Self guided Walking tour Retiro & Recoleta






This self-guided tour includes a bit of everything, architecture, museum, my favorite place in Buenos Aires, one of the coffee shops I love the most and a tasty lunch finish by delicious gin tonics. I hope you love it <3

There is a map at the end with all the stops mentioned!



Stop 1: Torre Monumental


This tower was given by the English Goverment as a gift for our 100 years anniversary on the Revolution, but most people think it was a an ironic gift after the english won the war against us. Anyway, is a nice viewpoint, you can visit it everyday 11 to 18hs (except tuesday!!) and from this tower you can see one of the most iconic buildings of Argentina: the Kavanagh. 


So much to say about the Kavanagh. When it was inaugurated in 1936 with its 120 meters, it was at the time the tallest reinforced concrete building in South America and the first residential building in Buenos Aires to have centralized air conditioning. Since 1999 this building belongs to the World Heritage of Modern Architecture, by the decision of UNESCO and in the same year, it was declared a National Historic Monument.


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Stop 2: Coffee stop


To get here you will walk through Basavilbaso and Arenales, walking around the San Martin Palace, this whole street is just beautiful (you can see here also my post on the most beautiful streets of Buenos Aires). 





And walking through Esmeralda you will see another palace! In this case is Estrugamou Palace (also known as "aristocratic elbow"), which up to today is still residential.


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