This morning join your small group tour and enjoy a half day tour of the highlights of Buenos Aires. This cosmopolitan city has been influenced by the many immigrants who have formed it, and offers beautiful architecture, history and culture.
We visit the chic residential neighbourhood of Palermo, with its elegant mansions surrounded by spacious parks and glamorous Recoleta, where you can visit the famous cemetery where Eva Peron is buried, with its rich architecture (pay entrance fee locally). Next to the cemetery is the church of Our Lady of Pilar, the Recoleta Cultural Centre that was originally a convent and the Palais de Glace exhibition centre.
We also visit the historic Plaza de Mayo, the political and cultural centre of the city. Here you can see the Pink House (Presidential Palace), the Pyramid de Mayo and Metropolitan Cathedral. We continue down Avenida de Mayo, with its wide avenues and spacious green areas, past the Obelisk to the neighbourhood of San Telmo, one of the oldest in the city with cobbled streets and colonial houses. Every Sunday an antiques fair takes place here around the Plaza Dorrego. This vibrant area is the centre for most of the tango parlours, restaurants and bars of the city.
Going further south, we visit the Italian port neighbourhood of La Boca with its famous football team, colourful houses in Caminito Street and many 'cantinas' (small restaurants). Also the trendy modern neighbourhood of Puerto Madero, where the old piers have been converted into upmarket offices, apartments and restaurants with views of the Rio de la Plata. Here the tour will end, allowing you to explore more of this fascinating area independently, before making your own way back to your hotel.
In the evening you will be collected for a Tango Show. Born in the brothels of the city amongst a racial mix of Gauchos, Italian, Spanish and African immigrants, this dance and its music originated as a combination of Cuban and Spanish rhythms, with some polka and African beat. Enjoy the show and included dinner, including mouth-watering Argentinian beef and Malbec wine.