September is Heritage Week and the French Embassy in Buenos Aires opens as every year the doors of its headquarters, the Ortiz Basualdo Palace, so you can visit it for free. How to join the guided tours on September 20 and 21.
The French Embassy opens the doors of the Ortiz Basualdo Palace so you can visit it for free in September.
Did you know that in Recoleta hides a French architectural jewel that very few know inside? It is the Ortiz Basualdo Palace, the headquarters of the French Embassy in Argentina, which opens its doors to the public in September during the European Heritage Days.
The Ortiz Basualdo Palace was designed at the beginning of the 20th century by the French architect Paul Pater, and is considered one of the most remarkable buildings of the Belle Époque in Buenos Aires. Since 1939, the Ortiz Basualdo Palace has housed the French Embassy: elegant facade, refined interiors and details typical of French architecture of the time, in September you will be able to visit it for free.
European Heritage Days: how to visit this Belle Epoque palace in Buenos Aires
This September 20 and 21, the Embassy opens the doors of the Palace as part of the European Heritage Days, a cultural event where you will discover historic buildings that are not usually open to the public and this embassy palace is one of them.
Joining the guided tours of the Embassy of Buenos Aires is free but you will have to reserve your place by filling in your details on September 9 in the link that you will find in the BIO of the Instagram profile of the embassy: @franceargentine. Spaces are limited.
The dates are already defined. The visits to the Ortiz Basualdo Palace will be this September 20 and 21. The guided visit by the French Embassy on September 20 is from 2 pm to 5.30 pm. While the free guided tour on September 21 is from 10 am to 5 pm.
Remember that to reserve your place for the free guided tours to the French Embassy you need to book your place by filling in your details on September 9 in the link that you will find in the BIO of the Instagram profile of the embassy: @franceargentine. Spaces are limited.
That same weekend in September, Plaza Cataluña (the square right in front of the embassy) becomes the stage for a classic of French gastronomy in Buenos Aires: the French Fair organized by the Lucullus association. So besides visiting a Buenos Aires palace for free, you will be able to close your day tasting the best of French bakery, cheeses, wines, crepes and other delicacies.
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