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Recoleta & cemetery for curious people

By Social & Cultural
10 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is $25 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travelers
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Step into Argentina’s Gilded Age. This experience escapes the tourist trail to explore Recoleta’s grand mansions and magnificent cemetery from an anthropological perspective.

This is an interactive journey. As we stroll from Plaza San Martín to Recoleta Cemetery, we’ll decode the architecture, question narratives, and bring the drama to life.

Explore compelling themes:

The Parisian Illusion: Unpack the ambition that earned Buenos Aires its nickname.

The Rise and Fall: Debate Argentina’s journey as a potential world power.

City of the Dead: See the cemetery as a societal mirror—who is remembered and who is forgotten?

This is more than a history lesson; it’s a chance to understand the forces that built Argentina.

Note: Cemetery entry is optional. Tickets are available at the gate or in advance, online.

Activity location

  • Plaza General San Martin
    • Av. Santa Fe
    • 1006, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Rapanui
    • 772 Avenida Santa Fe
    • C1006, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • Spanish

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Language options: Spanish
Starting time: 10:00am
Price details
$25.00 x 1 Adult$25.00
Total
Price is $25.00
Until Mon, Oct 27

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    University graduate guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Tickets to cemetery not included. Entrance is optional.

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Plaza General San Martin
  • 30m
Beginning in General San Martín Plaza and ending in Recoleta Cementery, this walk offers you the chance to approach this beautiful city from its historical past in an attempt to understand its current present.
Estacion Retiro San Martin
  • 20m
We will visit the biggest train Station in Latin America to understand the export-oriented agricultural economy. We will explain why does Argentina has such a large train system and why British capital was so interested in its development.
Torre Monumental
  • 10m
We will talk about the British community in Buenos Aires and the reason of their presence in this shores.
Edificio Kavanagh
  • 10m
We will talk about the "Belle Epoque" and how it change the city for ever. We will also adress the role of large landlords in the development of the country.
Palacio San Martin
  • 10m
We will visit some ot the palaces built by the Pampa's landlords. We will talk about how they managed to have so much arable land and where did they spent all that welth.
Edificio Nicolas Mihanovich
  • 20m
We will introduce the arrival of Austro-Hungarians and Yugoslavians in Buenos Aires and explain why were these europeans coming to Argentina in such large numbers.
Plazoleta Carlos Pellegrini
  • 10m
Jockey Club: the Pampas are not only about cows and sheep.
Gomero de la Recoleta
  • 10m
We will discuss why Recoleta is called like that and talk about the origin of all the beautiful and enormous trees in this area.
Cementerio de la Recoleta
  • 20m
  • Admission ticket not included
At the entrance of the Recoleta cemetery we will introduce its "inhabitants" and the mysteries it contains. The entrance is optional.

Location

Activity location

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    Plaza General San Martin
    • Av. Santa Fe
    • 1006, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Rapanui
    • 772 Avenida Santa Fe
    • C1006, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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