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 walk | Category | Length | Language | Rating | Reviews | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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".
No walk matches that filter mix. Reset a filter or pick another barrio and the walks come back.
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.