Description
Day 1:
Reception at the airport and transfer to hotel. Accommodation. Free day.
Day 2:
In the morning, after breakfast, we’ll pick you up for the Buenos Aires City Tour: This tour will allow us to trace back the city’s historical evolution, visiting the city’s most distinctive landmarks, and getting acquainted with the uses and customs of its inhabitants.
Our journey starts at Plaza de Mayo, the city’s foundational site and witness of our country’s political history. There we’ll visit the Pink House, our Presidential Palace, the Cabildo, our primitive town hall, and the Neoclassical-styled Metropolitan Cathedral, the final home of Argentina’s founding father, José de San Martín.
We’ll then head for San Telmo, home of many artists and artisans who came to San Telmo to install their workshops. Nowadays, thanks to its amazing architecture and convenient location, this ancient neighbourhood is really blooming. We’ll walk its cobbled streets and will make a stop at Plaza Dorrego, best known for its traditional antiques fair, held every Sunday.
Leaving San Telmo behind, we’ll continue southwards to La Boca, one of the city’s most authentic and charming neighborhoods. It is a working class district, heavily shaped by Italian immigrants who came to our country in large numbers during the last quarter of the 19th century. We’ll make a special visit to the mythical Caminito Street, which sums up everything that gives La Boca its distinctive spirit: the strong passion for soccer, the heavy presence of art and color, and the tango-esque atmosphere.
Heading back north across the river, we’ll pay a visit to Puerto Madero, a rather contrasting port district. In 1991, its huge warehouses and silos where remodelled and redesigned, to finally integrate the river to the city and to create a new corporative, residential, hotel and gastronomically district, which is rapidly expanding southwards following our country’s growth, and has become the playground for the pretty Porteños and the international jet-set.
Once in La Recoleta northern neighbourhood, we will be able to observe in their elegant buildings the dream of the aristocrat families of the late 19th century and early 20th, when they sought to build a small-scale Paris in the heart of Buenos Aires. We’ll walk down Avenida Alvear, chosen by the world’s most distinguished brands to install their exclusive boutiques, looking up to see the many wonderful French style palaces which nowadays house a number of embassies.
The approximate duration of the excursion is 4 hours. The order of the visits and stops may be subject to change.
Here is a piece of the place’s whole history: the date of construction is not exactly known; however, it was certainly one of the first constructions of the colonial settlement. After first serving as a general market, it was turned into the Hospital “Británico”, then the National General Customs, then a shelter for the sick in times of plagues, and finally it was abandoned.
During the year 1900, it was reopened as the restaurant “El Volga”, by a Russian immigrant woman, thus initiating the stage of leisure and entertainment spot. It went through several hands and names, until Edmundo Rivero founded “El Viejo Almacén” in 1969. With its dim half-light, it welcomed the most emblematic tango figures, like Troilo, Pugliese, Goyeneche and Salgán, and the most distinguished guests, such as the Spanish king and queen, Josephine Baker, Fangio and Marcelo Mastroiani. It escaped demolition in the ‘70s, due to the widening of Independencia Avenue, even though it surrendered 140 square meters. It remained in the hands of the Rivero Family until 1993, when it closed down. Fortunately, this did not last long, as it reopened in 1996, in a renovated bet on tango.
The dinner menu consists of a variety of appetizers, main courses and desserts, Argentine steak is the speciality, even though international dishes are also available. The drinks offered are water, soft drinks, fruit juice, beer and white or red wine. These drinks, plus whiskey, coffee and champagne, are offered during the show.
Note: To allow for the dinner and show, the pick up time is 7:30-8 pm. The show ends around midnight, when we'll return you to your hotel.
Day 3:
Half day excursion to Delta, San Isidro and Northern Buenos Aires: We'll discover new landscapes of the Delta sailing from or to the Metropolitan coastline. We leave from Buenos Aires, visit San Isidro (with stop), and upon arriving at the Delta we embark to discover new horizons. On the tour we will see the access to the yacht clubs on the banks of the Luján River; the surprising houses and mansions located in the ravines and their magnificent views of the Plata estuary. Among the main references located on the coast we highlight the Cathedral of San Isidro, the Port of Olivos, the Monumental River Soccer Stadium, the Presidential house, the University City of Buenos Aires.
Day 4:
At scheduled time, transfer to airport.
End of our services.
Please contact us if you wish to extend your stay in this destination or continue your trip elsewhere in Argentina!
