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San Telmo, Downtown & Puerto Madero Personal Walking Tour
In Downtown we will take a walk along Mayo Avenue to appreciate its incredible early XX century architecture, the first skyscraper of Buenos Aires, we will pass the Congress Palace, take a ride on the wooden original cars of the oldest subway line in South America. We will cross the "supposed to be widest Avenue in the World" 9 de Julio Avenue, make a stop or just take a peek into the magnificent Tortoni Cafe (which has been functioning since 1958), and visit Plaza de Mayo, the Cathedral, Mayo Pyramid, the Pink House (Casa Rosada), where Evita and Perón used to speak to the "descamisados".
We will finish the tour exploring Puerto Madero. This is the newest neighborhood of the city, a former old and abandoned port that now has become one of the most expensive and glamorous residential areas in Buenos Aires. Some XIX century grain storage buildings and docklands had been refurnished by well known designers (Phillip Starck, FOster, Pelli), as Luxury Hotels and Residences. Availability: Everyday. Duration: 4 hours. Prices:
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Then we will proceed to San
Telmo. San Telmo is the oldest
neighborhood of the city, is very nice and bohemian. It has a lot of
Tango places, antique shops, an antique indoor market (originally XIX
century food market), the first two stories house in Buenos Aires (from
1750), and the smallest house in Buenos Aires. We will see there also some
of the oldest churches of Buenos Aires (one with cannon halls caused in
English invasions 1906). On weekends we also will explore the antique fair
on Plaza Dorrego, see tango dancers and other artists and musicians on the
streets,