Alvear Avenue

Alvear Avenue, in Buenos Aires

Alvear Avenue is one of the most elegant and refined avenues of Buenos Aires. The Buenos Aires audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this prestigious thoroughfare, lined with Belle Époque palaces, in the heart of the elegant districts of Recoleta.

The most chic avenue of the city

Considered one of the most elegant avenues of Buenos Aires, Alvear Avenue crosses the upscale district of Recoleta. Laid out at the end of the nineteenth century, it is lined with sumptuous mansions and palaces of French inspiration, witnesses of the golden age of the city, when the Argentine aristocracy called upon European architects. There you admire superb Belle Époque façades, great luxury hotels and refined boutiques. The avenue embodies the elegance and the splendour that earned Buenos Aires the nickname of Paris of South America.

What to see

You admire the sumptuous palaces of French inspiration, the Belle Époque façades, the great luxury hotels and the refined boutiques, in the heart of Recoleta. Alvear Avenue embodies the elegance that earned Buenos Aires the nickname of Paris of South America. It is a stop for lovers of architecture, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

Alvear Avenue lies in the Recoleta district, in Buenos Aires, reachable on foot and by public transport. It is a public avenue freely accessible; you admire its façades from the street, the hotels and boutiques having their own hours. You discover it during a walk in the elegant districts.

Why is Alvear Avenue famous in Buenos Aires?

For its sumptuous palaces of French inspiration and its Belle Époque façades, which make it one of the most elegant avenues of the city, in the heart of Recoleta.

Where is Alvear Avenue?

In the Recoleta district, in Buenos Aires, in Argentina.