A great experience to get to know the cultural patrimony of the city of Buenos Aires through its art galleries, its museums, its antiquarians and its always present artistic activity.

Departures: daily
Guide: Spanish and bilingual (English - German - Italian - French)
Meals: according to itinerary. Air Fare: not included

Day 1- Buenos Aires
Arrival, reception at the airport. You will be provided with a folder containing a guide of the most distinguished museums of the city and the expositions taking place during your stay .Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. In the afternoon, city tour The Fine Arts in Time, starting in La Recoleta, one of the most elegant and sophisticated districts. Here you will visit 'Nuestra Señora del Pilar' Church, Centro Cultural Recoleta (Recoleta Cultural Center) characterized by giving impulse to the fine arts in their most contemporary forms and the cemetry known worldwide due to its rich architecture and the famous personalities of the Argentine history and society that are burried there. In La Recoleta district the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Museum of Fine Arts), inaugurated in 1896, offers an important collection of national and European artists, counting, in a European art gallery, with works of Rembrandt and Van Gogh, among others. Brief visit. Also in Recoleta, the Palais de Glace, which used to be an ice skating floor and a tango room with its characteristic circular base, nowadays is the Sala Nacional de Exposiciones (National Room of Expositions), where different temporary samples are presented. Then the tour continues towards the area of Palermo, with its elegant mansions surrounded by green areas, passing by the Parque 3 de febrero (February the 3rd Park), the Biblioteca Nacional (National Library) and the Facultad de Derecho (Law School). We will visit the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA – Latinamerican Art Museum of Buenos Aires), the first one inaugurated this century in the whole country. In this modern building the Constantini Collection, which presents the development of the Latinamerican paintings and sculptures throughout its 222 pieces of art in the XX century, is shown permanently. After the visit we will enjoy tea at the museum's cafeteria. At night tango dinner show at El Querandí, one of the most traditional cafeterias of Buenos Aires. You may enjoy the sensual magnetism of the tango represented by some of the best tango dancers, singers and musicians of Buenos Aires. Return to the hotel.

Day 2- Buenos Aires
Breakfast. In the morning, city tour Buenos Aires Artistic Patrimony, starting at the most important square of the country, the Plaza de Mayo (May Square). Here, where the country was founded in 1580, the most important guvernamental buildings are located, including the Casa Rosada (Pink House), the Cabildo (City Hall) and the Catedral Metropolitana (Metropolitan Cathedral). We will continue down the Avenida de Mayo (May Avenue) until the Palacio del Congreso (Congress Palace) and later down Corrientes Avenue until the intersection with Avenida 9 de Julio (9th of July Avenue), where the Obelisc stands as the most important symbol of the city. Very near is the Teatro Colón (Colón Theatre), considered the best acoustic room for lyrics in the world. Guided visit of the theatre (1h. 30') where you will be shown the most important rooms and the main room with a capacity for 3000 people. Inaugurated in 1908 with the Aída Opera, this theatre supplies itself with scenography, tailoring and shoe shop, and is the headquarter of the Stable Ballet of the Colón Theatre and of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires. Continue towards the picturesque district of La Boca, with its famous Caminito street, one of the few outdoor museums in the world. There, numerous artists of fine arts exhibit their works whose theme has to do with the influence of the European citizens (mainly Italians), that arrived at their port at the end of the XIX century and left its particular physiognomy. Amongst the Argentine artists of fine arts, one of the most important ones lived and painted about this characteristic neighbourhood and its port, Benito Quinquela Martín, whose atelier is nowadays the Museum named after him. The visit continues to San Telmo neighbourhood, one of the oldest of the city. This neighbourhood maintains a great part of its architectonic patrimony intact: its colonial style houses, its cobbled streets. Every Sunday there's an antique fair in Plaza Dorrego (Dorrego Square) and the numerous commerce of antique shops may be visited daily. We will visit the most distinguished antique shops. (On Sundays you will have free time to visit the fair). Afternoon at leisure.

Day 3- Buenos Aires
Breakfast. Enjoy a full day visit to Estancia El Ombú de Areco, a traditional ranch in the province of Buenos Aires. Departure from the hotel to San Antonio de Areco, 110 km from the city. Arrival at the town of San Antonio de Areco, one of the oldest and most representative towns of the Argentine farm. Visit to the historic house and Osvaldo Gasparini's atelier. Mr. Gasparini lived in San Antonio de Areco and painted the gauchos life in the Argentine farm. Nowadays, his proffesion is followed by his son, Miguel Angel, who receives the visitors at this house. You will also visit a silversmith's workshop where we will see the craftsman work the pieces related to the farm motifs. In El Ombú de Areco you will enjoy an exquisite traditional 'asado criollo ' (argentine barbecue) and the rest of the afternoon at leisure, either at the swimming pool, enjoying a drive on sulky or a stroll around the place. Return to the hotel.

Day 4- Buenos Aires
Breakfast. Visit to Museums and Fine Arts Galleries. Visit to any two museums the passenger may choose within the different possibilities the city offers and according to the museums opening hours. We suggest visiting the Museo de Arte Decorativo (Decorative Art Museum) and the Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano Isaac Fernandez Blanco (Isaac Fernandez Blanco Latinamerican Art Museum) which offers the most important colonial Southamerican silver collection in Iberoamerica. Continue visiting two art galleries in Buenos Aires city (except on Sundays) with temporary expositions and permanent painting and sculpture patrimony, selected within the best in Buenos Aires. Return to the hotel.

Day 5- Buenos Aires
Breakfast. Transfer to Ezeiza International Airport to board the return flight.

Important Note:
•The MALBA remains closed on Tuesdays. The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano Isaac Fernández Blanco remain closed on Mondays.
•The guided visits to the Colón Theatre operate regularly during the official activities season (Aprtil to December), being able to operate during the summer according to the theatre's dispositions.

Optional Tours:

Cultural & Museum Tour
Daily: acording to openings, days and hours.
Departure from your hotel to visit two museums and learn the different aspects and periods of Argentine art and culture. This is a "taylor-made" visit for passengers to enjoy the forms of art that they prefer. The recommend museums are: Museum of Spanish American Art Isaac Fern·ndez Blanco, Museum of Argentine Folk Heritage JosÈ Hern·ndez, National Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Decorative Art, and the Museum of Latin American Art (MALBA), Museum of Eva Peron, and a guided tour to the Colon Teather, one of the 6 best opera houses in the world due to its excellent acoustic. The ColÛn Theatre has its own Ballet and Dance School, and hosts the Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires. Transfer back to your hotel.

A Day at The Ranch With The Gauchos
Full day Tour
Pick up at your hotel at 9 AM. Visit to a typical Argentine estate, best known as "estancias", which open its gates to tourism. Here you can learn everything about the gaucho tradition. At the estancia, you will be welcomed with "empanadas" (typical meat pies), barbecue, good Argentinean wines, folkloric singing and dancing. It is also possible to observe and participate in the estancia's different activities, such as milking, herding, vaccinating and branding cattle, etc. Other recreational activities include: horses and carriage rides to go around in the ranch, bird watching, swimming pool, soccer field, volleyball court, pool table, bike rides, and a roofed gallery with table games. Transfer back to your hotel at 6 PM.

Transfer back to your hotel at 10:30 PM.

Tango Shows
3 hours Tour/Show with dinner
Daily

Pick up from hotel at 7:30 PM. A good way to absorb the flavor of sensual magnetism and a mythic atmosphere is visiting one of the restaurants that offer tango shows and be taken to the stage by some of the best dancers, singers and musicians in the highest level, ideal for an unforgettable night. Tango is the music of Buenos Aires per excellence. Its origins are traced back to 1880 from the slums, inhabited by Italian and Spanish immigrants. Its lyrics, difficult to be understood and impossible to be translated, are deeply poetic and have a story to tell about the city, its history and its people. Despite its humble origins, in the 20's tango left the brothels and the underworld districts to reach the high-class ballrooms, but to do so it had had to travel to Paris to come back triumphant. Tango became at last a complete cultural expression, a gathering of myths, values, traditions and aspirations.

Show performances at:
Esquina Carlos Gardel,
El Querandi,
Señor Tango,
La ventana.
Transfer back to your hotel at 10:30 PM

City tour
City Tour
3 hours Tour
Mon to Sat: 9 AM and 2 PM; Sun: 1:30 PM
Depart from your hotel. Sightseeing of Buenos Aires, a cosmopolitan city that shows the influence of the numerous immigrants that formed it. The tour starts at the historic Plaza de Mayo, surrounded by the Government House, best known as the "Pink House"; the Cabildo and the Metropolitan Cathedral. Then it follows through Ave. De Mayo to the Congress Palace, admiring on its way the famous 9 de Julio Avenue, with its eight lanes divided by small green squares with old leafy trees and enriched by sculptures and fountains, such as: the Plaza de la Republica and the Obelisk, which arises as a symbol of the city. Also visits to: "La Boca" with its famous street "Caminito"; San Telmo, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Buenos Aires, an architectonic untouched patrimony home of the best antique stores; pass through the well-off district of Puerto Madero; Palermo neighborhood with its elegant residences framed by wide green areas; and Recoleta, the most sophisticated neighborhood in Buenos Aires. Transfer back to your hotel.

Colonia Vía Ferry
Full day Tour
Daily
Transfer from your hotel at 7:45 AM to the Buquebus terminal for departure at 8:30 AM aboard the next Generation catamaran (hydrofoil) to Colonia del Sacramento (Uruguay), a 1 to 1 O hr ferry trip across the Rio de la Plata. Sightseeing city-tour thought the historical neighborhoods of Colonia. It is like a walk back in time. Founded in 1680 by the Portuguese, this old colonial town is renowned for its cobbled, windy streets. After being disputed for a century, it was finally lost by its founders. The well-preserved urban landscape illustrates the successful fusion of the Portuguese, Spanish and post-colonial styles. Drive along the coastline, visit San Carlos real bulls square. Transfers and lunch at El Mirador Casino Hotel (entree, main course and desserts). Time at leisure. Return transfer to port. Departure to Buenos Aires' port. Arrival to Buquebus terminal in the evening. Transfer back to your hotel.

Tigre & Riverside Train
4 hours Tour
Mon to Sat: 1 PM; Sun: 9:30 AM

Depart from your hotel to the district of Tigre, driving through the residential suburbs of Buenos Aires and the residence of the President of the country located in Olivos, where you will board a modern-colonial style train with panoramic windows to San Isidro station, located in an elegant residential area. Visit to the imposing Neo-gothic Cathedral in the historic center of San Isidro (walking distance from train station), which is surrounded by some houses in Colonial and Italian styles, cobbled streets and its square with centenary trees. Tour continues aboard same train towards Tigre, situated in the delta of Paran· River, an area that was first colonized in 1580. Here, you can admire the old wooden houses built over piles on the river shore, making contrast with the weekend mansions, as well as several little isles covered with abundant subtropical vegetation, crossed by channels and streams, making it an ideal place to relax in touch with nature and pure air. Transfer back to your hotel