Guided tours, circuits
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Which are the free guided tours offered by our City? |
The Ente Turismo de Buenos Aires (ENTUR) offers gratuitous guided tours to the Neighborhoods. Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. By foot.
Enrollment:
You should enroll by calling (54 11) 4114 5791. Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 1 pm. or personally go to the meeting point.
Schedule and meeting points may be found in: guided tours to neighborhood
You can also get brochures at the City Information Centers.
Information:
· Area of Guided Tours. Ente Turismo de Buenos Aires.
· Address: Balcarce 360. 2º floor.
· Telephone: (5411) 4114 5791
· Mail: informacion_turismo@buenosaires.gov.ar
· Web:Tourist Information Centers of the City
In general, guided tours are organized every day to emblematic buildings of the city like the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Government House, the Congress of the Nation. Additionally, visits are organized to theatres like Colón, Nacional Cervantes and San Martín, and to several museums.
Information: Visits to public buildings |
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Which are the main tourist circuits of the city? |
1. Plaza de Mayo (May Square)
2. Abasto neighborhood
3. Historic area: Avenida de Mayo
4. Historic area: Monserrat
5. Historic area: San Telmo
6. Puerto Madero neighborhood
7. Costanera Sur area
8. Avenida Corrientes
9. Palermo bosques y lagos
10. Palermo Viejo, Palermo Soho and Hollywood.
11. Recoleta neighborhood
12. Retiro neighborhood
13. La Boca neighborhood
For more detailed information, via Internet, go to:
Map of tourist attractions with the main points of each circuit. Addresses and photographs: Circuits
Tourist Information Centers:
Tourist Information Centers of the City
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How can you contact tourism guides? |
- Registro de Prestadores Turísticos (RPT):
·Tourism Undersecretary
·Address: Balcarce 360. 2º floor
·Mail: registroprestadores_turismo@buenosaires.gov.ar
- Asociación de Guías de Turismo de Buenos Aires (Aguitba):
.Telephone: 4322 2557
.Mail: info@aguitba.org.ar
.Web: www.aguitba.org.ar |
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Where can you search travel agencies addresses? |
On the City tourism portal:
Travel agencies
For more information:
Undersecretary of Tourism of the Nation: Suipacha 1111, 7º floor (C1008AAW). Buenos Aires City.
Department of Travel Agents Registry: Roll-over lines (011) 43125611/15 / 4316-1600 / 4312-5621/24 INT. 2146 / 2154 / 2155 / 2144 4311-9526 (fax)
e-mail: drst@turismo.gov.ar
Web: www.turismo.gov.ar
Working hours: working days, 9.30 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm.
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Which are the tours organized by travel agencies within Buenos Aires? |
Some of the tours are regularly organized, but in case of special request private tours can be accomplished.
Travel agencies also organize city tours. They may be: city tours with lunch/ City tours with lunch while sailing. Nightly city tours. Dinner and Tango show/ Tango Show only / Tango evenings / Bocatango Tour / Pampa Opera.
Folklore: show and dinner / Ranches/ Gaucho Feast.
Thematic Parks: Tierra Santa, Temaiken and Parque de la Costa. Tigre/ Tigre and Delta/ Delta Expedition. La Plata. Luján.
Panoramic Tours: Organized on helicopter, ship, aerostatic globe, sailboat, bicycle.
Thematic Tours: Eva Perón circuit, Carlos Gardel circuit, Cultural tour, Historical Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Museums, Buenos Aires Art and Culture, Visits to Football Stadiums, City tour to Architectonical Buildings, Art Galleries tour, Gastronomic tour (may include wine tasting), Colón theatre, Fashion Tour, Recoleta, Liniers Market, Belgrano-Chinatown, Palermo, La Boca and Puerto Madero, La Boca and San Telmo, Ecologic Reservoir, Palermo Zoo, Buenos Aires casino.
Communities-related tours: Tours to the Armenian community and to the Jewish community.
Shopping tour: Visit to leather factories and city fairs.
Information:
· Area of Travel Agencies. Direction of Tourist Development and Promotion. Undersecretary of Tourism.
· Address: Balcarce 360, 2º floor.
· Tel.: 4114 5792
· Mail: hoteleria_sstur@buenosaires.gov.ar
· web: Travel agencies |
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Can you visit tourist zones by yourself, without a tourist guide? |
A good option to visit tourist areas of Buenos Aires is by foot and by yourself. The Self-Guided Tours maps include 10 different circuits which can be seen and printed in:
Self-guide
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