Which one if I’m short on time?

“Buenos Aires 1810”: it takes 1 h and covers 1.1 km on foot, including time to listen at each stop.

How much do they cost?

Nothing: all 8 tours on this list are free. The only costs are optional, like a museum ticket or a coffee.

What to do in Buenos Aires when it rains?

A short café or pizzeria tour is the easiest plan: you spend most of the time inside, with only a few blocks between 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?

“Maratón de la pizza” starts at Las Cuartetas; “Buenos Aires 1810” starts at Iglesia de San Ignacio; “Cafés notables” starts at Café Tortoni; “Molde, fugazzeta y moscato” starts at Las Cuartetas.

Buenos Aires

What to do in Buenos Aires on a rainy day

No tour is fully indoors, but some short ones have most of their stops inside: historic cafés, churches, pizzerias, bookshops. Between stops it’s only a few blocks, and at each one you can go in, hear the story and wait for the rain to ease.

This list has 8 tours, from 1 h to 2 h 20 long (the shortest is “Buenos Aires 1810”). 8 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.

Updated: 2026-10-28

The tours

1
Maratón de la pizza
Cinco pizzerías clásicas, cinco porciones, todo de parado
- 5 of its 5 stops are indoors: Las Cuartetas, Banchero, Güerrín and Los Inmortales.
- 1 h 45 · 1.5 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 5 stops · Starts at Las Cuartetas
2
Buenos Aires 1810
La semana de mayo, día por día, en las cinco cuadras donde pasó
- 4 of its 5 stops are indoors: Iglesia de San Ignacio, Manzana de las Luces, Catedral y el Fuerte and Cabildo.
- 1 h · 1.1 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 5 stops · Starts at Iglesia de San Ignacio
3
Cafés notables
Seis salones donde Buenos Aires pensó en voz alta durante un siglo
- 6 of its 6 stops are indoors: Café Tortoni, London City, Los 36 Billares and Confitería Ideal.
- 2 h 15 · 3.6 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 6 stops · Starts at Café Tortoni
4
Molde, fugazzeta y moscato
La pizza porteña: cómo Italia llegó a Buenos Aires y volvió irreconocible
- 5 of its 6 stops are indoors: Las Cuartetas, Banchero, Güerrín and Los Inmortales.
- 1 h 40 · 2.6 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 6 stops · Starts at Las Cuartetas
5
Buenos Aires oculta
Túneles del siglo XVIII, una casa enterrada y un edificio que es un poema: expediente sobre lo que hay debajo
- 2 of its 4 stops are indoors: Manzana de las Luces and El Zanjón de Granados.
- 2 h · 3.1 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 4 stops · Starts at Manzana de las Luces
6
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.
- 5 of its 8 stops are indoors: Avenida Carabobo, Carabobo y Asamblea, Rivadavia y Carabobo and Basílica de San José de Flores.
- 2 h · 5 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 8 stops · Starts at Avenida Carabobo
7
La ciudad que compra libros de madrugada
De la Biblioteca Nacional a los puestos de usados: por qué acá se venden tantos libros
- 6 of its 9 stops are indoors: Biblioteca Nacional, Librería Norte, El Ateneo Grand Splendid and Clásica y Moderna.
- 2 h 20 · 5.5 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 9 stops · Starts at Biblioteca Nacional
8
Bodegones: comer como en casa
San Telmo y La Boca: la comida de los que llegaron con una valija
- 3 of its 6 stops are indoors: Bar El Federal, El Hipopótamo and El Obrero.
- 2 h · 3.6 km on foot.
Buenos Aires · 6 stops · Starts at Plaza Dorrego

Before you go

Each tour below shows how many stops are indoors and which ones.
GPS works inside most buildings; if the narration doesn’t start, tap the stop in the list.
In heavy rain, pick the ones under three kilometers.

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.

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FAQ

Which one if I’m short on time?: “Buenos Aires 1810”: it takes 1 h and covers 1.1 km on foot, including time to listen at each stop.
How much do they cost?: Nothing: all 8 tours on this list are free. The only costs are optional, like a museum ticket or a coffee.
What to do in Buenos Aires when it rains?: A short café or pizzeria tour is the easiest plan: you spend most of the time inside, with only a few blocks between 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?: “Maratón de la pizza” starts at Las Cuartetas; “Buenos Aires 1810” starts at Iglesia de San Ignacio; “Cafés notables” starts at Café Tortoni; “Molde, fugazzeta y moscato” starts at Las Cuartetas.

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