Planning
Free Things Guide
What is free for everyone, what is resident-only, and the pay-what-you-want walks that tie it together.
Free Walking Tours In Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires gives a lot away on foot. Many of its parks and plazas cost nothing to enter, and every walk gathered here is free, pay what you want, booked on GuruWalk or freetour.com. These pages set out what is free, who pays where a ticket applies, and how each walk runs.
Costs, Transport And Practicalities
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Free Walking Tours
How pay what you want walks work in Buenos Aires, where they meet and which run in English.
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Free Museums
Which Buenos Aires museums are free for everyone, which are residents-only, and what MALBA really charges.
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Recoleta Cemetery
Who gets into Recoleta Cemetery free, who pays, and what to do nearby at no cost.
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Teatro Colón
The opera house charges for tours, but the square, the facade and the walks around it are free.
Planning
Plaza De Mayo
What is free at Plaza de Mayo and the Casa Rosada, what costs money, and which free walks meet in the square.
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Feria De Mataderos
Free to enter, paid to shop: the honest costs breakdown of Feria de Mataderos.
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La Boca Costs
What is free at Caminito and La Boca, what is paid, and which tip-based walks cover the barrio.
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Free In Recoleta
Recoleta's free plazas, free national museum and pay-what-you-want walks, with the cemetery entry rules explained.
Planning
On A Budget
The free side of Buenos Aires: what costs nothing, what is resident-only, and which walks anchor it.
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Street Art And Murals
Free walls, free walks and what actually costs money around Buenos Aires street art.
Planning
CCK And Usina
Free-entry conditions and paid parts at two of Buenos Aires's landmark cultural venues.
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Costanera Sur Reserve
Free urban wetland beside Puerto Madero, open to everyone, with hours, closures and nearby paid traps explained.
Planning
Free Events
Noche de los Museos, Sunday tango and free concert spaces, plus the walks that meet beside them.
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Free Tango
Free tango spots in Buenos Aires, from Plaza Dorrego Sundays to the annual festival.
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MALBA And Free Art
Half price on Wednesday, free for students and teachers that day, closed Tuesdays: the full MALBA price picture plus the city's genuinely free art museums.
Planning
Bellas Artes Free Entry
Free for everyone, Wednesday to Sunday: the city's national art museum explained.
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Palacio Barolo
Palacio Barolo is paid to enter, free to admire from the street, and surrounded by free sights and free walks.
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Parks And Gardens
Free parks, paid extras and Monday closures across Buenos Aires green spaces.
Planning
Plaza Dorrego
What is free at Plaza Dorrego, what costs money, and which free walks meet nearby.
Free Walks Of Buenos Aires
All 55 walks are pay what you want on GuruWalk and freetour.com. Pick a barrio, note the meeting point, and book on the guide's own page.
Tango, Art, Football Walk
Pay what you want English, Spanish and French
2 hours 30 minutes · Almafuerte
See this free tour →Run by an independent local guide on GuruWalk
Downtown Intro, 3 Hours
Pay what you want English and Spanish
3 hours · Vive Buenos Aires
See this free tour →Run by an independent local guide on GuruWalk
First-Timer Welcome, Trilingual
Pay what you want English, Spanish and Portuguese
2 hours 30 minutes · Buenos Aires Horizon Tours
See this free tour →Run by an independent local guide on GuruWalk