Shore Excursion: Small Group City Tour of Buenos Aires

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

4 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

If your cruise ship docks in Buenos Aires' port for just a short time, spend it with a small group visiting the city's must-see attractions. See Retiro, Palermo, Plaza de Mayo, Puerto Madero, and other landmarks. Round-trip port transportation included.

Small-group tour of Buenos Aires
Squeeze a comprehensive tour into just a few hours
Travel with a small group
Cruise port pickup and drop-off
Choose morning or afternoon departure to suit your schedule

What's Included

Professional Local Guide
Port Pick-Up up and Drop-Off

Food and Drinks
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Pick up and drop off at Buenos Aires Cruise Port at "Gate 12" (Address: Avenida Ramón Castillo 13) Tours everyday, one starting at 08:30 AM and the other one at 01:30 PM.

Itinerary

Choose a morning tour or afternoon tour, depending on your ship's docking schedule and your personal preferences. Meet your small group and guide just outside the port gates and climb into a comfortable coach for your comprehensive, city tour of Buenos Aires.

Set out for a tour of the most important highlights and landmarks in Buenos Aires. Your first stop is Plaza de Mayo, where you'll learn about the important historical and political events that take place there and check out the surrounding historical buildings. Head down Avenida de Mayo toward San Telmo, the birthplace of tango and one of the city's oldest neighborhoods. Stroll down the Caminito to see dancers in action and pick out some souvenirs at some of the local shops.

Move on to see the Boca Juniors soccer stadium and Puerto Madero, one of the more modern areas of the city. Continue through Retiro, Palermo, and on to Recoleta for a visit of the historic neighborhood and cemetery.

Return to your cruise ship in time for its departure.

Plaza de Mayo

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Calle Defensa (Pass By)

La Boca

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Caminito

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Puerto Madero (Pass By)

Retiro (Pass By)

Recoleta

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time

Refunds will not be issued if tour/activity is missed due to late or non-arrival of cruise ship
This is a kid-friendly tour
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 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

4.4

based on 24 reviews

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Good value quality city tour

David_M, Dec 2024

Informative, well managed small group tour and much cheaper than the very similar cruise organised shore excursion

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Interesting Buenos Aires

GLENDA_M, Mar 2023

Although the guide was given a later meet time to what we were given we did enjoy the relaxed and friendly tour. The city was busy but our guide took extra care to ensure we got to experience things without getting lost.

Small group experience

Maurice_H, Mar 2020

The variety of areas of the city that we saw were wonderful. From the formal to the arty to the historical it was all a great experience. And we could end the tour at the cemetery instead of taking the bus back to the ship. That way we could get our own lunch in the city and make our way back in a leisurely manner. It was also nice not to have a large group on the tour. It made getting around much easier and you could always see and hear our tour guide.

City tour

Susan_L, Feb 2020

Tour was very good but had a hard time finding Ailine as she did not have a sign and there was much confusion as to where the pick up was suppose to be. Cruise ships passengers were disembarking and new passengers were loading so there were thousands of people in the area. Took us 30 minutes to hook up with the tour

Small group Buenos Aires

Maureen_C, Feb 2020

An excellent comprehensive tour with a good English speaking guide. Felt the tour was good value for money and our guide Mariela had excellent knowledge.

Nice tour, but needs better organization

Cristina_M, Dec 2019

The content of the tour and the knowledge of the guide were quite good, however the delays in starting the tour due to poor organization are unacceptable. The pick up at the port was chaos and it was only by pure luck that we found our guide. No instructions on where to wait and no card to tell us who to group with. Two inquiries at the port terminal information desk were fruitless. No one seemed to have a clue. Even worse, we ended up waiting 25 minutes for people to join the tour at a hotel. They never showed up, but eventually joined the tour at one of the stops along the way.

Great way to see lots during port day from cruise

Kathryn_A, Dec 2019

Great guide, good tour. Could have had more time in some places. Worked for us. Picked us up at port and would have returned us too, but we were able to leave after cemetery and walk to National Art Museum and then walk back to port.

Day trip

Raymond_C, Apr 2019

Excellent trip, good value .Would certainly recommend. Collected-us on time from port. Guide very knowledgeble

Beautiful city in Argentina

RogerSEyre, Feb 2019

Perfect way to enjoy some highlights of this huge city. If you wish to visit the impressive Teatre Colon you may wish to buy a ticket in advance to avoid disappointment our guide and driver were excellent.

Fun

Dennis_R, Jan 2019

It was very interesting and informative. Our guide spoke excellent English . Enjoyed the smaller group as opposed to the large number

We had a driving tour of downtown...

Harry_S, Jan 2018

We had a driving tour of downtown and a lot of description as we traversed to and from places hotels, etc, plus a stop at La Boca, plus a stop at Evita's Crypt, plus a stop at Plaza de Mayo. Tour guide Sandra I believe was very informative and very pleasant. I believe she was a school teacher and that quality showed as she clearly spoke English and provided a lot of details about all we saw. VERY important that she warned us about pickpockets and strong arm robbers - a fellow on cruise experience a rough experience in which his watch was ripped from his arm. I am glad we purchased this tour

We spent the first hour of the tour...

Richard T, Dec 2017

We spent the first hour of the tour time picking up tour members at various hotels. The female guide was only okay and the tour was uninspiring.

The guide is excelent, but we did...

Thiago T, Jun 2017

The guide is excelent, but we did everything so fast that we couldn't see everything that we wanted to. I had the impression that they were late and tried to finish the tour fast.

Everything worked as expected, the...

Lilja_V, Apr 2017

Everything worked as expected, the tour bus picked me up right on time, and the guide was very accommodating, nice and funny. He also spoke English very well. Very good quick tour of the main attractions if you don't have much time.

For a 3 hour tour this one was...

BRIAN G, Apr 2017

For a 3 hour tour this one was excellent. Our tour guide Alicia was not only very knowledgeable but managed to convey the information A history, culture etc in a most interesting way. We made several stops at the main sights and had time for photos etc. I thoroughly recommend the tour and Alicia.

This tour was all and more than as...

JScott_S, Dec 2016

This tour was all and more than as advertised. The sights, the guide, the lunch... all super!

A lovely small group trip with a...

Teresa_T, Dec 2016

A lovely small group trip with a knowledgeable guide. Visited all the main places in Buenos Aires. Unfortunately there was not enough time to go into the cathedral, but we visited this by ourselves another day. Great to get the feel of the city and then explore at your leisure.