo, Av. Hipolito Yrigoyen S/N, Buenos Aires Argentina
At our last stop we will introduce you the life story of the woman who formed “Mothers of the May Square”, the most important women’s organization in our history who opposed the last military dictatorship and all its achievements.
Also, what is the story of Argentina’s best-known first lady, her passion, her struggle and her death?
Eva Perón has always aroused passions; we will tell you what has been the influence of this unique woman in the Argentine society.
Duration: 30 minutes
