Recoleta and Palermo bike tour Buenos Aires: 4-hour guided ride

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Duration4h

GroupUp to 15

LanguagesEN · FR +1

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Four hours on a bike through the neighborhoods where Buenos Aires actually lives.

A 4-hour guided bike tour through Recoleta and Palermo in Buenos Aires, starting at Plaza San Martín and passing Floralis Generica, MALBA, the Rose Garden and the Evita Perón Monument. The tour includes a multilingual guide, beach cruiser bikes, helmets and bottled water; children from age 10 are welcome, and child seats are available. You ride at a pace that suits all fitness levels, with stops built in so the day does not feel rushed.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Recoleta and Palermo by bike

Meet at San Martin Square
Visit Floralis Generica sculpture
Bike through Palermo neighborhood
Pass by MALBA museum
See Galileo Galilei Planetarium
Stop at the Rose Garden
View Evita Perón Monument
Pass France Square
Explore Recoleta district
Visit lively square near Recoleta Cemetery

The Experience

You meet at Plaza San Martín, one of Buenos Aires' oldest parks, where your guide hands out helmets and assigns bikes. The group stays small enough that nobody gets left behind, and the pace is set for riders of any fitness level—this is not a race through the city, but a way to cover ground without the effort of navigating on your own. The bikes are beach cruisers, stable and upright, the kind that let you look around instead of hunching over handlebars.

The route threads through Recoleta and Palermo, the two neighborhoods where the city's character shows most clearly. You pass Floralis Generica, the stainless steel flower sculpture that has opened and closed with the sun since 2002, and ride through Palermo's tree-lined streets past French-style mansions and embassies. The guide stops at the Rose Garden, where over 400 rose bushes give you a reason to slow down, and at the Evita Perón Monument—a bronze and Carrara marble piece finished in 1927 that sits in France Square, designed by the French landscape architect who shaped much of the district. You also pass MALBA, the Latin American art museum, and the Galileo Galilei Planetarium in Palermo Woods, though the tour itself is the ride, not museum entry.

Water is included, and the guide speaks English, Spanish or French depending on the group. If you are bringing children, they must be at least 10 years old, and child seats are available if you need them. The tour runs 4 hours, which gives you time to actually see the neighborhoods instead of just pedaling through them. Leave expensive watches, jewelry and your passport at the hotel—the bike tour is not the place for them.

What’s included

Beach cruiser bikes and helmets.
one bottled water per person.
skilled multilingual guide in English, Spanish or French.
child seats available for younger riders.
medical assistance on the tour.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by Bike Tours Buenos Aires

Is this one for you?Book the regular shared tour if you want a guide who knows the neighborhoods and the company of other travelers; choose the private French-language option if you are traveling with a group and prefer to set your own pace and stops within the 4-hour window.