South America

NEW YEAR IN BUENOS AIRES

 From USD 943 Per Person Double Basis

* Service Tax Extra 3.50%                                                              

  INCLUSIONS: -                               

·        Accommodation in a 5* Hotel

·        3 Nights with Breakfast

·        Transfer in/out

·        City Tour

·        New year’s eve dinner

·        Tango Show

Itinerary

30 Dec 2015

Transfer EzeizaInt’lAirport / Centrally located hotel (40 km)

Private services with English Speaking Guide Assistance by guide with identification sign at meeting point in the Ezeiza International Airport. Transfer to hotel. Overnight.

City Tour Classic with Recoleta´s Cemetery

Private Services with English Speaking Guide - Half day (4 hrs)

Buenos Aires is a cosmopolitan city that manifests at each step the influence of the numerous immigrant populations which helped form it. The tour starts from what is the second and most definitive capital of the area named Plaza de Armas in 1581 and today known as Plaza de Mayo, the historical, political and cultural center of the city. The Pyramid de Mayo, which is in the center, was the first national historical monument and was inaugurated in 1811. In its surrounding areas you can see Casa Rosada the actual seat of Executive Power (Presidential Palace), the Cabinet, and the first municipality of the city that dates back to 1754 and still maintains its colonial characteristics, and the Metropolitan Cathedral. From the Plaza, we start the tour going down Avenida de Mayo, one of the most interesting urban developments of the city with its variety of architectural styles, wide avenues and spacious green areas which balance out the vertiginous rhythm of the city. A good example is Avenida 9 de Julio, with its eight lanes separated by lawns with ancient trees, and embellished by fountains and sculptures. From there you can see the symbol of the city, “The Obelisque.” The tour continues all the way to the neighborhood of San Telmo, one of the oldest in the city, settled at the end of the XIX century by aristocratic families. This neighborhood, in which every Sunday the antiques fair takes place around Plaza Dorrego, keeps expanding its great architectural heritage. The area is also very active at night as it is the center for most of the tango parlors, “tanguerias”, restaurants and bars. Going further south you arrive at the picturesque and colorful port neighborhood of La Boca, with its famous street “Caminito” whose buildings and customs reflect the influence of European settlers that arrived at its shores during the XIX century and left their imprint not only in the multicolor houses still being used today but also in the cuisine of the typical “cantinas,” small restaurants. Followed by this comes the modern neighborhood of Puerto Madero, with its old piers converted into offices, apartments, places for entertainment and elegant restaurants, and its view of Rio de la Plata, a residential neighborhood of Palermo with elegant mansions surrounded by spacious parks and finally arriving at La Recoleta. The cemetery of Recoleta surprises visitors with its rich architecture and with the important social and political personalities that are buried there, among whom is Eva Peron. Next to the cemetary is the church of Our Lady of Pilar, the former convent which today is part of the Cultural Center of Recoleta, the shopping area, Buenos Aires Design, and the exposition center, Palais de Glace. There the tour ends. Return to hotel.

31 Dec 2015

Dinner and Tango Show New Year’s Eve at Esquina Carlos Gardel

Private services without Guide - Depart from hotel 20:00 - 20:30 hs.

This evening we will offer a very special event to celebrate this date. Enjoy a dinner full of surprises that will make this day a memorable event. The fun doesn't end at the dinner. After dinner and the show, you will continue to enjoy a magical, romantic, mystical, merry, colorful and above all, unforgettable night.

Depart from the hotel towards the southern end of the city where most of the tango places are located. The tango is the music of Buenos Aires. It originated in the 1880 ghettos which were populated by Italian and Spanish immigrants, Africans and gauchos. From this intersection rose the “Compraditos,” whose songs, lyrics, and dances reflect “el duelo de cuchilleros,” or knife fights characteristic of the social ambience. The tango rose from a mix of Cuban and Spanish rhythms, some polka, and according to some, also a bit of African music. Its lyrics, difficult to understand and impossible to translate, are profoundly poetic. Each song has a story to tell about the city, its history and its people. In spite of its humble origins in the ghettos and brothels of the 1920’s, the tango rose to the salons of the upper classes. The area of Abasto was the birthplace of the undisputed icon of the tango, Carlos Gardel, otherwise known as the “Morocho (dark-haired one) of the Abasto,” icon of the tango in Argentina and world-wide.

On a street named after Gardel, there is a statue of him near the building that was once called, “El Chanta Cuatro,” a restaurant where he and all the colorful personalities of Mercado Abastos gathered. This location, where young Carlos got together with his friends, opened its doors in 1893. Today, more than 100 years later, history repeats itself in the same building which reopened as the unsurpassable themed restaurant known as “Esquina Carlos Gardel,” where the tango lives on.

At Esquina Carlos Gardel” one can enjoy excellent cuisine,an art noveau style of decor which faithfully recreates the sophistication of the most luxurious salons of the epoch, latest generation technical facilities, an artistic offering of the highest level and a mythical atmosphere ideal for an unforgettable evening.

After party return to hotel.

02 Jan 2016

Transfer centrally located hotel / EzeizaInt’lAirport (40 km)

Private services with English Speaking Guide

Transfer from hotel to EzeizaInt’lAirport. Guide will accompany from there to departure counter.

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