Pope Francis Tour in Buenos Aires
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Gain intimate insight into the formative places that shaped Jorge Bergoglio on his way to becoming Pope Francis—difficult to do on your own. During this small-group tour in Buenos Aires, visit churches, schools, and a sports club that each had an educational, religious, and social influence on Pope Francis' early years. Transportation in a comfortable minivan from San Telmo is included.
- See where the pope, aka Jorge Bergoglio, grew up and was educated
- Visit Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana) and the Basilica of San José de Flores
- Discover the pope’s favorite sport at San Lorenzo de Almagro Athletic Club
- Transport by comfortable minivan from San Telmo included
What's Included
- Local guide
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Tangol Travel AgencyCiudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires AR, Defensa 831, C1065 AAO, Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Travelers must be present at 10AM at Tangol San Telmo, Address: Defensa 831.
End point
- Plaza de MayoAv. Hipólito Yrigoyen 300-240, C1086AAB Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tour ends at Plaza de Mayo
Operating hours.10:00 am
Itinerary
Meet your guide and the rest of your group in San Telmo, then board a minivan for the short ride to Buenos Aires' city center. Stop at Jorge Bergoglio's childhood home that he shared with his parents and siblings, then move on to his early educational institutions like the College of Our Lady of Mercy and the Jesuit Universidad del Salvador.
See the Basilica of San José de Flores, where the Pope took his sacraments, received his religious vocation and dedicated his life to God at just 17 years old.
Continuing this 3-hour tour, learn about the Pope's love of futbol (soccer) at the San Lorenzo de Almagro Athletic Club. Visit the San Ignacio de Loyola Church and continue on to the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, the main Catholic church in Buenos Aires. Overlooking Plaza de Mayo, this 16th-century building was the site where the devout followers of Pope Francis waited to hear if he would succeed Pope Benedicto XVI.
See the Basilica of San José de Flores, where the Pope took his sacraments, received his religious vocation and dedicated his life to God at just 17 years old.
Continuing this 3-hour tour, learn about the Pope's love of futbol (soccer) at the San Lorenzo de Almagro Athletic Club. Visit the San Ignacio de Loyola Church and continue on to the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, the main Catholic church in Buenos Aires. Overlooking Plaza de Mayo, this 16th-century building was the site where the devout followers of Pope Francis waited to hear if he would succeed Pope Benedicto XVI.
Calle Defensa (Pass By)
Casa Del Papa Francisco (Pass By)
Capilla Nuestra Senora de la Misericordia (Pass By)
Basilica de San Jose de Flores (Pass By)
1
Basilica Maria Auxiliadora y San Carlos
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Residencia Juvenil San Antonio - Hogares Don Bosco (Pass By)
Iglesia de San Ignacio de Loyola (Pass By)
2
Plaza de Mayo
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- The itinerary may be subject to change without prior notice, depending on mass schedules or the availability of the churches.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.7
based on 38 reviews
Bruno_S, Mar 2026
This was a very informative and interesting walk through the life of Jorge Bergolio POPE FRANCES. Silvia our guide was fantastic and very knowledgeable sharing volumes of information along the way.
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Thank you for your lovely review! We're so glad you enjoyed the experience and Silvia’s guidance. It means a lot to us! Tangol Tours
CAROLB_C, Dec 2025
I ended up as the only one on the tour. My guide, Sylvia was very knowledgeable. I got to see the important places in the life of Pope Francis.
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Thank you for sharing your experience! We're happy you had a personalized tour and enjoyed Sylvia’s knowledge. Tangol Tours
kcmartinez1957, Sep 2025
Sylvia was wonderful, caring and very knowledgeable. She explained the history of the tour spots and added extra details that were very useful. And she was patient and kind.
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Thank you so much! We're happy to hear Sylvia made your experience special with her care and knowledge. Tangol Tours
Robert_M, Mar 2025
Our guide was fantastic. Sylvia was bright, knowledgeable, and entergintic. The tour was informative and very enjoyable.
Michael_H, Mar 2025
Silvia was an amazing guide, taking us from Francis’s childhood home, through his old neighborhood and by his school, to his basilica and cathedral as an adult, sharing photos and stories of his life along the way. A fascinating tour!
Rosesal_D, Nov 2024
My guide Silvia was amazing- knowledgeable and clearly enjoyed the topic she was talking about. Loved her ability to use a iPad and share pictures as she spoke to the history. This was honestly the best tour I took. As a Catholic, The tour spoke to so many things on the road to being a pope that Jorge later Frances took- definitely humanized him in a way that deepened my appreciation for him as our pope. It also gave space for the fact that this is for some a religious experience that needs space differently from other tours. Loved loved love the guide and this tour!
Patrick_B, May 2024
Guide took time out to explain any questions, even those not directly involved in the tour. The tour itself was insightful with places both on and off the beaten path. This is definitely a case of you get what you pay for, and in a good way.
Anna_A, Mar 2024
I had my 15 year old with me and we enjoyed this tour a lot. We are not religious folks, but Pope Francis is such a wonderful individual, to experience his childhood and follow his footsteps is inspiring for anyone.
Our tour guide Sylvia did not miss a thing. She was thorough and we also got to see such beautiful churches. A nice break from the touristy sites and into the heart of the porteños.
During our tour, everyone was so kind and also added their own tidbits to our tour. One stranger was happy to share the "he was their Vatican Messi!" We highly recommend this tour.
LORIE_B, Mar 2024
Our tour guide Sylvia was awesome. She gave us so much information about Pope Francis. Highly recommend this tour.
Caridad_G, Feb 2024
Seeing Pope Francis birth place and what shaped him of who he was, was extraordinary. Visited the Plaza de Mayo and was able to know and learned the significance of each building in the history of Argentina. Great places to see while in Buenos Aires.
Gayle_P, Feb 2024
Carlos was an excellent guide who showed us all the formative places in the life of Jorge Bergoglio before he became Pope Francis. A bonus experience was seeing the changing of the guard at the tomb adjacent to the Cathedral.
Gary_H, Feb 2023
I absolutely loved this tour! My guide was very knowledgeable and passionate about these sacred locations, and kindly answered my questions along the way, with ample time for photo opps as well. It was everything I hoped for!
Dennis_L, Jan 2023
This is a very new tour customized to those who are interested in seeing the places that are related and important in the life of Pope Francis. We started the tour at the house where Pope Francis grew up in the Flores District, the visited the public school and the Catholic School where he studied, then we proceed to this beautiful Church where he was baptized, and then to Buenos Aires to the University where he taught and ended at the Cathedral where he served as Archbishop prior to his election as Pope. Seeing those places is already interesting but since the tour is very new, the guide could have given more information. Maybe as the tour package gets more client, they'll be able to add more information and insights on the life of this first Pope from the Americas.
Ron_F, Nov 2022
Silvia did a fantastic job showing us the important sights for this tour! We visited many Catholic Churches, and she explained the significance of each. My wife and I thought she was very knowledgeable.
John_G, Jan 2020
Our tour was led by Carlos, a knowledgeable young guide, but hampered by inaccessibility to any of the houses where Jorge Bergoglio lived and the schools he attended. The Church where his parents were married and he was baptized was closed. The favelas (where he gained his deserved reputation as a champion for the poor) were not included, even from a distance, nor were any of the Jesuit locations associated with his careful leadership at the time of the military Junta. The one touching aspect of the tour was the small plaza where the future Pope chased the soccer ball with his friends (corria tras la pelota con sus amigos) and spent the afternoon encountering their friendship (eran trades de judges, encuentros y amistad) manifesting what his papacy has emphasized: the importance of the 'encounter.'
malbruMontreal, Dec 2019
We were just 2 with the guide and we travelled the city by taxi. Lots of important and interesting information about life in BsAs and history and background of the Pope.. You learn alot the Pope's background in Argentina, You get to see the city and experience BsAs by car ( which is in and of itself an experience)
Carl M, Mar 2018
Our tour guide was helpful and made the tour enjoyable. But we feel we should have been driven to the place we started from, versus left on our own to get back.
Julie J, Jul 2017
We had a very nice walking tour in Buenos Aires and I loved that our tour guide had alot of knowledge of the city and its history. I would highly recommend walking tours whenever possible. I have been using viator for awhile now, and have never been disappointed.
Michael W, Mar 2016
Our guide and driver were excellent! The tour was very informative and allowed us to see many parts of Buenos Aires we otherwise would never have seen! We would certainly do it again and recommend it to our friends! Thank you Viator!
Maeve_joe, Mar 2016
We had a great experience.Our taxi driver and guide were very nice.Our guide was very informative with excellent English
Peter S, Jan 2016
Good tour but guide could have had more background on Pope Francis with clearer English. A world traveller would already know something of the Pope's background and so could do with more local input. It was still a good tour and using a local street taxi was an unusual way of touring.
Response from Host, Jan 2021
Dear Peter,
Thank you for sharing with us your experience.
The guide who made the excursion is a graduate guide, with experience guiding in other tourism companies, and who has also received intensive training in our tours. All our guides are certified. However, we take this feedback and forward it to the guide as an opportunity to improve our services.
We hope you enjoyed the tour and got an approach to the history of the Pope.
It will be a pleasure to assist you on your next visit!
Best regards
Sean K, Jan 2016
Very pleasant and friendly tour guide. However, deeper history and explanation of the significance of the sites visited would be helpful. A couple of the stops on the tour are somewhat contrived and you can only view from the outside without access.
Response from Host, Jan 2021
Dear Sean,
Thank you for sharing your experience with us!
We regret that you had this impression of our guide. The guide who made the excursion is a graduate guide, with experience guiding in other tourism companies, and who has also received intensive training in our tours. All our guides are certified. However, we take this feedback and forward it to the guide as an opportunity to improve our services.
We have taken note of your comments, we will make the necessary modifications so that the tour has more relevant information.
It will be a pleasure to assist you on your next visit.
Amado Guerrero G, Nov 2015
We enjoyed the very personalized tour. Our guide was knowledgeable and very accommodating.
Alfonso D, Feb 2015
The guide was on time and a wealth of information about Pope Francis, very good.
Tours, Dec 2014
We had a very comprehensive tour , lots of walking for 79 great grandma and daughter, but I made it, heat and all.our tour guide was very well informed about all the church's we visited..
My one complaint was when we arrived at the office in San Telmo by taxi, no one was in sight anywhere, office closed because of holiday. We left but decided to go back once more and our tour. guide was down a couple of blocks and motioned to us. If the office is closed , someone should be there early to meet tourists.
We almost missed our tour.
paotissuarezp, Oct 2019
Es un Tour costoso y realmente no tienen suficiente información del tema. La Guia muy querida, de buena actitud pero no preparada en el tema del papa Francisco. Si bien nos llevaron a sitios por donde el creció y vivió uno espera mas detalle, historia, información, hechos. Definitivamente falta preparación en la información del Tour. es demasiado costoso para lo que es realmente!
Response from Host, Jun 2020
Estimada Paola Suarez, Lamentamos mucho que la excursión no haya colmado sus expectativas. La guía que realizó la excursión cuenta con título oficial, habla varios idiomas y tiene experiencia guiando en otras empresas. Además, ha completado la capacitación con respecto a todos nuestros itinerarios y los aspectos a tener en cuenta en cada uno de ellos. Asimismo, todo nuestro equipo recibe capacitaciones continuas, como parte de los estándares que nos exige nuestra certificación en calidad. De todas maneras, tomamos este comentario y lo transmitimos al guía como una oportunidad de mejora y así seguir reforzando nuestros servicios. Esperamos tenerla nuevamente entre nuestros pasajeros a fin de que pueda revertir su opinión y disfrutar de la calidad de nuestros servicios. Agradecemos de antemano sus comentarios ya que nos ayudan a mejorar las experiencias. Saludos cordiales, Tangol.
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