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South City Tour: Buenos Aires History & Culture
5.0
84 Ratings
San Telmo
Embark on a thrilling bike tour through Argentina’s birthplace, exploring vibrant La Boca, historic San Telmo, and upscale Puerto Madero. Uncover the rich history and culture of this fascinating city.
Embark on a thrilling bike tour through Argentina’s birthplace, exploring vibrant La Boca, historic San Telmo, and upscale Puerto Madero. Uncover the rich history and culture of this fascinating city.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Biking Buenos Aires - Ring our bell!
Peru 988, you will find it to the right of the main entrance to our beautiful historic home-base.
Search no further to find our team of expert, multilingual guides - Parque Lezama - Discover the origens of the city which was once the second largest slave trading market in South America and learn why the…
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Biking Buenos Aires - Ring our bell!
Peru 988, you will find it to the right of the main entrance to our beautiful historic home-base.
Search no further to find our team of expert, multilingual guides - Parque Lezama - Discover the origens of the city which was once the second largest slave trading market in South America and learn why the surrounding neighbourhood fell into disrepair. It all started (and ended) here.
- Caminito - The birth-place of Tango and disembarkation point for more than 6 million immigrants. The colours how they came to be and why the volunteer fireservice are so revered. More than this you will experience with our local friends for an insiders view of the tourist hoards below…
- Puerto Madero - Designed to be the economic epi-centre of the city and built with the same brick used for the Albert Docks in England (and bollards from Sheffield foundry in Wales), this port could be considered one of the largest art installation in the world as it was only briefly used as a port before being abandoned and cordoned-off for 80 years…
- Reserva Ecologica - Bob Ross the famous TV painter might describe the reserve as a ‘happy accident’, we have Juan Domingo Perón and mother nature to thank for this peaceful respite from the city of fury. (closed Mondays).
- Plaza de Mayo - The Heart of the City, here at the site of the second founding of the city of Buenos Aires is where you will now understand better the people, city and culture of the city
What's Included
- Use of bicycle
- Use of helmet
- English speaking guide
- Lunch
- Snacks
- Bottled water
- Local taxes
- Use of bicycle
- Use of helmet
- English speaking guide
- Lunch
- Snacks
- Bottled water
- Local taxes
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
The South City tour offers a 4-hour engaging journey on bicycles, highlighting the history, local traditions, and vibrant culture of Buenos Aires.
Participants will explore the neighborhoods of San Telmo, La Boca, Puerto Madero, and Plaza de Mayo.
This experience provides an in-depth look into Buenos Aires’ captivating past, offering insights into its…
The South City tour offers a 4-hour engaging journey on bicycles, highlighting the history, local traditions, and vibrant culture of Buenos Aires.
Participants will explore the neighborhoods of San Telmo, La Boca, Puerto Madero, and Plaza de Mayo.
This experience provides an in-depth look into Buenos Aires’ captivating past, offering insights into its present.
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Location
Balcarce 1016
Balcarce
Ring our bell!
Balcarce 1016, you will find it to the right of the main entrance to our beautiful historic home-base.
Search no further to find our team of expert, multilingual guides – all excited to provide you with an exceptional bike tour experience.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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552lauraf
Mar 18, 2025
Don't miss it! The best way to explore the city as a tourist or local! - An amazing experience! Highly recommended!!
I am Argentina but I live in the United States and always travel with my husband and friends to share with them our beautiful country.
This experience was great as it combined many factors including the warmth Argentina (our guide I should have a total idol!) with the bike tour as an ideal way to explore the city, with much historical and social information of our beloved Argentina. We even danced tango (Debi gave us a mini class in La boca😍) and had mate with cornstarch alfajocirtos in the square!
In the future I will always send my friends to take advantage of this beautiful experience!
⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Jasmienf2019
Mar 2, 2025
Great tour and guide! - Very good tour to get to know the city in a couple hours. And fun to discover the city by bike. We had a lot of fun thanks to our great guide Jackson! Thank you for all the interesting facts and stories.
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Daytrip66565764891
Mar 2, 2025
Buenos Aires by bike - Lovely private bike tour! Perfect to get a view of the city with a few nice places and the history behind it in one afternoon.
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Withamjones
Feb 22, 2025
Trip round southern city - Amazing day out with these guys, lots of history and sights you wouldn’t otherwise see.
Loved it! Highly recommended
Thanks for all the fun
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Patricialh9535hh
Feb 12, 2025
Great trip, learned so much - Wonderful trip, exciting and informative. We saw so much and learned so very much about Buenos Aires and her people and history. Trip well organized and fun!
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Alip873
Jan 23, 2025
Southern Buenos Aires Culture and Nature. - Debi, the guide was brilliant. She has extensive local knowledge and interesting background stories. Her enthusiasm and cheerful nature made the tour a delight. The cycling was safe and perfectly paced.
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Peter188575
Dec 14, 2024
Great ride with Biking BA - Had the City Tour with Jackson, and had a great time. On the nice bamboo bikes we started with a short ride to La Boca and it was matchday for Boca Juniors, so atmosphere was great around the stadium. Continued to the Reserva Ecologica. Had lunch at a foodtruck, and rode through Puerto Madero (with the fantastic Calatrava bridge 😅). Last part was through the center and Plaza de Mayo). It is great to see BA from a bike, but best part was all the stories Jackson told. He explained a lot about the city, its history, politics, strange customs and more with alot of humor and amusement. We had a great time; thanks Biking BA and thanks Jackson.
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G4308vaandrewl
Nov 30, 2024
My favorite organized activity in BA - SUMMARY: This was a wonderful experience, Pablo was a fantastic tour guide, and it was my favorite organized experience in BA. DETAILS: I had originally wanted to do the Tigre/kayak tour, but heavy rain quashed that plan, so I booked the Heart of the City Tour instead. I ended up being the only one on the tour and it was great. Pablo spoke excellent English, was super friendly, knowledgeable about the city, entertained my random questions (including general ones about Argentina/Buenos Aires), and just in general all around provided a great day. I really thought the biking tour was a lovely way to see the city. If I'm ever back in BA and the weather lines up, I'd absolutely do another of these tours. USEFUL INFO: Helmets and water are provided, there is a choice of bicycle, and BA is quite a flat city (on our tour there was really one hill) so even just basic fitness should suffice!
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Johng_10_04_70
Nov 26, 2024
Nothing Beats “Indepedence Day” in Buenos Aires on a Bamboo Bike!! - Blue skies, Bamboo Bikes & the excellent company of our super cool, fountain of knowledge & incredibly hospitable bike guide for the day - Pablo, helped make this one of the highlights of our trip to Buenos Aires. My wife & I chose the “Heart of the City bike tour” which unbeknownst to us was on Indepedence Day - Día de la independencia!!
We got an incredible feel for the different aspects to a large historical city with back stories, sights & smells as well as an excellent demonstration of how to properly prepare and drink the Argentinian tea equivalent - “Maté”. Taking in many parks, nature reserve & lake down to the seaway, La Boca Junior soccer club “La Bombonera”, the colourful buildings & local artists & markets of “Caminito” and the story behind “Woman’s Bridge” and the “Plaza de Mayo” which was in full swing on Independence Day and the history of Eva Peron & President Juan Peron.
Pablo is an incredible guide who took great care of us making sure we were well fed & hydrated throughout the tour, taking time to explain to us the incredible history, architecture & current social situation in Buenos Aires & Argentina. This tour was better than expected and comes highly recommended - ENJOY! Thank you Pablo
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Zackomom
Sep 4, 2024
loved it - we absolutely loved this bike tour and DEVI our guide…what a perfect way to see the beautiful city of Buenos Aires! the buulding that houses the Bike Tour Company was so beautand full of history itself and the intimate time we shared in the garden learning how to prepare/drink Mate was a sweet moment we will never forget! highly recommend
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