Tango in Buenos Aires is not a show first: it is something porteños dance, late at night, in neighbourhood clubs. These four days go from the history to the floor. The neighbourhoods where it was born, a lesson to understand the embrace, a real milonga, and only then the stage.
Day 1 · Buenos Aires, the north
Highlight · Retiro, Recoleta and Palermo, from a base in the old heart of the city.
A base in Montserrat, in the old heart of the city, and an afternoon through the northern neighbourhoods, Retiro, Recoleta and Palermo, for the history, the architecture and the people of Buenos Aires.
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Day 2 · San Telmo, La Boca and the first milonga
Highlight · A first milonga, late at night, among the porteños who go there to dance.
The south of the city, where tango was born: La Boca, Caminito and the Boca Juniors stadium, then San Telmo, the oldest neighbourhood, with its cafés and antique shops. In the afternoon, a private one-hour tango lesson. After dinner, a milonga, the dance halls where porteños go to dance. They rarely start before ten or eleven.
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Day 3 · Lesson, wine and a tango show
Highlight · Dinner with a tango show, after a group lesson or a wine tasting.
A free morning for the city's food, a wine course or an architecture walk. In the afternoon, a group tango lesson or a wine tasting, and dinner with a tango show.
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Day 4 · Buenos Aires
Highlight · A last free morning in Buenos Aires before the flight out.
A last free morning in the city before flying out.
