Buenos Aires is undoubtedly the Latin American city that most closely resembles the large cosmopolitan and aristocratic European cities. But beyond this, there is another Buenos Aires, one also known for the small colored houses of "La Boca" section and for the passionate Tango from the streets of "San Telmo". This mixture of the cool sophistication of a modern city with the pulsating sensuality of Latin America makes Buenos Aires an irresistible destination. In this tour you will visit the city's highlights, including its history, architecture and culture.

Since you will be doing this tour with a private vehicle and guide, you will have the freedom of enjoying each attraction at your own pace, making all the stops you want, enjoying personal assistance and care from our specialized guide.

Sites: Monserrat, San Telmo, La Boca, Puerto Madero, Palermo and Recoleta.

Stops: Plaza de Mayo, Plaza Dorrego, Caminito, Rosedal and Recoleta cemetery.

Duration: 3 hours

Guide: private English speaking historian guide

Transfer: private vehicle

Includes: transfers + historian guide

Peronismo's history remains not only in books or memories. It has also left its signals in buildings, squares and neighborhoods. This tour spots these landmarks connected with this crucial political movement and we center on one of its major figures: Eva Perón. Her life, her political activity, her tragic death, the myth. Everything framed by a story that helps to understand contemporary Argentina.

Since you will be doing this tour with a private vehicle and guide, you will have the freedom of enjoying each attraction at your own pace, making all the stops you want, enjoying personal assistance and care from our specialized guide.

Duration:  3 hours

Sites:      Plaza de Mayo, San Telmo, Congreso and Recoleta

Stops:     Former Eva Perón's Foundation, CGT, National Congress, Evita's grave at Recoleta cemetery

Guide:     private English speaking guide

Transfer: private vehicle

Includes: transfers + historian guide + entrance fee for Evita Museum

From the magnificent early-twentieth-century buildings to the great rationalist heritage, as well as the uniquely Argentinean "sausage" house, the architecture of Buenos Aires is one of the most qualified, disconcerting and suggestive in the world.

Buenos Aires has always been, from its very beginnings, an international port of exchange; and the multiple sources of inspiration which have crossed cultural boundaries, together with the constant local tendency to re-elaborate, have, in only four centuries, consolidated a remarkable group of buildings with great architectonic, urban and landscape value.

The architectural highlights of Buenos Aires seen through its history are: The impressive surrounding area of Plaza de Mayo and the few surviving landmarks of the Colonial period; the magnificent public buildings of the early 20th century; the best examples of Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Rationalist architecture; the original and colorful houses of la Boca; an Argentinean invention: the “Sausage house” (lodgings of the European immigrants in the neighborhoods); and the contemporary trends in architecture and urban design. A complete introduction to the Argentinean architectural heritage.

Since you will be doing this tour with a private vehicle and guide, you will have the freedom of enjoying each attraction at your own pace, making all the stops you want, enjoying personal assistance and care from our specialized guide.

Duration:   3 hours

Sites:       Downtown, Monserrat, La Boca, Congreso, Lavalle Square, Retiro, Palermo

Stops:      Plaza de Mayo, Caminito, Colón Theatre, Parliament, San Martín Square

Guide:      private English speaking guide

Transfer:  private vehicle

Includes:  transfers + historian and art guide

The cultural heritage in Buenos Aires grows constantly. This tour -guided by art historians of the University of Buenos Aires- is a selection of the best art collections of the city. The first stop is the institutional center, the Fine Arts National Museum. After that you visit the new and magnificent museum of Latin American modern and contemporary art (MALBA, Constantini Collection). Afterward, you head to the small but excellent Xul Solar Museum, which holds the best works of one of the most prestigious Argentinean artists; and finally you'll enter a gallery were you can see the last aesthetics challenges in contemporary art.

Since you will be doing this tour with a private vehicle and guide, you will have the freedom of enjoying each attraction at your own pace, making all the stops you want, enjoying personal assistance and care from our specialized guide.

Duration:  3 hours

Places:     MNBA, MALBA, Xul Solar Museum, Gallery (the last gallery we will visit will depend on the weekday of the tour)     

Guide:      private English speaking guide

Transfer:  private vehicle

Includes:  transfers + historian and art guide

A tour around "forgotten" districts of Buenos Aires, far away from the main tourist routes. Barracas, Nueva Pompeya, Parque Patricios and Boedo hold amazing stories and terrific buildings: old factories, wall paintings, secret societies, workers' dwellings, impressive churches and traditional cafés. This is an astonishing trip to the past & present of the popular neighborhoods in which immigration, labor movement, tango and popular literature play the main roles.

Since you will be doing this tour with a private vehicle and guide, you will have the freedom of enjoying each attraction at your own pace, making all the stops you want, enjoying personal assistance and care from our specialized guide.

Duration:  3 hours

Sites:       Barracas, Nueva Pompeya, Parque Patricios and Boedo

Stops:      Lanín passage, Florentino Ameghino Park, Basilica of Pompeya, Boedo

Guide:        private English speaking guide

Transfer:   private vehicle

Includes:   transfers + historian guide

The Jewish community of Buenos Aires, one of the largest in the world, is an active one which we look forward to personally sharing with you. On your half-day tour, we’ll provide insights into the history of how Jewish immigrants came to settle here, highlight events that have impacted modern-day Argentine Jewish community life, share with you the stories of some truly beautiful synagogues, and introduce you to the traditional Jewish Barrio, Once.
Our tour includes a variety of sites of interest and your host looks forward to presenting an introduction to you on the richness of Jewish life here.

Your host will comment on the history of the Jewish immigration to Argentina, and the subsequent growth of the community, to one of the largest in the world.

You will visit Once— Buenos Aires’ version of the Lower East Side, a barrio which previously bustled with yiddishkeit: Jewish cafes, theatres, Yiddish press, Jewish schools, and businesses. Today, while all of the above still abound, the neighborhood has seen the influx of different ethnic business owners, and residents, and the flavor has certainly changed with time. In recent decades, thanks to opportunity and prosperity, many Jewish residents took the opportunity to move up and out, typically to Buenos Aires neighborhoods in the northern part of town. Though Once is no longer the Yiddish powerhouse of yesteryear, it merits a stop-off to enjoy a visit to a beautiful Ashkenazi synagogue, constructed in the early 1920s.

You will also visit the antique IWO (institute of Yiddish studies) and the place where the Israel Embassy stood before the terrorist bomb attack in 1992 where there is a memorial dedicated to remembering the lives lost in this terrorist bombing.

Duration: 3 hours

Sites:      Retiro, Downtown, Once

Stops:     Once neighborhood, Israel’s former embassy; 2 or 3 synagogues and IWO

Enjoy a full day learning the aspects of the Gaucho's life in an ideal opportunity to sample the traditional Argentine country life the way it is in the natural surroundings of the Pampas. You will depart from the hotel towards Cardales neighborhood, only 57 miles (90 km) from downtown Buenos Aires, to visit Santa Susana Estancia ("estancias" are a kind of ranch). Santa Susana’s 3000 acres (1200 hectares) are devoted mainly to agriculture and cattle breeding.

Upon arrival a welcome drink with empanadas (meat pies) will be served at the Pulpería (Ranch's Pub or Gaucho bar). Later, feast on a typical Argentine barbecue accompanied by Argentine wine. Argentina is famous for it's beef. Millions of Angus and Hereford cattle graze on the grasses of the Pampas, and the result is beef of exceptional flavor, especially when grilled slowly over coals. As you finish your lunch, enjoy a show with folk and tango music and dances.

The field day culminates with an exhibition and mix-up of matched-together horse herds (tropillas), and the autochthonous horseback sport called "carreras de sortijas" (ring-races), all of which show the remarkable dominion exerted by the gaucho upon his horses, where they put on an exhibition of bold, skillful horsemanship.

Late in the afternoon, a snack consisting of home made pastries, tea and "mate" (an typical argentine drink made of herbs) will be served. Horses and carriages are available for rides. The strolls in typical one-horse carriages called "sulkies", or just riding on horse-back, will show the visitors the enchantment of the Argentine land, the beautiful landscape, its growing crops, and let them feel the incomparable wild aroma in the air.

The Gaucho

In the last century, they were nomadic horsemen and cowhand, roaming the Argentine grasslands, who hunted and traded cattle. The gaucho's weapons are the lasso, knife, and boleadoras (or bolas), a device made of leather cords and three stones that is thrown at the legs of an animal to entwine and immobilize it.

"The Gauchos, or countrymen, are very superior to those who reside in the towns. The Gaucho is invariably most obliging, polite, and hospitable: I did not meet with even one instant of rudeness or inhospitality. He is modest, both respecting himself and country, but at the same time a spirited, bold fellow..."

Charles Darwin

IMPORTANT: This is a nice tour but its only drawback is that it is done by very large groups (in cruises season sometimes more than 600 people do this tour every day). Therefore, if you prefer more exclusive tours we suggest requesting one of our specialized private tours in Buenos Aires.

Duration: full day

Guide: shared English/Spanish speaking guide

Transfer: shared vehicle

Includes: transfers + Lunch with beverages and wine

A Delightful Tango Night at the Astor Piazzolla Theater

We invite you to experience an evening of passion, charm, beauty and sensuality; a night of Tango at the new Art and Theater Center dedicated to Astor Piazzolla, the most inspiring and gifted tango composer of the twentieth century.

Astor Piazzolla was recognized for his music and was acclaimed in Europe, South America, Japan and the United States as a superlative musician and composer. He definitely brought the Tango a long way from when it was first danced in Buenos Aires a century ago by two pimps on a street corner. Piazzolla’s compositions gave Tango a new face, a new look. His works and his compositions influenced the best musicians and composers of that period and made Tango the music we now love and appreciate, the music that has also seduced millions of new tango fans around the world, who after their first dance have decided to tango on for ever.

As Carlos Gardel is the key figure of Tango’s classic era, Piazzolla is the key figure, developer and inspiration of the New Tango era. On July 4, 1992 the Tango world cried over Piazzolla’s death. For decades Piazzolla had been the Tango ambassador to the World, like he once said “I was born in Argentina, raised in New York, found my way while in Paris, but every time I go on stage, people know I’m going to play the music of Buenos Aires.” This top-notch show of classic and new tango that you will enjoy is our tribute to Piazzolla and his fascinating music.

Click here to listen to a wonderful interpretation of "Verano Porteño" by Astor Piazzolla at the Central Park concert in New York. You will need Real Audio 3.0 or newer to listen to these files. You can also enjoy a complete free library of Piazzolla's music that you can listen at http://www.piazzolla.org/sounds.

The place where you will enjoy this show of classic and new Tango is as  fascinating as the show itself: the palace in Galeria Güemes, first opened in 1915 and closed for the last 30 years. More than a million dollars where invested to renovate this space which in 1915 was the tallest building in Buenos Aires.

The dinner menu includes many options, such as:

Appetizers: combination of tiny home-made “empanadas” (oven-baked turnovers stuffed with chopped beef or tomato, cheese & basil) or beef slices in vitel sauce or mini argentine cheese croquants served with fresh salad & red grapes.

Main Course:home-made pasta or beefsteak in its sauce served with saffron potatoes & vegetables or basil-spinach stuffed chicken rolls on bed of risotto & toasted almonds.

Desserts: burgundy pears (sliced pears with zabaglione ice cream & candied figs) or home-made custard with “dulce de leche” & caramel sauce or  chocolate mousse with walnut crust.

Beverages: soft drinks, mineral water, red wine (Malbec Cabernet and Malbec Syrah) , white wine (viognier chardonnay) and sparkling wine (Argentine champagne).

Duration: 3 hours - show duration: 1 hour and a half

Transfer: shared transfer

Includes: transfers + dinner with beverages and wine

*Information sources: www.piazzolla.org

At only 19 miles (30 km) north of Buenos Aires downtown there is an extraordinary ecological area: the Paraná River's Delta, also known as the Tigre Delta.

The Paraná River Delta is a 14,000 square kilometer (8750 square miles) area where thousands of islands and inlets, water channels, rivers and backwaters form a sub-tropical wonderland about twenty miles northeast of Buenos Aires. The Paraná is South America's second longest river, after the Amazon river in Brazil.

This day tours starts in our tour bus heading for Olivos neighborhood, from where you start the journey to Tigre neighborhood in the "Tren de la Costa" (Coastline Train), a beautiful train which connects the most elegant residential areas facing the Rio de la Plata (Silver River). This train ride takes 30 minutes and it allows us to see the Northern zone in a different way, always bordering the Río de la Plata.

You make a stop at San Isidro station before arriving to the Delta station where you board a modern panoramic catamaran boat to discover the wonders of the Delta of the Parana River and thousands of islands and islets crisscrossed by rivers and brooks.

This delta is the third in the world as regards size, following the famous Nile River Delta (in Africa) and the Amazonas River Delta (in the North of Latin America). Nevertheless, its 27 thousand square kilometers (17 square miles) have been hardly explored.

Its most outstanding flora is located in the third section of Tigre and is made up by poplars, ceibos, rush, wicker, cane and willows, from which wood is extracted. In the spring, the azaleas, honeysuckles, hydrangeas, wisterias and orchids delight the sight and the sense of smell of tourists approaching the river.

After this delightful navigation you return to your hotel.

Duration: 5 hours

Guide:     shared English/Spanish speaking guide

Transfer: shared vehicle, train and catamaran

Includes: transfers, train ride, boat ride and guide