Tango Experience
Tango Experience
BUE
5 Days / 4 Nights Buenos Aires
Carlos Gardel, Buenos Aires. Credit @travelBuenosAires
TBK0402 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 4 nights • Tours: The Origins of Tango and its evolution - History of Carlos Gardel Malevo Circuit - Tour of Milongas 2 tango shows • Meals: 4 breakfasts - 3 lunches 2 dinners
Day 1 Buenos Aires. L D Arrival, reception and transfer to the hotel. We begin to introduce ourselves into the world of tango and have dinner at The Querandí where we enjoy the meal and a show that tells the history of the tango. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B L Today we walk along the neighbourhoods that gave rise to the tango, and we go into details that help us to understand why UNESCO declared it an Intangible Cultural Heritage. Our tour takes us around four neighbourhoods where the Tango was developed: La Boca,
mentioned as the birthplace of the tango by the influence of immigrant people: San Telmo, where it expanded in bars such as Bar Sur, the first Tango show and the corner of El Viejo Almacén, considered the temple of the tango that was declared as City Heritage; Boedo and Almagro, birthplace of many characters and bars of tango. At the end of the tour, we stop at Las Violetas, chosen as the best remarkable bar of the city, where we will enjoy a different lunch. Day 3 Buenos Aires. B Today we explore one of the most aristocratic neighbourhoods of the city, La Recoleta, which at that time when tango was not accepted by the high society, kept the secret in bars where the malevos and compadritos gathered around to enjoy the tango. We tour the sites where used to be located the Hansem’s Café, El Pabellón de las Rosas, Armenonville and the Palais de Glace. In the latter it is where the tango released for the
high society and the only that is still open. The tour includes some curiosities as the tango’s sidewalk where the basics steps of tango are drawn and a stop at the Esquina de Aníbal Troilo, a remarkable bar in honour of an exponent of the tango’s golden age, to take a break. In the evening, we attend at a tour of milongas where besides learning some traditions about this rhythm, we are going to take a tango lesson by professors. Day 4 Buenos Aires. B L D If we talk about Tango, what is best way of knowing the history about Carlos Gardel, the greatest tango singer of all time? The tour covers San Nicolas neighborhood, walking by some places where he raised, Café Tortoni and Café los Angelitos, both remarkable bars that he frequented. Moreover, we visit El Abasto, the 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 murals dedicated to him, 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. We say goodbbye to the city attending a dinner show at Rojo Tango in El Cabaret, an intimate place inspired in the tango’s clubs of the city in 1920. Day 5 Buenos Aires. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board on the scheduled flight. Operational notes: Day 3: The choice of the milonga is subjected to availability. In regular, operates on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays. In private, it is daily. Day 4: The Carlos Gardel Museum closes on Tuesdays.
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