If you like walking and want to discover Buenos Aires with new eyes, don’t miss this series of free guided tours to travel through Buenos Aires’ past via its most iconic streets, squares, and buildings.
Join these Free Guided Tours in January and February to get to know Buenos Aires on foot, from its founding to the 20th century
These free guided tours are organized by the Ministry of Culture and invite you to discover how Buenos Aires changed from its founding to the 20th century, based on its urban transformations and the social processes that shaped its identity.
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The walks are guided by Buenos Aires historian Leonel Contreras and are designed as an open-air tour of different neighborhoods, with no prior registration or limited space.
Each meeting and tour offers a different route, focusing on a key stage in the development of Buenos Aires. Throughout the walks, you will visit symbolic places, discover little-known stories, and reconstruct scenes from the past that will help you understand how the city was formed.
From the first colonial settlements to its consolidation as a major Latin American metropolis, this series of free guided walks offers you an in-depth look at Buenos Aires and surrounds you with many people who want to discover it, just like you.
If you are looking for free, outdoor cultural activities in Buenos Aires and want to meet new people, this is the ideal plan for you.
Remember that the tours do not require prior registration, last 3 hours, and are canceled in case of rain.
Schedule of free guided tours of Buenos Aires in January and February
👉From the Foundation to the Viceroyalty: A walk from San Telmo to Retiro to learn about the origins of Buenos Aires and its evolution between 1580 and the viceregal period.
📅 Tuesday, January 27, 6:00 p.m.
📍Meeting point: Defensa and Brasil (Lezama Park). Ends at: Plaza San Martín
👉From the Viceroyalty to Caseros: A tour of downtown Buenos Aires that addresses the political and urban processes that marked the transition from colony to National Organization.
📅 Tuesday, February 3, 5:30 p.m. Duration: 3 hours.
📍Meeting point: Av. Belgrano and Lima (Plazoleta Provincia de Jujuy). Ends at: 25 de Mayo and Tte. Gral. Juan D. Perón
👉From Caseros to the Centennial: A journey through the spaces that reflect the consolidation of the modern state and the growth of the city from 1880 to the Belle Époque.
📅 Monday, February 9, 5:30 p.m.
📍Meeting point: Tucumán and Libertad (Plaza Lavalle). Ends at: Av. de Mayo and Chacabuco
👉 The 20th Century: The history of the great Latin American metropolis told through its most representative settings, to understand the social, cultural, and urban changes of modern Buenos Aires.
📅 Tuesday, February 24, 5:00 p.m.
📍Meeting point: Bolívar and Hipólito Yrigoyen (Plaza de Mayo). Ends at: Plaza San Martín