Football, Tango & Evita
Football, Tango & Evita
BUE
4 Days / 3 Nights Buenos Aires
La Bombonera Stadium, La Boca, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of @travelBuenosAires
TBK0403 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights • Tours: Walking tour through the historical center - History of Carlos Gardel - Evita Beyond the Myth - La Boca: Football Passion - Dinner tango show • Meals: 3 breakfasts - 2 lunches 2 dinners - 1 snack • Needed tickets to museums
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Day 1 Buenos Aires. Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we make a walking tour through the historic center of the city. Our walk takes us from the Plaza de Mayo, witness since 1810 of many popular expressions, to San Telmo Neighborhood, where we breathe a bohemian atmosphere. During the walk, we sit in a ‘remarkable’ bar to enjoy a tradition of people from Buenos Aires: coffee. In the meantime, we talk about some of the passions that we will
understand better in the following days. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B D We get to know some details of the life of a figure who aroused mixed feelings, throughout history: Evita, who was Argentina’s First Lady and became a massively popular celebrity and icon to Argentinians, as well as a source of great controversy. The tour takes us to places that tell us about her life, since the moment she arrived at the city, passing by those places that had historic relevance in the development of her legacy, to her final resting in Recoleta’s cemetery. After having a drink in a bar related to her history, we return to the hotel. In the evening, dinner at Santa Evita, a themed bar that pays tribute to Eva Perón. Day 3 Buenos Aires. B L D If we talk about Tango, we’d better know about the history of Carlos Gardel, the greatest tango singer of all times. The tour covers important neighborhoods: San Nicolas, passing by some places where he was raised, Café
Tortoni and Café Los Angelitos, both remarkable bars that he frequented; El Ateneo Grand Esplendid, one of the most beautiful libraries according to foreign reviews, where used to function a theatre in which Gardel performed at some concerts; moreover, we visit Abasto, area that gave him the nickname of ‘Morocho del Abasto’ (Brunette from Abasto). Through a walking tour, we visit the house where he lived, today turned into a museum, Zelaya Passage with the singer’s murals, Paseo Gardel with his monument and the corner ‘Chanta Cuatro’ where a ‘tanguería’ (where tango shows take place) called ‘Esquina de Carlos Gardel’ (Carlos Gardel’s Corner) was located. On the way back, we have lunch at a traditional restaurant related to the history of Gardel. In the evening, we take a tango lesson and attend a dinner show, in order to continue discovering the magnetism of tango. Day 4 Buenos Aires. B L We say goodbye to the city, taking
part at one of the passions that divides ‘porteños’: Football. We drive to the neighborhood of La Boca, where Boca Juniors Club has its Stadium. While we walk its streets, we observe its colourful buildings and we discover that the neighborhood turns around yellow and blue, the colours of Boca Juniors. We visit the Museum of the stadium to tour its facilities and understand why it is called ‘Bombonera’. We have lunch at El Cuartito, famous pizzeria for its fugazzetta (it is a pizza full of onions and mozzarella on a thick crust) and its walls decorated with photographs, flags and football team shirts. We taste pizza, part of the football ceremony. At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational note: Day 2: According to availability, passengers will visit one of the buildings where her foundation had offices: the CGT (General Confederation of Labor) or ‘Legislatura Porteña’. Santa Evita Restaurant closes on Sundays. Day 3: Carlos Gardel’s Museum closes on Tuesdays.
