LOCALLY HOSTED SMALL GROUP OR PRIVATE TOUR
Trip Length: 9 days
Trip Dates: Mar 19-27, 2011
7 nights in Deluxe Hotel | 8 meals
5* Cesar Park Hotel
Rates from: $2395 double | $3795 single
4* Axel Hotel
Rates from: $1995 double | $2395 single
Rates are based on 2 to 10 travelers
See RATES & FACTS FOR COMPLETE RATES International Airfare is additional.
| Departure from USA | |
| Buenos Aires: San Telmo Antique Fair | |
| Buenos Aires: City Tour | |
| Buenos Aires: Artists & Tango | |
| Buenos Aires: Colonia, Uruguay | |
| Buenos Aires: El Tigre | |
| DAy 7 - Fri Mar 25 | Buenos Aires: At Leisure |
| Day 8 - Sat MAr 26 | Buenos Aires: At Leisure & Departure |
| day 9 - Sun mAr 27 | Arrive USA |
Buenos Aires is not only the capital of Argentina; it is also one of the 10 most important metropolises in the world and the centre of the political, economic and intellectual life of the country. It is also the most elegant and busy city in South America. This cosmopolitan city, with a great European cultural influence, displays a refined taste in its cooking, in its “boutiques” and in the elegance of its inhabitants. While of modern construction and dynamic activity, it has managed to preserve old traditions and charming corners. The atmosphere, the individual personality of each of its neighborhoods, the cordiality of its people and the wide selection of its cultural and commercial opportunities, fascinates the visitor.
Almost 13 million people live there and enjoy the plentiful nightlife visiting “tango” bars, cabarets, discotheques, restaurants or eternally open bars. During the day, a wide variety of attractions are offered: museums, art galleries, tasteful shops, fascinating antiques, large green areas, parks, wide tree lined boulevards, clubs and sporting events. For the gay traveler, Buenos Aires is a mecca. Now that full marriage rites have been granted for same-sex couples, Argentina ranks as one of the most gay-friendly places in the world. There are a plethora of gay clubs, bars and nightspots. People watching is a popular and rewarding past-time in Buenos Aires.
Depart the USA on any regularly scheduled flight to Buenos Aires.
Arrival at Buenos Aires International airport (EZE), where you will be welcomed by our local guide and transferred to your hotel. Arrive the hotel where rooms are available for immediate check in.
After a rest, we begin our program. Sunday is famous for the San Telmo Antique Fair. San Telmo is the best kept historical neighborhood and oldest district of Buenos Aires. The San Telmo Antique Fair is one of the most relevant attractions that the city of Buenos Aires offers. Every Sunday the Plaza Dorrego looks different when it plays host to over 270 stands that offer for sale their unique goods, antiques and other old items. Gramophones, gramophone records, antique clothes, jewels, trinkets, postcards, calendars, books, iron-fittings, lamps, and an endless number of ornaments and curios may be found in this traditional Fair, organized by the Museum of the City.
The bars nearby take their tables out onto the sidewalk and the whole adjoining area fills with musicians, singers, tango dancers and mimes. Sundays in San Telmo is a feast on many levels.
Here we have time to stroll around Plaza Dorrego
Hotel Cesar Park or Axel Hotel
Room Deluxe Queen or Twin
Meals None
This morning, after breakfast, we venture out into the city where the tango was born! Our tour will visit Avenida de Mayo that runs into the Plaza De Mayo, which is surrounded by the Casa Rosada (Government House), the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Cabildo (first City Hall, built during Spanish rule). At the other end of Avenida de Mayo you find the Congress building.
Stop at the famous Café Tortoni, the oldest literati café of the city. Enjoy a cup of coffee & snack. Passing Colon Theatre, one of the world's best known opera houses and the cultural pride of the "porteños" (as the inhabitants of Buenos Aires are commonly called), we continue to Palermo with its beautiful parks then to the City Zoo, Botanical Garden, Argentine Horse Track and National Polo Fields. Palermo is beautiful for its artificial lakes. At the end of the tour we will visit the Recoleta area, one of the city’s glamorous spots. Recoleta is the quarter of the rich of Buenos Aires, even though it once hosted a slaughterhouse. Here you will find the Municipal Cultural Center, elegant boutiques and excellent restaurants, surrounded by centennial trees. On to the cemetery of Recoleta for a look at the grave of Eva Duarte who became famous as Eva Perón (Evita). The cemetery is the center of this aristocratic district. The more relevant personalities of Argentina’s history rest in Recoleta cemetary: politicians, explorers, priests, leaders, writers and poets. La Recoleta is a necropolis itself. The mausoleums, pantheons, tumulus and vaults reflect the architectural diversity emerging from the different cultural tendencies Argentina incorporated in its formation as a nation. The cemetery is considered to be one of the most impressive monuments of Argentina’s past.
This afternoon you may wish to visit MALBA (Museum of Latin America Art of Buenos Aires). This spectacular museum is a wonderful tribute to Latin American modern art.
Hotel Cesar Park or Axel Hotel
Room Deluxe Queen or Twin
Meals Breakfast
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. Discover Buenos Aires today through its artists.
Today we have arranged to experience Buenos Aires through its most creative inhabitants. Meet artists in the intimacy of their private working spaces that have been opened to a select group of privilege guests.
We are encouraging a bridging of the gap and a deepening of the connection between the artist and the audience by offering visitors an insiders look at contemporary art in Buenos Aires. You will have the opportunity to interact with the local artist, learn about his/her craft and even purchase something you may find that appeals to you.
Tonight it is a famous Dinner & Tango show at one of the Buenos Aires Tango Houses.
The Tango, a dance started at the end of the last century from a mixture of various rhythms, was danced orginally in the poorer quarters of the city. At first it was danced by pairs of men to the music of the flute, the violin and the guitar, the first of which was subsequently replaced by the "bandoneón" (a type of accordion), which gave it its distinctive flavor. With the addition of the nostalgia and melancholy contributed by immigrants, the tango gave rise to such musicians as Astor Piazzolla and Anibal Troilo.
After tango show, return back to the hotel or go out on the town this evening.
Hotel Cesar Park or Axel Hotel
Room Deluxe Queen or Twin
Meals Breakfast, Dinner
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Today we travel to Uruguay across the Rio de la Plata.
After a transfer from the hotel to the port, depart by boat to Colonia del Sacramento. Crossing the Rio de la Plata takes about 1 hour (one way).
Colonia is one of the few remaining examples of the colonial age here in the southern part of South America. Over 300 years of history have left their marks on this piece of Uruguayan territory declared by the UNESCO as Historic Heritage of Humanity. Tour the cobblestone streets and admire the renovated houses of the oldest part of the town.
After lunch at a cozy restaurant, you will have time to stroll around to enjoy the special atmosphere of this small town. This tour will be an interesting contrast to modern Buenos Aires. Return back to Buenos Aires by boat 1 hour (one way). Arrival at Buenos Aires pier and transfer back to the hotel.
Hotel Cesar Park or Axel Hotel
Room Deluxe Queen or Twin
Meals Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast at the hotel. Drive through the northern residential districts of the city, to San Isidro, a colonial and aristocratic area. Stop to admire the mansions and houses that line the River Plate (Rio de la Plata). Continue to Tigre, a charming area near Buenos Aires city where a great number of summer residences, yacht clubs and rowing clubs attract the week-end crowd of “porteños”.
The Tigre Delta with its rivers, streams and numerous green islands is an attractive area for visitors. The continuous sediment of the Paraná River, which gives the river and estuary a particular brownish-red color, forms the Delta islands.
Enjoy a boat excursion (1 hour) on a vintage mohogany launch through the numerable channels of the Paraná-Delta. Lunch will be included at a local restaurant. In the afternoon return back to Buenos Aires city.
Hotel Cesar Park or Axel Hotel
Room Deluxe Queen or Twin
Meals Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast at the hotel. Today is a full day at leisure to enjoy your last day in Buenos Aires. You may wish to pay tribute to a gay icon and visit the Eva Peron Museum or join one of the several optional tours we will offer for further exploration of this great city.
Hotel Cesar Park or Axel Hotel
Room Deluxe Queen or Twin
Meals Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel. Check out of the hotel at midday. Spend the afternoon at leisure and in the early evening transfer to Ezeiza International Airport (EZE) to board your flight back home.
Hotel Cesar Park or Axel Hotel
Room Deluxe Queen or Twin
Meals Breakfast
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is located In the most distinguished and upscale quarter of Buenos Aires on Posadas Street and in front of the most elegant shopping mall in the city, The Patio Bullrich. It is only a few steps away from Recoleta, a traditional pedestrian area which features a great number of open air coffee houses, restaurants and important museums and art galleries. It is also surrounded by designer boutiques, situated near Libertador, Alvear and 9 De Julio Avenues with quick and direct access to the financial and commercial districts. |
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4* Axel Hotel Buenos Aires is located in San Telmo, the barrio that has its own story, bohemian-chic atmosphere of Buenos Aires. |
5* CESAR PARK HOTEL |
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| # of Travelers | Double | Single |
10 - 7 |
$2395 |
$3795 |
4 - 6 |
$2495 |
$3995 |
2 - 3 |
$2695 |
$4195 |
4* AXEL HOTEL |
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| # of Travelers | Double |
Single |
10 - 7 |
$1995 |
$2495 |
4 - 6 |
$2095 |
$2695 |
2 - 3 |
$2295 |
$2895 |
No visa is required for American or Canadian passport holders for entry into Argentina. You should carry a valid passport with you. Note, that in Argentina, they have now begun charging a
RECIPROCITY FEE of approx. $140 per person. This is not called a visa fee, but it is a fee
charged to Americans, Canadians and Australians because our governments charge a fee to
Argentine’s to obtain a visa for the USA.
The fee is payable at the airport upon arrival with credit card or US cash.
No special inoculations are needed.
Delta Airlines, LAN Airlines, Tam Airlines, American Airlines, Aerolineas Argentinas are among airlines that can be used for this trip. We recommend booking at least 7 months in advance if you want to try to use Frequent Flyer Miles for free tickets or upgrades or the American Express Platinum card 2-4-1 program.
This departure is guaranteed on a minimum of 2 participants. Rates shown are valid for 4 to 8 travelers in a group. Rates will be adjusted if there are only 2 participants.
| March | Buenos Aires |
| High | 79 |
| Low | 59 |
| Rainfall | 4 |
| IGUAZU FALLS | |
| 3-days/ 2-nights | Rates From $575 per person, double occupancy |
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Counted among the world's most spectacular natural wonders, Iguazu Falls is as amazing as it appears in the movies - like The Mission. Fly to Iguazu Falls and transfer to the Sheraton Hotel, located inside Iguazu Falls National Park. The basic tour package is based on Jungle View rooms, round trip transfers & a 1/2 day tour of the Argentine side of the Falls. Optional tours are available for the Brazilian side (visa required for Brazil), and the popular Adventure Boat ride. Upgrades to Falls view rooms also available. |
| Airfare round trip Buenos Aires/Iguazu is additional. Fare is $400, subject to change. | |
| 3 days/2 night extension | Rates From $595 per person, double occupancy |
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Patagonia is as famous in Argentina as Buenos Aires itself. Vast open space, towering mountains and volcanoes and sparkling lakes make up the essence of this majestic area of Argentina.Fly to Bariloche and transfer to the Casco Art Hotel. The basic tour package is based on Nahuel Studio standard room, round trip transfers & a 1/2 day tour called Small Circuit. Upgrade to Nahuel Studio room with Balcony is available. |
| Airfare round trip Buenos Aires/Bariloche is additional. Fare is $550, subject to change. | |
| SALTA - ARGENTINA'S NORTHWEST PROVINCE | |
| 5-days/4-nights extension | Rates From $1115 per person, double occupancy |
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The northwest province of Salta is among the most fascinating of all of Argentina. Part wine distric and part canyonland, the terrain and topography are breathtaking. Relatively new to American travelers, Salta is gaining in popularity among the well-traveled set. Discover this rewarding area of South American for yourself on our 4-day/5-night trip to the most beautiful parts. |
| Airfare round trip Buenos Aires/Bariloche is additional. Fare is $484, subject to change. | |
