Skip-the-Line Teatro Colón Access with Buenos Aires Palaces Tour

Skip-the-Line Teatro Colón & Buenos Aires Palaces Tour

Get skip-the-line access to one of the world's most popular opera houses, the Teatro Colon (Colon Theater), with this 2.5-hour guided tour. The theater is considered to be amongst the five best concert venues in the world acoustically. Learn about the history of the theater as well as the artists whove performed there. Plus, get an outside view of other Buenos Aires palaces.

Languages Offered: Spanish & English

Itinerary:

The Teatro Colón is an opera house in the city of Buenos Aires. Due to its size, acoustics and trajectory, its considered one of the five best in the world. Comparable with the most important lyrical rooms in the world, such as the Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, the State Opera of Vienna, the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden) in London and the Paris Opera, it is an unavoidable place for music lovers. The Teatro Colón has always been a theater revered by the public and the most renowned artists.

Casey Palace, at the corner of Alvear Avenue and Rodriguez Peña Street, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta, is an imposing four-story building that draws attention for its particular physiognomy. Its red and gray façade, made up of exposed bricks and strips of Paris-like stone and exquisite ornamental details, plus the mansardas in the black slate roofing at the top, make up a visual appeal that causes people passing by not able to resist the temptation to photograph it.

Ortiz Basualdo-Zapiola House is today the headquarters of the Embassy of France. Built between 1912 and 1918, it is considered one of the buildings that best represents the architecture of French academicism. It keeps a great variety of styles that reflect the artistic value

Pereda Palace at the beginning of Alvear Avenue, in front of the Embassy of France and the Plaza Carlos Pellegrini, is a château of the 20th century that reflects like no other the marked influence of French architecture in the Buenosairean physiognomy of the time. But its imposing facade, its lavish staircases and its rooms decorated with majestic ceilings, Carrara marble and incredible works of art, hide a unique history, and the whims of a man that led to the design of the palace being projected and finished by two different architects

Álzaga Unzué Palace speaks of an Argentina of the beginning of the last century, with a society of contrasts between the arrival of poor Europe and the Creole agro-export aristocracy that looked at Europe and dreamed of a new Paris on the banks of the Río de la Plata.

Palacio Fernández Anchorena is a luxurious mansion from the beginning of the 20th century and one of the few residences of the Buenos Aires upper class that still survives on Avenida Alvear. It currently belongs to the Holy See and functions as the headquarters of the Apostolic Nunciature in Buenos Aires.

Duhau Palace Declared a historical monument in 2002, the Duhau Palace is one of the architectural examples that remain of the Buenos Aires Belle Epoque. With its history that dictates from the beginning of the century, and its changes in the structure, the Duhau Palace is a sample of the passion that previous owners had for architecture.

Maguire Residence On the corner of Rodríguez Peña and Alvear streets, stands one of the most enigmatic buildings in the city of Buenos Aires, the Maguire Residence, one of the few surviving works of a corridor of mansions of the upper middle class that were demolished or transformed into hotels.

Inclusions

• Skip-the-line access
• Professional Local Guide
• Colon Theater Tickets

Exclusions

• Gratuities
• Hotel Pick-Up and Drop-Off
• Transportation to/from attractions

Get skip-the-line access to one of the worlds most popular opera houses, the Teatro Colon (Colon Theater), with this 2.5-hour guided tour. The theater is considered to be amongst the five best concert venues in the world acoustically. Learn about the history of the theater as well as the artists who have performed there. Plus, get an outside view of other Buenos Aires palaces.
Languages Offered: Spanish & English

• Not wheelchair accessible
• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
• Not stroller accessible
• Not suitable for pets
• No public transportation nearby
• Infants must not sit on laps
• Infant seats unavailable
• This is a kid-friendly tour
• Voucher required either in hard copy or electronic
• Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
• Not recommended for participants with back problems
• Not recommended for participants with heart complaints or other serious medical conditions