🏨 City of Angels: Private Walking Tour of Recoleta Cemetery and surroundings Activity

City of Angels: Private Walking Tour of Recoleta Cemetery and surroundings

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Duration: 2 hours

Departs: Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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Overview

Learn about the Belle Époque in Buenos Aires with this 2-hour private walking tour in Recoleta neighbourhood.

With over 6,400 statues, sarcophagi, coffins and crypts commemorating some of Argentina’s most celebrated sons and daughters, Recoleta Cemetery (also known as "The City of Angels") is a must-see in Buenos Aires.
This is where you will get the chance to visit Evita Perón´s mausoleum and understand why she was so loved and hated at the same time.

Then we will continue the walking tour visiting the highlights of Recoleta: the famous gum tree, Basilica Nuestra Señora del Pilar, the Law School and the Floralis Genérica.

You will be escorted by a local, knowledgeable guide that will make sure that you make the most of your tour.

The Tickets are included.

What's Included

Professional Guide

Tickets to cemetery are included.

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 1 - 99

Additional Info

Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Regular temperature checks for staff
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Regular temperature checks for staff
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Cementerio de la Recoleta

Considered one of the most unusual cemeteries in the world, the site was declared the city’s first official public burial place in 1822. Aside from being the resting place of the deceased, it is completely unlike a normal cemetery. It’s more magical than macabre. The burial site of Argentina’s most famous figures, including Evita herself, the cemetery is a must-do while in Buenos Aires.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Gomero de la Recoleta

Known as the Gran Gomero, it was planted in 1791 and it is 50 meters wide.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Basilica de Nuestra Senora Del Pilar

It was opened in 1732, based on a design by the jesuit architects Bianchi and Prímoli.

Externally, the basilica has a simple, whitewashed colonial style and inside it conserves magnificent original altarpieces and ornaments.

The basilica belonged to the Recollects order of friars, after which the Recoleta neighbourhood is named. At the time of construction, the location was on the outskirts of the city, taking into account the order's rules of withdrawal and seclusion. The money for the construction came from a neighbour who was originally from Zaragoza in Spain, and he made the donation on the condition that the church was dedicated to the Virgin of the Pillar, an aparition of the Viring Mary associated with Zaragoza.

The church has a single nave with a developed transept, covered by sail vault, and shallow side chapels. Highlights include the baroque main altarpiece, a singular piece with Inca ornamentation and silverwork from Peru.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Facultad de Derecho - Universidad de Buenos Aires

This imposing 1949 neoclassical building is the home of the University of Buenos Aires faculty of law.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Floralis Generica

Named "Floralis Genérica" in homage to all flowers, this 20m-high, 18-tonne aluminium and stainless steel sculpture dominates the Plaza de las Naciones Unidas.

Unveiled in the year 2002, it was probably the world's first mobile public sculpture to be controlled by hydraulics and photoelectric sensors. It was donated to the city of Buenos Aires by its creator, the Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano, who in this piece realised his dream of creating a sculpture that would reflect the dynamism of time. Catalano once said the sculpture was "a synthesis of all the flowers and a hope that is reborn every day."

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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