- Breakfast at the hotel.
- 9am: Departure for a city tour of Buenos Aires (6 hours).
- You will discover the heart of the city: the Plaza de Mayo. Around it are the historic Cabildo (Town Hall) where
the movement for independence from Spain was first planned; the Casa Rosada (Presidential Palace), and the
Metropolitan Cathedral where is buried the General San Martín. Near the Plaza you can find theatres and a
commercial area. Then you will discover the 9 de Julio Avenue, the widest in the world. You will also discover
the main Avenues of Buenos Aires: Corrientes Avenue, known as the entertainment centre, a street of theatres
and nightlife; de Mayo Avenue, with a strong Spanish influence; the Florida Street, where you may enjoy a
tango demonstration in the street.
- You will come into the Café Tortoni, one of the most iconic café of Buenos Aires. This typically “Porteño Café”
was created in 1858 by a French immigrant named Touan. The place was frequented by a group of painters,
writers, journalists and musicians. Jose Luis Borges a famous argentine poet and Carlos Gardel, the father of
Tango used to go there. You will take a coffee in this historic venue.
- You will continue to La Boca. Its name (“The Mouth”) is due to its location: at the mouth of the Rio de la Plata
where the Riachuelo flows. It was the historic port of Buenos Aires before it was moved further north of the city
for technical reasons (shallow water, sandbanks…). The district was the refuge of the immigrants, especially
Italians between 1880 and 1930. Nowadays, La Boca owes its popularity to the street “Caminito”, where there
are heaps of small humble houses, made of coloured sheet metal. It is the Argentine painter Quinquela Martin,
native of the district, who is at the origin of the first mismatched paintings of the small street.
- Then, head towards La Recoleta: Here one gets to know why Buenos Aires is considered as the “Paris of
Latin America”;. Exquisite and refined, this place offers a lot of monuments and museums. You will visit the
Cemetery where Evita Perón is buried. Many of the monuments of this cemetery were declared National
Monuments. Around the cemetery, there are bars and restaurants, places where Argentinians like to gather
themselves after a working day.
OPTIONAL
EXCLUSIVE OPERA CONCERT
Finish the city tour with an exclusive opera concert in a historical place of the capital. In front of you, several
singers with impressive voices and musicians who will make you discover the landscapes of Argentina through
typical songs and rhythms of the country. From Salta to Patagonia and Buenos Aires, discover a whole new part
of Argentina’s musical culture thanks to these magnificent lyric voices.
Important: from 45min to 1 hour.
- Lunch not included (stop at a traditional restaurant during the city tour and order empanadas).
- 3pm: return to the hotel.
- End of the afternoon at leisure.
- Dinner not included.
OPTIONAL
DINNER AND TANGO SHOW
- Experience the birth of the tango and its evolution through the 20 th century.
- Overnight at the hotel.
