Free Walking Tours In Buenos Aires

Free walking tours are the easiest way into Buenos Aires. A local guide walks you through a barrio and you pay what you want at the end. This page gathers the walks hosted on GuruWalk and the freetour.com walks for the city, so you can compare guides, meeting points, languages and durations before reserving. Every walk here belongs to an independent local guide, and this site operates none of them.

Every Buenos Aires Free Walk, Compared

The walks are grouped by barrio below. Some guides work in English and Spanish, others only in Spanish, and a few add French, Italian or Portuguese. Ratings and review counts come from each guide's GuruWalk page or from the reviews shown on the freetour.com listing, and the two platforms are never mixed into a single number. Read a walk's own page for its meeting point and languages before booking.

Showing all 55 free walking tours

Free walkCategoryLengthLanguageRatingReviewsGuide
Free City Center Walk Congress, Theatres And Downtown 2 hours 30 minutes English and Spanish 9.6/10 10,227 Free Walks Buenos Aires
Recoleta-Only Free Walk Recoleta And Retiro 2 hours 30 minutes English and Spanish 9.5/10 10,132 Free Walks Buenos Aires
Recoleta And Retiro Free Walk Recoleta And Retiro 2 hours 30 minutes English and Spanish 9.3/10 10,126 Free Walks Buenos Aires
La Boca Free Walking Tour San Telmo And La Boca 2 hours 30 minutes Spanish 9.4/10 10,096 Free Walks Buenos Aires
San Telmo Market Walk San Telmo And La Boca 2 hours 30 minutes Spanish 9.6/10 10,059 Free Walks Buenos Aires
Tango, Art, Football Walk San Telmo And La Boca 2 hours 30 minutes English, Spanish and French 4.81/5 1,469 Almafuerte
Downtown Intro, 3 Hours Congress, Theatres And Downtown 3 hours English and Spanish 4.84/5 1,332 Vive Buenos Aires
Che-Themed Walk, Spanish Only Plaza De Mayo And Monserrat 2 hours 15 minutes Spanish 4.93/5 1,084 Griselda
First-Timer Welcome, Trilingual Plaza De Mayo And Monserrat 2 hours 30 minutes English, Spanish and Portuguese 4.92/5 743 Buenos Aires Horizon Tours
San Telmo In-Depth Walk San Telmo And La Boca 2 hours 45 minutes English and Spanish 4.83/5 705 Emanuel
Short City Center History Walk Congress, Theatres And Downtown 1 hour 45 minutes English 4.91/5 621 WalkBa Tours
Max 6 People Small Group Congress, Theatres And Downtown 3 hours 30 minutes English and Spanish 4.97/5 551 Andreas
La Boca Working-Class History, Spanish San Telmo And La Boca 2 hours Spanish 4.51/5 542 Nuria
Avenida De Mayo Cabildo To Congress Plaza De Mayo And Monserrat 2 hours 30 minutes Spanish 4.95/5 416 Gabriel
Short Retiro And Recoleta Walk Extra cost on this walk Recoleta And Retiro 1 hour 45 minutes English 4.87/5 385 WalkBa Tours
Recoleta In Spanish And Italian Recoleta And Retiro 3 hours Spanish and Italian 4.96/5 358 Inés
Recoleta Architecture Walk Recoleta And Retiro 2 hours 15 minutes English and Spanish 4.88/5 276 Exploradores Urbanos BA
Never Sleep Theme Walk Congress, Theatres And Downtown 2 hours 15 minutes English and Spanish 4.76/5 269 Hernán
Recoleta Icons, Trilingual Guide Recoleta And Retiro 2 hours 30 minutes English, Spanish and French 4.99/5 258 Agustín
Aristocratic Retiro And Recoleta Recoleta And Retiro 2 hours 30 minutes English and Spanish 4.87/5 212 Vive Buenos Aires
San Telmo Essentials In English San Telmo And La Boca 2 hours English 4.87/5 209 Magdalena
Conspiracies History Walk Plaza De Mayo And Monserrat 2 hours 30 minutes Spanish 4.87/5 183 Hernán
Palermo Soho Street Art Palermo, Parks And Green Spaces 2 hours 30 minutes English and Spanish 4.91/5 161 Vive Buenos Aires
Paris Of Latin America Theme Congress, Theatres And Downtown 2 hours 15 minutes English and Spanish 4.69/5 155 Hernán
Parisian-Style Recoleta, Spanish Recoleta And Retiro 2 hours 15 minutes Spanish 4.8/5 148 Ariel
Retiro And Recoleta, English-Portuguese Recoleta And Retiro 2 hours 15 minutes English and Portuguese 9.7/10 93 Gerardo Delgado Stutz
Retiro Naval Center To Noel Palace Recoleta And Retiro 2 hours Spanish 4.95/5 88 Gabriel
Historic Center, Spanish And Italian Plaza De Mayo And Monserrat 2 hours 30 minutes Spanish and Italian 4.92/5 78 Silvia
San Telmo Tango Courtyards, Spanish San Telmo And La Boca 2 hours Spanish 4.94/5 77 Gabriel
Highlights Walk, English-Spanish San Telmo And La Boca 2 hours 30 minutes English and Spanish 4.67/5 61 UrbanTours
Palermo Parks And Green Spaces Palermo, Parks And Green Spaces 2 hours English 4.91/5 53 Pablo
Origins: San Telmo And Monserrat Plaza De Mayo And Monserrat 2 hours 45 minutes English and Spanish 4.96/5 51 Vive Buenos Aires
Recoleta Cemetery Walk, Spanish Extra cost on this walk Recoleta And Retiro 2 hours Spanish 4.73/5 45 Maximo
Costanera Sur Nature Walk Palermo, Parks And Green Spaces 2 hours 30 minutes English and Spanish 4.82/5 44 Emanuel
Night Tour, Spanish Guide Plaza De Mayo And Monserrat 2 hours 15 minutes Spanish 4.9/5 42 Exploradores Urbanos BA
One-Hour Historic Center Tour Plaza De Mayo And Monserrat 1 hour English, Spanish and Portuguese 4.62/5 37 Agustina Nayme
Small Group Welcome, Max 12 Congress, Theatres And Downtown 2 hours English and Spanish 4.78/5 28 Patricio
Women In History, Spanish-Portuguese Plaza De Mayo And Monserrat 2 hours Spanish and Portuguese 4.6/5 25 Casandra
Fine Arts Museum, One Hour Recoleta And Retiro 1 hour English and Spanish 4.74/5 23 Romina
Recoleta And Palermo Chico Recoleta And Retiro 2 hours 30 minutes Spanish and Italian 4.82/5 22 Silvia
San Telmo With Love And Humor San Telmo And La Boca 2 hours Spanish 4.8/5 20 Damian
Abasto Tango And Culture Walk Congress, Theatres And Downtown 2 hours English and Spanish Too few reviews for a score yet 18 Almafuerte
Recoleta Cemetery Secrets, English Extra cost on this walk Recoleta And Retiro 2 hours English Too few reviews for a score yet 14 Nicolas
Barrio Parque And La Isla Recoleta And Retiro 2 hours Spanish Too few reviews for a score yet 12 Agustín
Chacarita Cemetery, 1h 30m Extra cost on this walk Palermo, Parks And Green Spaces 1 hour 30 minutes English Too few reviews for a score yet 3 Andrea
Retiro Palaces With Tasting Recoleta And Retiro 1 hour 30 minutes Spanish Too few reviews for a score yet 2 Lorena
First Argentine Saint Walk Plaza De Mayo And Monserrat 2 hours 30 minutes Spanish Too few reviews for a score yet 2 Silvia
Theatrical History Walk, Spanish Congress, Theatres And Downtown 2 hours Spanish Too few reviews for a score yet 2 Griselda
Elegance-Themed Recoleta Walk Recoleta And Retiro 2 hours 15 minutes Spanish Too few reviews for a score yet 1 Exploradores Urbanos BA
San Nicolas Plaza Lavalle Walk Congress, Theatres And Downtown 2 hours Spanish Too few reviews for a score yet 1 Gabriel
Monserrat Viceroyalty History Plaza De Mayo And Monserrat 2 hours 30 minutes Spanish and Italian Not yet reviewed 0 Inés
Portena Pizzeria Food Walk Extra cost on this walk Congress, Theatres And Downtown 2 hours Spanish Not yet reviewed 0 Martin
1955 Plaza De Mayo Bombings Plaza De Mayo And Monserrat 2 hours Spanish Not yet reviewed 0 Leandro
Iconic Landmarks, Spanish And Italian Congress, Theatres And Downtown 2 hours Spanish and Italian Not yet reviewed 0 Inés
Eva Peron Footsteps Walk Extra cost on this walk Plaza De Mayo And Monserrat 2 hours 30 minutes Spanish Not yet reviewed 0 Patricio

The free and pay-what-you-want walking tours in Buenos Aires listed here from GuruWalk and freetour.com, in English or Spanish: 55 walks, 55 of them with a full page on this site. This is not every walk on either platform: listings that state no language, or run in other languages, are left out. 14 listings have no published rating and show "Too few reviews for a score yet".

Most of the walks here sit on GuruWalk, and the rest run on freetour.com. Every walk belongs to an independent local guide and is free, pay what you want: reserve your spot on the walk's own page on its platform, pay the guide what you choose at the end, and nothing is charged up front.

Free Walks By Barrio

Walks Around Plaza De Mayo

Recoleta And Retiro Walks

San Telmo And La Boca Tours

Downtown, Congress And Theatres

Palermo And Its Green Parks

How Tip Based Free Tours Work

Every walk on this page works the same way. The tour has no fixed price: you join, the guide leads, and at the end you give what the walk felt worth. Guides on GuruWalk and freetour.com earn their living from those contributions. A few walks involve extras, such as cemetery entry or food on the pizzeria walk, which are bought separately; the walk's own page says when that applies.

Walks Guided Entirely In Spanish

Many of the walks on GuruWalk run only in Spanish. Griselda's Free tour, Che! and Gabriel's Avenida de Mayo walk are examples, both highly rated by Spanish-speaking walkers. The Free Walks Buenos Aires walks on freetour.com mostly list Spanish too, with a couple of English options. If you speak some Spanish, these walks are among the best reviewed on this page.

How The Free Walks Work

Does A Free Tour Have A Price?

No. Free here means pay what you want: there is no charge to reserve and no fixed fee. Guides on GuruWalk and freetour.com accept whatever you choose to give at the end. A few walks involve separate costs, for example entry to Cementerio de la Recoleta, free for Argentine residents with DNI while foreign visitors pay, or the food on the pizzeria walk. Those extras are paid separately from anything you give the guide.

How Do You Book A Free Walk?

Every reservation happens on the platform hosting the walk. For most walks here that is the guide's own GuruWalk page; the rest are listed on freetour.com. Pick a walk, open its page on this directory, then follow through to the host platform to choose a date and time. This site sells nothing and books nothing: it only compares the walks so you can find the right one faster.

What Should I Tip The Guide?

There is no set amount on either GuruWalk or freetour.com, and guides never quote one. Walkers give what the tour felt worth for its length and the guide's effort, in Argentine pesos or another currency the guide accepts. Durations on this page run from one hour to over three, so a longer walk usually earns a larger contribution. The choice stays entirely with you.

Which Walks Run In English?

Most of the listed walks on this site are led in English, some with Spanish alongside. Vive Buenos Aires, WalkBa Tours, Almafuerte, Magdalena and Andreas all run English-language walks on GuruWalk, in the centre, in Recoleta and Retiro, and in San Telmo and La Boca. The Free Walks Buenos Aires walks on freetour.com also list English and Spanish options. Check each walk's page for its languages before reserving.

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