Private Retiro, Recoleta and Cemetery Walking Tour
3 hour private walking tour
Explore Retiro, Recoleta and Recoleta Cemetery with your own guide. This focused 3 hour walk connects the cemetery, grand avenues and parks, and leafy Plaza San Martín. Your guide plans the order around your city pickup, opening hours and interests.
$165 USD per group for 1 to 3 guests
$270 USD per group for 4 to 7 guests
Guiding visitors in Buenos Aires since 2006
Retiro, Recoleta and the cemetery
This private 3 hour walk covers Retiro, Recoleta and Recoleta Cemetery. Your guide arranges the direction and stops around your pickup point, the day’s conditions, and your preferences. The cemetery is a major part of the tour, but it is not necessarily the first or last stop.
Recoleta Cemetery’s aisles and mausoleums open up stories of politics, architecture and families whose names recur across Argentina’s history, including Evita Perón, former presidents, sports stars and Nobel Prize winners. It truly is a city of the dead. In Recoleta, Plaza Francia and Avenida Alvear offer more to explore; in Retiro, Plaza San Martín, its monuments and surrounding mansions tell stories of independence, immigration and the city’s growth through Argentina’s golden age and beyond. For more neighborhood context, see our Recoleta guide.
What fits in three hours
This route concentrates on Retiro, Recoleta and the cemetery. If you would like longer at the cemetery, a lunch stop and a part of Palermo, see our 7 hour Retiro, Recoleta and Palermo walk. Food and cemetery admission are extra.
Price and what is included
- Group price: $165 USD total for 1 to 3 guests or $270 USD total for 4 to 7 guests. This is per private group, not per person.
- Included: Your private English-speaking guide, pickup and accompanied transport to the starting area within Buenos Aires city, and public transport used during the tour.
- Extra: Recoleta Cemetery admission, food and drinks. This is a walking and public transport tour; a private car is not included.
Cemetery tickets: Recoleta Cemetery admission is extra. We recommend adding the $20 ticket for each guest when you book. You can instead pay by card at the cemetery on the day, but that may mean waiting in an additional line.
Check a date for this private walk
Choose a date for this 3 hour private walk. You can check availability or ask about an adjustment before booking. You will see the exact group total before payment. No payment is taken in Step 1.
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Questions before you book
Does city pickup mean a private car?
Your guide meets you at an agreed point within Buenos Aires city and accompanies you to the start of the walking route. Public transport used during the tour is included. A private car is not included.
Is Recoleta Cemetery admission included?
No. We recommend adding the optional $20 ticket for each guest during booking. Card payment at the cemetery is possible on the day but may involve an extra line.
What order do we visit the neighborhoods and cemetery?
There is no fixed starting or ending point within the route. Your guide will plan the order of Retiro, Recoleta and the cemetery around your agreed city pickup point, the conditions that day, and your preferences. The cemetery is a major part of the tour, wherever it falls in the order.
Can we cancel?
Private walking tours receive a full refund when cancelled more than one full week before the start. Later cancellation charges apply. See our Terms & Conditions for exact cutoffs and exceptions.