Argentina

Starting Price:	£2,732.00
Trip Length:	5 days

Tango Dancers

Tango

Caminito Street, in La Boca

Tango Lessons in Buenos Aires

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Let Yampu guide you to Buenos Aires, home to the traditional tango. Tango is a very sensual dance that has influences from both European and African heritages, but has become embedded in the rich history and culture of Argentina, and Buenos Aires in particular.

This tour includes tango lessons instructed by a local professional, authentic and inspiring tango shows, and tours that depict the history of tango and track the life of Carlos Gardel, the greatest tango singer of all time. This tour is certain to enlighten your senses and introduce you to the elegant culture and arts of Argentina.

Accommodations include:
Luxury: Park Hyatt, or Faena Hotel + Universe
First Class: Hotel Sofitel
Superior: Sheraton

Day 1

Arrival to Buenos Aires, you will be greeted at the airport for reception and transferred to your hotel. Your guide will present you with a Tango package that includes a map of Buenos Aires with the tango circuits, a summary of the origins of tango, and a tango CD.

This afternoon we will enjoy a guided tour of the “Malevos Circuit” as an introduction to the city and the rich history of the tango. We will visit the beautiful village of Recoleta, Palais de Glace (a circular building where the tango was introduced in the high society ballroom for the first time), and Palermo Park.

This evening you will enjoy your first tango lesson before watching an unforgettable tango show at a typical tagueria.

Day 2

After breakfast this morning we will enjoy our second tour of tango’s history traveling the “Tango Origins Circuit”. Today we will visit San Telmo, a neighborhood rich with diversity that contributed to the spread of the musical rhythms of the tango. We will also visit Lezama Park where we will visit the National History Museum.

This afternoon we will enjoy lunch at Los Immortales on Corrientes Avenue before continuing to the birthplace of Tango, La Boca neighborhood. This neighborhood has a rich Italian flair from the Genoese immigrants that settled here in the last century. Walking along Caminito street will bring memories of their most characteristic music that seem to be everywhere in the city. Here we will visit a typical “conventillo”, or a house in which many families used to live together. We will also visit the local museum where an interesting selection of Quinquela Martin’s paintings are displayed.

A drink at one of the traditional “confiterías” (typical coffee shop) will rejuvenate us before visiting Boedo neighbourhood, a historical neighbourhood that portrays the real Argentine tango spirit. This evening you can chose to enjoy another sensual tango lesson led by professionals or a dinner and tango show at El Querandí. You may also chose to attend a typical “milonga” (or tango dancing club) with your professional tango instructor.

Day 3

After breakfast we will enjoy a Gaucho Party at a traditional “estancia” and enjoy a meal of delicious traditional barbecue. After lunch, watch a show complete with folk music and typical dances.

This evening we can chose to watch the ring races in which gauchos, or Argentine cowboys, demonstrate their skills as horsemen; or you may choose to enjoy dinner and a show at El Viejo Almacén, a colonial style of “temple tango” where the greatest artists perform an exceptional traditional show.

Day 4

After breakfast we will explore the history of Carlos Gardel, the greatest tango singer of all times. We will begin our tour at Plaza de Mayo and continue along Avenida de Mayo, a street with typical Spanish coffee stores and theatres. We will stop briefly at Café Tortoni, a place where artists and poets used to meet in the old times.

This afternoon we will visit the “Abasto” neighborhood, most frequented by Carlos Gardel, an excellent neighborhood for thematic tango restaurants. We will continue to Chacarita Cemetery to see the Carlos Gardel Monument, and then return along the famous Corrientes Avenue, the street that never sleeps. This afternoon we will enjoy another Tango Lessons instructed by a local professional.

This evening we will have the pleasure of tasting a great “bife de chorizo” (steak) at a typical steakhouse. We will end our visit to Buenos Aires by enjoying the “Milonguero Circuit” visiting the most popular “milongas”, guided by our tango teacher. This is the perfect opportunity to show the tango skills you have learned over the week!

Day 5

This morning after breakfast we will return to the airport in Buenos Aires to overlap with another Yampu excursion of your choice, or connect with your international flight home.

Occupancy Type	Superior	First Class	Luxury
Double	£2732	£3307	£3627
Single	£4015	£5266	£5409

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