Thematic Tango City Tour

Description

These private thematic tango tours are composed of a choice of four incredible tours. The private tango tours focus on the tradition and specific characteristics of Tango within the different neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires.

Each Tango tour is a 4 hour city tour that explores the social and cultural history of each neighbourhood, pointing out the most important facts in the construction of the different community identities. These Tango tours visit museums, bars and cafes, and other hidden gems, that only real Buenos Aires insiders know.

The Tango tours you can choose from for this city tour are:

"Beyond the flood"
This tango tour takes you – accompanied by your very own personal guide - to the southern districts of Buenos Aires. The ‘‘Beyond the flood’’ tour visits the neighbourhoods of Boedo, Nueva Pompeya, Parque Patricios, Barracas, La Boca and San Telmo. It is often argued that in the cafés and bars of these neighbourhoods was where tango was born and the South of the city holds a special place in tango’s history. On this tango city tour, travel off the beaten tourist track and discover an authentic side to Buenos Aires’ tango which often remains unseen by tourists in Buenos Aires.

"From the Glass Palace to Abasto"
This private tango tour travels across the northern areas of Buenos Aires, and visits the neighbourhoods of Recoleta; Palermo; Almagro and Balvanera. This tour takes a look at the energetic times of the 1920s and the golden era of Tango in the 1940s and 1950s. At the beginning of the 20th century this northern area was the home of many cabarets that eventually gained legitimacy once Tango was accepted in other international cities, such as Paris and New York. Discover the remnants of tango’s glamorous past on this Buenos Aires tango tour – accompanied throughout by your very own personal tourguide.

"Downtown lights"
This private Tango tour travels across the central zone of the city, through the neighbourhoods of San Nicolás; Monserrat; Constitución and San Telmo. Within these areas are many important hotels and landmarks significant in the history of Tango. This tour includes a visit to the famous Confiteria La Ideal, an emblem of the 1920s and a place that was used to film the Hollywood movie “Evita”, starring Madonna.

"Across the Tango memories"
This Tango tour travels across the north-western zones of the city, through the neighbourhoods of Balvanera; Almagro; Villa Crespo; Chacarita; Colegiales and Palermo . This is the only city tour that combines a thematic and historical account with a visit to the showroom of a famous Tango store. At the tango store, you will be able to purchase anything and everything to do with Tango from shoes and handmade clothes to music and postcards, all of the highest quality and lowest price.

These private thematic Tango tours are the perfect Buenos Aires activity for travellers wanting to get a deeper understanding of Tango culture and fully appreciate its influence on Buenos Aires. If you’re interested in history and would like to learn more about the social and cultural development in Buenos Aires, then the thematic private tango tours will be an enriching experience for your trip to Buenos Aires.