The guided visits have a duration of approximately 50 minutes, starting at Paseo de los Carruajes, on Tucuman 1171.
Tours are offered every 15 minutes from 10:00 AM to 4.45 PM. 

The visit has a cost of $ 22,000 Argentine Pesos for foreign visitors.

The entrance ticket can be acquired at the Theater's box office (Tucuman 1171), with credit card, debit card, or cash (Pesos), or online through this link.

For more information, visit the Teatro Colon website,

Plaza de Mayo is as old as the city of Buenos Aires itself. Juan de Garay founded Buenos Aires city for the second time in 1580. At this time, he also decided the location of the Plaza Mayor, current Plaza de Mayo.

From then on, the Plaza the Mayo has been the scenario of all the major events in the history of Buenos Aires. Even today, it's the meeting point of all major demonstrations, political revolts, and popular festivals.

The Plaza de Mayo suffered many changes throughout the years, but the one that gave it the appearance it has today, was performed by CharlesThays. He transplanted some of the original palm trees, designed new paths and added flower beds.

At the center of the Plaza de Mayo, you can see one of the most important monuments in Buenos Aires, not because of its appearence, but for its symbolic meaning:

Piramide de Mayo (May's Pyramid):
Erected in en 1811, it was the first historical monument of Buenos Aires, and it was declared as a National Historic Monument one year later; it's a small obelisk, to which a figure representing Liberty, made by French sculptor Doubourdieu, was added during its redesign by Argentine architect and painter Prilidiano Pueyrredón in 1856, preserving the original pyramid in its interior.

Another important monument in the Plaza the Mayo is the Equestrian Statue of Manuel Belgrano:
Facing the Casa Rosada on Balcarce street, this work by French sculptor Albert Carriere-Belleuse and Argentine Manuel de Santa Coloma, depicts general Belgrano admiring the Argentine flag.
Being the heart of the city's political life, many official buildings surround this square, as well as other buildings with a great architectural value:

Casa Rosada Government House (Pink House) - Balcarce 50


The building, in its current location, has always been the national government's headquarters from 1810 to date, but the current building was finished in 1884, in a Renaissance style, with an asymmetrical facade. President Sarmiento (1868-1874) decided to paint the building of a pink color.

Above the entrance on Balcarce Street you can see the famous Evita balcony.

On 219 Hipolito Yrigoyen St., you will find find the entrance to the Museum of the Casa Rosada, which shows presidential memorabilia, and offers guided visits to the interior rooms of the governmental building in several languages. www.casarosada.gob.ar/la-casa-rosada/museo

Metropolitan Cathedral - Rivadavia and San Martín
In 1692, construction of the first cathedral was carried out on this same plot. In 1822 , the current building was finished, after a century and a half of several architectural works. This is a neoclassical building, with Greek influences, atypical for a church. The facade was made in 1822 by Próspero Catelin and Pierre Benoit, inspired in the Palais Bourbon in Paris. Though the exterior looks more like a Greek temple than a church, its interior is like a colonial Spanish church. Inside the cathedral, you can observe pictures and sculptures, mainly made by Italian artists.
You may access the mausoleum where General Jose de San Martin remains are. He has been a hero of our independence.


Cabildo (Colonial Town Hall) - Bolívar 65
This is the only building that preserves the authentic colonial style from the times of its construction. During colony times, the Cabildo was the institution which represented the local interests. Along the years, the Cabildo suffered successive architectural modifications.
In 1810, the building held the events which would give rise to the Primera Junta de Gobierno and later to the declaration of independence.
This building currently houses the Cabildo Historical Museum and Museum of the May Revolution.


Banco de la Nacion Argentina (Argentine's National Bank) - Rivadavia and 25 de Mayo
Between 1857 and 1888 this was the site of the first Teatro Colon. In 1888 the place was transformed into the headquarters of the National Bank. The present building was designed by renowned Argentine architect Alejandro Bustillo, and was built between 1937 and 1955. The most remarkable part of this building is its central Hall and its Dome, one of the largest in the world.


Banco Frances - Reconquista and Rivadavia
Inaugurated in 1929, magnificent facade in the Spanish Plateresque style.


Municipal Palace (City Governement Building) - Bolivar 1
French Academicist style building, home to the municipal government of Buenos Aires since 1856, one of the nicest buildings around the Plaza de Mayo.


Legislative Palace - Diagonal Roca and Peru
The construction of this building started in 1927. The front has columns in Corinthian style and balconies in the first floor. Surrounding all the building on the last floor, 26 sculptures recreate certain classical French models. The tower, that is 97 meters high, the most noteworthy area of the building, has 4 sundials, and holds a 30 bells German carillon.

Malba - Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Latin American Art Museum) is one of the newest museums in Buenos Aires. It opened its doors in September 2001. Malba is a non-profit institution featuring the private art collection of Argentine entrepreneur Eduardo Costantini. Since 1990, his collection was open for the consideration of local and international specialists, and lent for Latin American art exhibitions around Latin America and Europe.

In 1998 the construction of a new building to hold the collection began, after the selection of a project by Argentine architects Gastón Atelman, Martín Fourcade and Alfredo Tapia from an international call by the International Union of Architects.

The Costantini Collection consists of a selection of more than two hundred works, including drawings, paintings, sculptures and objects by 78 artists from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela. Some of the featured artists are: Frida Kahlo, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Diego Rivera, Joaquín Torres-García, Antonio Berni, Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, Jorge de la Vega, Tarsila do Amaral, Pedro Figari, Lygia Clark, Helio Oiticica, Liliana Porter, Guillermo Kuitca and José Bedia Valdés, among others.

Besides the permanent collection, the museum features temporary exhibitions throughout the year, a movie theater with a daily program, a film library, an educational program with workshops and conferences for adults and children, and guided visits to the permanent and temporary exhibitions.

Location: Avda. Figueroa Alcorta 3415, Buenos Aires.

Opening times:
Thursday to Monday: 12 noon - 8 pm

Wednesday: 11 am - 8 pm

Tuesdays closed.

Entry fees:
General: AR $ 8000.-
Teachers, students and pensioners: AR $ 4000.-
Children under 5/disabled people: free.
Wednesdays:
General: AR $ 4000.-
Teachers, students and pensioners: Free.-

For more information on present and future exhibitions, visit MALBA official website.

The Rose Garden (El Rosedal), surrounded by Infanta Isabel, Iraola and Pres. P. Montt avenues, and protected all around by an iron gate, is the heart of the Tres de Febrero park. It was created in 1914 by the landscaper Carlos Thays.








The main attractions inside the park are:

° The Andalusian Patio: built in 1929 and given away by the city of Seville, Spain.
° The Arbor (La Pergola), covered with climbing rose bushes:
° The White Bridge, a magnificent construction of wood built over the lake after a design by architect Benito Carrasco in 1914
° The Poet's Garden, with busts in honor to poets from different countries, like William Shakespeare, Alfonsina Storni, Dante Alighieri, Federico García Lorca, Antonio Machado and Jorge Luis Borges, among others.

° The Rose Garden itself, in the heart of the park, with its many flower beds which are home to over 12,000 rose bushes of different kinds.

The area around the Rose Garden and its lake is one of the preferred places in the city for open air activities, especially on weekends when it's also possible to enjoy live music, free gym classes, street performers. At the lake, you can hire boats with paddles or pedals. Around the lake, the pedestrian streets are perfect for roller blading, cycling, jogging, or just walking for taking in some fresh air and enjoying nature:

Opening times:
Summer: Tuesday to Sundays, from 8 am to 8 pm
Winter: 9 am to 6 pm
MONDAYS CLOSED

All the materials, like wood panelings, mirrors, moldings, were brought from Europe. The rooms in the main floor were decorated in different French styles from the XVII and XVIII century, except for the Grand Hall, inspired in the large rooms typical of XVI century England in the time of the Tudor dynasty.


In the apartments of the first floor we can also see the taste for French decoration in Louis XV, Louis XVI, Directory and Imperium style. The only exception is the Art Decó room decorated by Catalonian artist José María Sert.

The Dining Room and the Ball Room are copies in a smaller scale of similar rooms at the Versailles Palace.




The permanent collection of the museum includes more tan 4000 objects, from roman sculptures to contemporary hand made silver creations. The biggest interest in the collection is focused on the European and Oriental decorative pieces, sculptures and paintings from the XVI to XIX century, many of which belonged to the Errázuriz-Alvear family.

There are also temporary exhibitions throughout the year, focused mainly in decorative arts, fashion, tapestry, jewelry, and small objects.

There is a beautiful small caffe-restaurant in the courtyard with a lovely atmosphere.





Location: Av. del Libertador 1902
Opening times: Wednesday to Sunday, 1.00 PM to 7:00 PM. 

Guided visits: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, at 4:00 pm, without previous reservation.
Entrance to the Museum is FREE every day.
For more information on present and future exhibitions, visit National Museum of Decorative Arts official website.

Palacio Paz, located in the heart of the city opposite Plaza San Martin (Av. Sante Fe 750) is an imposing building which fronts, sculptures and ornaments are copies or inspired on several French palaces, and one of the best examples of the French Architecture in Buenos Aires.

The palace's architect, Louis Marie Henry Sortais was French, studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1890. The owner of the residence, José C. Paz, was ambassador to France in the late nineteenth century. Palacio Paz is also the work of the Argentinian architect and engineer Carlos Agote, since Sortais never traveled to Argentina, and in fact died in 1911, leaving Agote in charge of construction management when works were still not complete.

The construction was carried out between 1902 and 1914. Two years before the inauguration of the palace Dr. José C Paz died in Monaco, for which he never had the chance to live in it, but his wife and children did.

Palacio Paz was, at the time of its construction, the largest private residence in the city, with its 140 rooms, 40 bathrooms and 12,000 square meters of covered area.

José Camilo Paz, the ideologist of this masion, brought from Europe all the pieces for the construction and decoration of the palace: marbles, iron works, chandeliers, ornaments, furniture, flooring and lights, among many other things, including the huge four-door iron gate that serves as entrance to the palace.

It is believed that Paz had presidential aspirations. He thought that the palace could become the official presidential residence.

The building consists of three wings and a large internal garden. The main facade resembles the typical French castles. The model used for the overall composition of the palace was the Chantilly Castle, rebuilt by Honoré Daumet, Sortais' teacher. The set of rooms on the main floor appears as an eclectic showcase of French historical styles. The Grand Gallery of Honor and the main dining room are inspired on the French Renaissance. The Ballroom on the other hand is Regency style. In other smaller rooms we find Louis XVI and Empire styles. 

The great honor gallery leas to the Great Hall of Honor, the most impressive room in the Palace, a Circular hall of imposing dimensions and crowned with a towering dome.

Palacio Paz is currently the headquarters of the Military Circle in the City of Buenos Aires, and is one of the few magnificent French buildings that are opened to the public and still preserve the grandeur of the time.

There's also a nice café in the interior courtyard (Croque Madame) and a restaurant  in one of the interior rooms, open to the general public.

The interior Palace can be accessed by Guided Visits only (with a cost), on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with previous reservation via email to reservaspalaciopaz@gmail.com

The Larreta residence was built in 1886 as a summer cottage in the Italian Renaissance style. It was surrounded by a garden with fruit and ornamental trees, beds with aromatic plants, and an orchard.
His subsequent owner, writer Enrique Larreta, after serving in the foreign service in France, brought an important art collection of Spanish works of art to decorate his new home. He also transformed the estate into the Spanish Renaissance style, with a significant collection of paintings, altarpieces, wood carvings, and furniture from the XIV to the XX century. In April 1962, at the death of the writer, his sons sold the house to the city of Buenos Aires and donated his collection of works of art and furniture
The collection that gave birth to the museum consisted primarily of wooden sculptures and paintings from the Renaissance ans Baroque periods, as well as a noteworthy set of furniture, arms, and decorative arts that embellished the different rooms in the house. The writer's collection was increased by acquisitions, donations and transfers of more than 30 works from the Museum ofHispanic-American Art Isaac Frenandez Blanco, that blended perfectly with the original collection.

There are several sculptures spread around the garden, one of which is a terracotta reproduction of Donatello's David.

Tourists: AR$5,000. Children under 12, pensioners and students with accreditation: free.
Wednesdays Free for all

Guided Visits to the Andalusian Garden: The 4th Thursday of every month, at 12:00 noon, and the first Saturday of every month at 3:00 pm, included in the cost of ticket. Suspended in case of rain.

Enrique Larreta Museum Website (in Spanish only)