One day in Buenos Aires

One our way to Patagonia, my friend and I had a full day to Explore Buenos Aires. With such a big city, and only a few hours, it was hard to narrow down what we wanted to do. I am really interested in street art and local food, while my friend is into history and culture. The only thing we knew, was that we wanted to take a Tango class!

I reached out to one of my preferred partners, Argentina Activa, and had the perfect trip proposal within 24hours!

Since we both arrived into Buenos Aires in the morning, we decided to have the guide meet us at the airport. Claudia was on time, with a big smile, and easy to find in the airport. She helped us carry our bags, and we walked curbside to meet our driver. We had a large SUV available for just the two of us. First stop was our hotel to drop off bags with the bellhop and to let them know we had made it to the city. From there, we started exploring the city.

Claudia combined a street art and foodie tour into one, and added components from a historical city tour as well. We alternated between exploring a neighborhood on foot, and driving other parts to avoid crowds. For the food tour portion we stopped at a local food hall to enjoy some of the best empenadas in the city, we got gelato, had a local microbrew, and some veggies to stay healthy…

We finished our tour close to the hotel around 4PM and opted to walk back. Our room was ready for check in and after a quick shower, we checked in with the cruise line desk for our charter flight in the morning.

Our second half of the day, was a private tango class, followed by dinner and a tango show. Argentina Activa had arranged a private driver to take us to Faena Hotel, to meet the Rojo Tango Show dancers. We were the only 2 people in the theater and had 1:1 instructors for our 1 hour long class. In that short amount of time we managed to learn enough to go from never having tangoed before, to being able to dance a full song! It was so much fun!

After the dance class, we stayed in the same venue to enjoy a delicious 3 course dinner, and A LOT of Argentinian wine… Since we were there for the class, we got the VIP table in the venue with prime views. As we were enjoying our desert, the tango show started. A live orchestra entered the room, and was soon followed by the performers. A mix of dancers and vocalists entertained us for about 2 hours. It was spectacular – and having just completed the dance class we had a much deeper appreciation of the performances. The show ended around midnight, our driver was waiting for us outside, and delivered us safely to our hotel.

It was an incredible experience and truly combined all our interests and much more. Argentina Activa was fantastic and having the convenience of the drivers was worth every penny.

To read on about our cruise, please visit: Quark Expedition’s Ultramarine – ship review

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Daniela Harrison is a Travel Advisor and Director of Marketing at Avenues of the World Travel in Flagstaff, AZ. For questions, please reach out via 928-556-0853 or Daniela@avenuesoftheworld.com.

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