Day 9. Buenos Aires
Today you have the day free to enjoy the city as you want! Or take some optional tours.
Gastronomic tour with wine tasting
Enjoy this unique interactive experience and explore Argentine gastronomy and culture. Taste some of the best fried meat at a restaurant, and try traditional Argentine desserts. At the end of the tour take a journey through Argentina’s wine regions without leaving Buenos Aires. Taste fine wines carefully paired with delicious tapas from different regions of the country and learn about the regional varietals from your expert sommelier.
Duration: 6 hours
“Fiesta Gaucha”.
Escape the city and journey back to simpler times with this Gaucho Party tour. Let us pick you up and transport you to an 'estancia' or ranch for a fun filled day.
Once we arrive at the estancia, we’ll have some handmade empanadas. After which, we will have some free time to take in the sights, explore the area, go horseback riding etc. The grounds are literally at your disposal.
You won’t have to worry about going hungry on this tour. After our free time we will be invited to partake in an 'asado', which is a traditional Argentinean barbeque that includes – both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, and dessert with coffee or tea. The fun doesn’t stop there; after lunch we will be treated to both a folkloric and a tango show.
The cultural experience doesn’t end there. The real show will start when the gauchos come out to show you their skills such as ring-races, horse mildness, and troops retail-trade including the participation of the public. Return to Buenos Aires.
Duration: 8 hours (the tour includes a traditional Argentine lunch).
Full –day tour to Montevideo(Uruguay) from Buenos Aires
Truly possessing that feeling of being thrown back in time Uruguay, especially immortalized by its capital Montevideo, has wonderful feeling that resonates back to an era gone by in the 1900’s. Montevideo across its cityscape has wonderful Parisian looking buildings that leave a lasting residue of beauty, charm, and even romance. Traveling along Uruguay’s stretching coastline too will uncover any number of fantastic rural colonial towns.
You will be transferred to the port of Buenos Aires, where you will pick up a ferry boat to Montevideo city by Colonia del Sacramento.
Upon arrival at Montevideo, a guide will be waiting for you for a panoramic city tour.
This walk covers the most important points of the city's Old Town and new residential neighborhoods. Inside the old city is visited: Independence Square, where the old Citadel Gate (Montevideo was a fortified city), then comes Matrix Square where the Montevideo Cathedral, The Cabildo, Plaza Zabala and Teatro Solis, all these pieces of history of the city. Then it’s the Palacio Salvo, first high-rise building in the city, Plaza de El Entrevero, continuing to the Legislative Palace where the Uruguayan Parliament meets.
The tour continues visiting the following suburbs: The Prado, with its ancient history which houses the Government House, the Parque Batlle, which runs the Estadio Centenario, La Carreta Monument and the residential neighborhoods of Carrasco and Pocitos. The return is by the coast to the center of Montevideo. At the end of the tour, you will get back to port to take a ferry boat back to Buenos Aires. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Recommended restaurants in Buenos Aires:
Fogon Asado, Palermo (Argentine cuisine, steakhouse) *reservation required
La Carniceria, Palermo (Argentine cuisine, steakhouse)
Cabana Las Lilas, Puerto Madero (Argentine cuisine, steakhouse)
La Cabana, Puerto Madero (Argentine cuisine, steakhouse)
Piegari, Puerto Madero (Italian cuisine, European cuisine, Argentine cuisine)
Crystal Bar, Puerto Madero, on the 35th floor of the Alvear Icon Hotel (bar with a beautiful view of the city)