Free Guided tours in Spanish and English run weekly

The City of Buenos Aires offers many (about 20) completely free guided tours. You can browse them by neighborhood or by day of the week.

Some of the activities are available also in English by advanced booking: https://turismo.buenosaires.go…article/free-guided-tours

There is no excuse to spend a day at home in Buenos Aires!

Example of an English tour: Balvanera: tango and the Abasto market

Quote from City of BA

Moving away from the main tourist circuit, the neighbourhood of Balvanera was originally a suburb of Buenos Aires that grew through immigration and gained importance in the city's cultural, commericial and political history. The neighbourhood became particularly associated with tango, gaining a picaresque reputation at one time, and today has monuments to some of the genre's icons. Places of historic interest include Plaza Miserere, where troops gathered to resist the British invasion of 1806, several noteable examples of neo-classical, art nouveau and eclectic architecture, and the historic cafes Los Angelitos and La Perla - a favourite with intellectuals and later one of the birth places of Argentine rock music.

Our guided walking tour visits legendary tango singer Carlos Gardel's house - now a museum dedicated to the singer's memory, and the Abasto - a former Art Deco market now regenerated into a modern shopping centre.

When? Saturdays at 11am (at 10am from December to February)

Where? Meet at the corner of Anchorena and the Pasaje Carlos Gardel, Balvanera (comuna 3)

Language: English

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Quote from Rice

Because of its impressive size and distinguished appearance, the Abasto shopping center has always made me wonder about its history. Originally built solely to house the old market? Beautiful!

Inside the big Coto next door, when taking the stairs to go upstair there are pictures of the original construction works of the market. The area was buzzing and lively, many constructions were going on at the same time (subway, buildings, the Abasto market). It was the beginning of westernization of the new world!