Private Recoleta + Retiro Tour: A Glamorous Journey into Argentina's French-Influenced History
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8 Ratings
Buenos Aires

Step into the glamorous past of Argentina on a private Recoleta + Retiro tour. Explore the French-influenced neighborhoods and discover the extravagant palaces and the world-renowned cemetery.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cementerio de la Recoleta - Explore the final resting place of Argentina’s elite from its most influential era. This cemetery features breathtaking mausoleums showcasing exceptional artistry, architecture, sculpture, and stained glass. Among those interred here are presidents, businessmen, dictators, and politicians, including the most renowned…
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What's Included
  • Entry ticket to the Torre Monumental (when available)
  • Entry ticket to the Recoleta Cemetery
  • Experienced guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities are not included and always welcome by our staff!
Additional Information

Explore the upscale neighborhoods of Recoleta and Retiro in Buenos Aires, where Argentina’s French-inspired elite constructed lavish 19th-century mansions, tree-lined streets, designer boutiques, and iconic churches. A tour highlight is the Recoleta Cemetery, the final resting place of aristocrats and historical figures, including Evita Perón, featuring…

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Location
Junín 1760
Junín
We meet in front of the main entrance of the Recoleta Cemetery
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Laura_b
Feb 21, 2024
Don't hesitate to book this! - What a fun day! And so many unexpected experiences from visiting a fabulous basilica during mass to sampling the official Argentinian cookie. We learned so much about Argentinian history, architecture and culture. Johanna was such a wonderful quide. So passionate about her country. This is an experience not to miss. Worth every penny.
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Rochelle_s
Jan 13, 2023
Wonderful guide Fabian ! - Our guide Fabian was outstanding ! One of the best guides we have ever had on a trip! He was so knowledgeable and interesting . He went out of his way to make our tour outstanding! I highly recommend Fabian
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Lisa_c
Jan 11, 2023
Definitely worth doing - Our guide Natalia was lovely, prompt, flexible and smart. We enjoyed our time spent with her and learned a lot. Impressed with how tour operator contacted us and made our plans very easy.
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Jessanig2022
Mar 31, 2022
Lunfardo walking tours are the best! - In March 2022, we booked 2 private tours with Lunfarda: Private Recoleta + Retiro Tour (Martin) and the Human rights/Dictatorship (Victoria). Both were absolutely awesome . The guides were impressively knowledgeable and engaging. They clearly have in-depth backgrounds in the history of Argentina and Buenos Aires, and were able to communicate in excellent English to our group. We especially loved our discussions with them and their personal perspectives. Walking tours are an excellent way to learn about a city and its history and culture--especially one as interesting as BA.
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Jose
Jan 14, 2020
REMINISCENT OF RICH ARGENTINA - A tour of Av Alvear from Callao to Plaza Carlos Pellegrini and continue to Plaza San Martín in Retiro is a taste of the European influence of the 20's on the architecture of the Palacetes of the wealthy families of the time
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Lrubin2
Jan 2, 2020
BEST walking tour experience ever!!! - You cannot go wrong with Lunfarda. My family and I had an amazing experience with Loli, one of the tour guides. She was extremely knowledgeable, thoughtful, enthusiastic and such a great storyteller. She asked us exactly what we wanted out of our tour and completely made our day. I stumbled across Mariana, the owner of Lunfarda, by chance. We were on a tour with another horrible guide and I happened to overhear Mariana when she was giving her own private tour. I got her card and emailed her immediately — she was extremely prompt in her responses and gave us wonderful restaurant recommendations. If you’re in Buenos Aires you must book a tour with Lunfarda! They will make sure you get the most out of this wonderful city. I couldn’t be more grateful to Mariana and Loli for making our trip so unique and memorable.
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Nancycarollifton1995
Nov 25, 2019
Absolutely Worth It! - Let me start with this: we got so very lucky to get Loli! She's beyond knowledgeable about so much: history, architecture, politics, and more. Even further, she's so nice and pleasant, and speaks perfect English. I'm not overstating when I say they we really were so lucky to spend a few hours with her. She taught us a lot as she has much to share. And, the passion for what she's doing is there, so that's icing on the cake.
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Marcelo
Oct 1, 2019
Making the most of beautiful Buenos Aires - Outstanding experience. The guide was very passionate about her city, with a deep knowledge of its history, architecture, culture, and a lot of very interesting facts and anecdotes about it. Recoleta Cemetery is amazing, and strolling it with a superb guide turns it even more fascinating. Our guide explanations about Evita, the political significance of the corpse (which was robbed and buried with another name in Italy, before being recovered and buried in Recoleta), and other famous characters in the Cemetery were really enlightening. Organization of the tour was excellent. Highly recommended!!!
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