Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital and most populous city, is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata estuary, on the southeastern coast of South America.
Buenos Aires is a top tourist destination that offers a unique blend of European elegance and Latin American passion.
Known as the birthplace of tango, the city is also home to world-class opera, theater and art, well-preserved European-style architecture, native traditions.
Ranked by The Economist as 2017's best Latin American city to live in, Buenos Aires is made up of small, highly individualised neighborhoods.
The Buenos Aires tourism board is highlighting Evita themed experiences in the Argentina capital to mark 100 years since her birth in 1919.
Eva Perón was born in 1919 in the rural village of Los Toldos, Argentina. After moving to Buenos Aires in the 1930s, she had some success as an actress before marrying in Juan Perón in 1945, who became president of Argentina the following year.
Eva Perón used her influential position as first lady to fight for women's suffrage and improve the lives of the poor and became an iconic figure around the world.
For those looking for a self-guided itinerary, Travel Buenos Aires provides a suggested walking tour following in Evita's footsteps.
The itinerary begins at the Grand Station where a young Evita began her journey in Buenos Aires before continuing to the former Central Buenos Aires Post Office, home of the reconstructed Sala Eva Perón which in 1946 served as the office of the then First Lady.
The tour continues to the historic city square where Evita addressed the crowds from the balcony of the Casa Rosada, and the Facultad de Ingeniería where her body was kept on display for two years after her death.
The tour also takes in Recoleta Cemetery, her final resting place, and the Evita museum (Museo Evita), with the permanent display on the life of Evita.
The Eva Perón Tour, is a half day bus and walking tour in Buenos Aires themed around the First lady of Argentina.
he tour allows participants to learn about the heritage, culture and politics of Argentina through the legacy of Eva Perón, and includes a visit to the Recoleta Cemetery.