Eva Perón's grave in the Duarte family tomb
Eva Perón's grave is part of the Duarte family tomb in Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires. Her remains were returned to her family in 1976 and placed in the family vault. For visitors, the tomb provides a focus within a much broader burial ground, where Argentine history and family memorial architecture meet. Give the visit a quiet place in your itinerary and allow the historical subject to guide the choice of tour.
You can approach the subject through a guided cemetery walk or through a historical Evita itinerary. The cemetery-focused option includes a visit to Eva Perón's mausoleum. Other tours connect the cemetery with an Evita museum visit under their particular booking options. Consider how much of the day you want to devote to the cemetery and how much to the wider historical theme.
Visits exploring Eva Perón’s history
A cemetery guide discusses notable figures, while historical tours add a private guide or an Evita Museum ticket. Check the cemetery option and entry conditions when booking.
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Private historical visit with hotel pickup
- Professional art historian/private guide
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Museum entry fees are extra; cemetery entry is not specified as included.
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Evita history with cemetery option
- Tickets to Evita Museum
- A/C vehicle
- Professional tour guide
Select the cemetery option when booking; check its entry conditions.
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Cemetery history and Eva Perón
- Visit to Evita Peron’s mausoleum
- Stories of notable figures
Cemetery entry is extra; the Duarte family vault is not open to visitors.
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A small-group cemetery walk visits Eva Perón's mausoleum. Wider historical formats offer different combinations of hotel transport, museum admission and an optional cemetery visit.
The tomb within Recoleta's history
The cemetery was founded in 1822 as the first public cemetery in Buenos Aires. Its grounds had been the garden of the Pilar basilica, part of the former Recollect monastery. The façade dates from 1881. Those stages place the Duarte family tomb within a built setting that developed long before Eva Perón's remains came here.
Across the grounds, family mausoleums create lanes of individual memorial buildings. The administration describes more than 4,500 bóvedas, or tomb structures, over five hectares. This gives a cemetery visit an architectural dimension alongside the biographies associated with particular names. For a general introduction to that setting, begin with the Recoleta Cemetery overview.
Luis Federico Leloir, Adolfo Bioy Casares and Raúl Alfonsín are also buried in Recoleta. Their inclusion in the cemetery's history offers further subjects for a historical walk. Choose a guide whose focus interests you and leave room to understand the cemetery as a place of remembrance. The general cemetery tours page compares broader guided walks and architecture-focused visits.
A guided tomb visit or an Evita-themed tour
The small-group historical cemetery walk lasts two and a half hours and starts at Plazoleta Chabuca Granda. Its included visit to Eva Perón's mausoleum makes it suitable when the tomb is a central interest within a cemetery visit. Cemetery admission is extra. Plan that cost alongside the walking-tour price and arrange the entrance ticket for the booked visit.
The private historical Evita tour lasts three hours. It includes a private guide with an art-history background and pickup and drop-off at the agreed hotel in Buenos Aires. Museum entrance fees are extra. This format suits visitors who want a broader historical thread and hotel transport. Our private tours guide compares it with cemetery visits that include admission.
The Evita-themed tour with a professional guide includes an air-conditioned vehicle, pickup at the agreed location and admission to the Evita Museum. Its duration is three to four hours. For a cemetery visit, choose the option that explicitly includes Recoleta Cemetery. This is particularly relevant when comparing it with the cemetery-focused walk, whose main subject and starting arrangements are different.
Plan admission and the day around the visit
Tourist access to the cemetery is daily from 09:00 to 17:00, according to information checked on 11 November 2026. Choose a tour departure that fits your schedule and read the admission arrangements for that particular product. The tickets and opening hours page explains the general visitor categories and fee information separately from commercial guiding services.
For independent arrival, use the cemetery entrance at Junín 1760. A tour may meet elsewhere or collect you at your accommodation, depending on the selected format. Save the actual meeting point and the booked start details. Our getting there guide explains the neighborhood approach and the relevant Line H stations.
The nearby Pilar basilica adds the monastery context to a day in Recoleta. Its cloister museum presents sacred art, liturgical objects and material about religious life. The museum has its own visiting arrangements and asks for a contribution on entry. Use the Recoleta neighborhood page if you would like to extend your time outside the cemetery with cultural stops.
Keep the historical focus clear when booking. A cemetery walk is suited to spending time among the tomb buildings, while the longer thematic formats devote part of the itinerary to the Evita subject beyond the cemetery. Compare the included museum admission, transport and cemetery option directly, then choose the visit whose content matches your interests.
Questions about Eva Perón's resting place
Where is Eva Perón buried?
Her resting place is the Duarte family tomb in Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires. Her remains were returned to the family in 1976 and placed in the family vault.
Which cemetery tour includes the mausoleum visit?
The two-and-a-half-hour small-group historical cemetery tour includes a visit to Eva Perón's mausoleum. It starts at Plazoleta Chabuca Granda and charges cemetery admission separately.
How do the museum tours differ?
The three-hour private historical tour includes hotel pickup and return, with museum admission extra. The three-to-four-hour Evita-themed tour includes Evita Museum admission, with the cemetery included only through the appropriate selected option.
Which other historical names are associated with the cemetery?
Luis Federico Leloir, Adolfo Bioy Casares and Raúl Alfonsín are among those buried here. A broader guided cemetery walk places individual figures within the history and architecture of Recoleta.