Beyond the standardized glimpses on Buenos Aires another city remains veiled. A visit to some of the “forgotten” neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires that are away from the international tourist circuits and that - nevertheless - preserve excellent histories and gorgeous buildings that require to be learnt about and visited. Barracas, Nueva Pompeya, Parque Patricios and Boedo are the urban grounds of old factories, street murals, secret societies, working class project-housings, remarkable churches, parks, bridges, traditional bars and significant people. As a journey that grasps both to the past and present of the working class neighbourhoods of the city this tour rediscovers the leading parts of workers, immigration, tramway system, railroad system, tango, soccer in the city’s historical script.
Length: 3 hrs. Journey: Masonic logia house, Hipólito Irigoyen Station (1° Stop), working class neighbours of Barracas, Lanín passageway (2° Stop), Florentino Ameghino park, Parque Patricios and Nueva Pompeya working class districts, Nuestra Sra. de Pompeya Church (3° Stop), Alsina bridge, Boedo Avenue (4° Stop), Margot and Manzi cafes.
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