BUENOS AIRES TOURS
Buenos Aires Tours – There are numerous tours available in Buenos Aires and details can be found and booked in the tourist offices or at your hotel. The best and cheapest way of getting your bearings when you first arrive in the city is to take a guidebook and map on a bus that conducts a route around the main areas of interest. Number 130 is the only bus that goes through Palermo’s park, connecting San Isidio with Belgrano, past Recoleta’s museum strip and passing the customs building behind the Plaza de Mayo.
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If you prefer to walk then keep a look out for the panels around the city that offer information about the sights you are passing. Cicerones, J. J. Biedma 883, telephone 4330 0800, offer free tailor made tours of the city. Just call up 72 hours in advance and they will find you an English-speaking guide to show you around. For a more academic tour, contact Lihue Expediciones, Maipui 926, 1st floor, telephone - 011 431. They offer imaginative literary walks around the city based on the writings of Borges, Cortazar etc. Alternatively, Espacioverde, Viamonte 1454, 2nd floor, telephone – 4374 2222, conduct specialist architectural walking tours and offer a historical view of Argentina’s Immigrant community.
Argentina Adventures
Suipacha 190, 9th floor
Telephone – 4326 2854
Offers private, English-speaking guided tours of the city.
Urban Biking
Vera 1401, Villa Crespo, Capital Federal
Telephone – 4568 4321
For the more energetic among us, book an urban biking tour that includes the city’s northern and southern barrios as well as night rides. The price of the tour includes safety equipment and bike hire.
Tangol
Florida 971, 1st floor
Telephone – 4312 7276
If you want to surprise someone special or just see Buenos Aires from an entirely new perspective then Tangol offers scenic 15-minute helicopter rides over the city.
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