Buenos Aires neighborhoods information

Discover the neighborhoods porteños. Travel tips for first time visitors

Buenos Aires neighborhoods are 47 according to municipal bylaws. However, Buenos Aires inhabitants consider more than 47 neighborhoods within the city; for example, they distinguish areas like Abasto, Congreso and Once as neighborhoods (but the three of them comprise the Balvanera neighborhood); Av. Corrientes and Centro (San Nicolás neighborhood); Primera Junta and Parque Centenario (Caballito neighborhood); Las Cañitas, Palermo Hollywood, Palermo Soho (Palermo neighborhood).

GUIDED TOURS
The guided tours offered by the City's Under secretariat of Tourism are free. Tourists walk around the city to view the architectonic, historic and commercial attractions of each neighborhood.
Guided Tours to the emblematic premises of the city The Metropolitan Cathedral, the House of Government, the Congress of the Nation. The Colón theatre (the Buenos AIres opera house), the Nacional Cervantes theatre and the San Martín theatre.
Museums. The Zanjón de Granados in San Telmo neighborhood, the Recoleta cemetery and nightly guided visits to the Ecological Reservoir in Costanera Sur. Thematic circuits. San Ignacio church, its primitive cloister, and other outstanding religious premises of different credos.
Admission: free or 2 to 10 Argentine pesos.

BIOGRAPHICAL TOURS
The biographical tours organized by the Under secretariat of Tourism follow the steps of three famous inhabitants of the city: Carlos Gardel, Jorge Luis Borges, and Eva Perón.
They are made by bus, without charge, and last approximately 3 hours.

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