Buenos Aires
Things to do in Buenos Aires as a couple
A good date walk has three things: time to talk while you walk, something nice to look at and a place to sit at the end. We picked the tours in Buenos Aires that have all three: stops at cafés, bars or tables where you can order something, and open-air stretches. The voice tells the story; you bring the rest.
This list has 12 tours, from 1 h 40 to 3 h 20 long (the shortest is “Molde, fugazzeta y moscato”). 12 on foot, 2 by bike.
The tours are written and narrated in Spanish; the app is in English and can translate a tour when you open it. Tour names below are shown in their original language.
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The tours
- 1
Cafés notables
Seis salones donde Buenos Aires pensó en voz alta durante un siglo
- Places to sit down for food or a drink: Café Tortoni, London City and Los 36 Billares.
- 2 h 15 · 3.6 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 6 stops · Starts at Café Tortoni
- 2
Buenos Aires de Borges
El escritor que soñó la ciudad y la ciudad que lo soñó a él
- Places to sit down for food or a drink: La Biela y la Recoleta (Bioy Casares y las tertulias), Calle Florida y el Café Richmond (Florida y Sur) and Café Tortoni (los cafés literarios).
- 3 h 20 · 9.7 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 8 stops · Starts at El Palermo de la infancia (calle Jorge Luis Borges)
- 3
Barrio Chino: comer en otro idioma
Ocho paradas y una degustación de cositas por las cuadras de Arribeños
- Places to sit down for food or a drink: Calle Mendoza and Vía Viva.
- Green and open-air stops: Barrancas de Belgrano.
- 2 h · 1.3 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 8 stops · Starts at El arco de Juramento
- 4
Buenos Aires en bici: de Palermo a San Telmo
Veinte kilómetros: a la ida la ciudad monumental, a la vuelta el río
- Places to sit down for food or a drink: Avenida de Mayo y el Tortoni and Mercado de San Telmo.
- Green and open-air stops: El Rosedal and Reserva Ecológica.
- 3 h 10 · 20.1 km by bike.
Buenos Aires · 11 stops · Starts at Plaza Italia
- 5
Vermut y noche
De Retiro a San Telmo: cinco barras y un siglo de política, exilio y trasnoche
- Places to sit down for food or a drink: Los billares de medianoche and Bar Británico.
- 2 h 30 · 6.8 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 5 stops · Starts at Calle Arroyo
- 6
Molde, fugazzeta y moscato
La pizza porteña: cómo Italia llegó a Buenos Aires y volvió irreconocible
- Places to sit down for food or a drink: Las Cuartetas, Banchero and Güerrín.
- 1 h 40 · 2.6 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 6 stops · Starts at Las Cuartetas
- 7
Maratón de la pizza
Cinco pizzerías clásicas, cinco porciones, todo de parado
- Places to sit down for food or a drink: Las Cuartetas, Banchero and Güerrín.
- 1 h 45 · 1.5 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 5 stops · Starts at Las Cuartetas
- 8
La ruta de la parrilla
Cómo un país entero aprendió a cocinar con fuego
- Places to sit down for food or a drink: El Preferido, Don Julio and La Cabrera.
- 2 h · 2.8 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 6 stops · Starts at Plazoleta Julio Cortázar
- 9
Bodegones: comer como en casa
San Telmo y La Boca: la comida de los que llegaron con una valija
- Places to sit down for food or a drink: Bar El Federal, El Hipopótamo and El Obrero.
- 2 h · 3.6 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 6 stops · Starts at Plaza Dorrego
- 10
Flores y los coreanos
Del barrio del colectivo 109 al pasaje del K-pop, cruzando un pueblo que fue otra ciudad. Con dónde comer y cantar karaoke.
- Places to sit down for food or a drink: Avenida Carabobo, Rivadavia y Carabobo and Pasaje Ruperto Godoy.
- 2 h · 5 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 8 stops · Starts at Avenida Carabobo
- 11
Bosques de Palermo: la venganza que salió parque
Doce paradas adentro del parque, en dos horas y media
- Places to sit down for food or a drink: Lago del Rosedal.
- Green and open-air stops: Lago del Rosedal, El Rosedal and Lago del Planetario.
- 2 h 30 · 5.7 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 12 stops · Starts at Los Portones
- 12
La ruta dulce
Dulce de leche, facturas, alfajores y helado: el país con más azúcar del continente
- Places to sit down for food or a drink: Las Violetas.
- 1 h 50 · 4.6 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 6 stops · Starts at Plaza del Congreso
Before you go
- Share earbuds, or open the same tour on both phones.
- Stops with a table work as a break or a finale: no booking needed to hear the story.
- Park and riverside tours are best at sunset; café tours work any time.
How Guía works
- 1Pick a tour and open it on your phone. Nothing to install: it runs in the browser.
- 2Go to the starting point and press play. The live map takes you from stop to stop.
- 3At each place, a voice tells you its story, with archive photos and videos.
During the beta, every tour is free.
Browse all toursFAQ
- Which one if I’m short on time?
- “Molde, fugazzeta y moscato”: it takes 1 h 40 and covers 2.6 km on foot, including time to listen at each stop.
- How much do they cost?
- Nothing: all 12 tours on this list are free. The only costs are optional, like a museum ticket or a coffee.
- What’s a cheap date idea in Buenos Aires?
- Walking a narrated tour: the free ones cost nothing to listen to, and you only spend if you sit down for a drink at one of the stops.
- Do I need to book or go with a guide?
- No. Guía is an audio guide: open it on your phone whenever you like, go at your own pace, and the narration starts by itself at each stop using GPS. Bring headphones.
- Where does each tour start?
- “Cafés notables” starts at Café Tortoni; “Buenos Aires de Borges” starts at El Palermo de la infancia (calle Jorge Luis Borges); “Barrio Chino: comer en otro idioma” starts at El arco de Juramento; “Buenos Aires en bici: de Palermo a San Telmo” starts at Plaza Italia.
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