Argentina Wine Artists

Your private guide will be at Ezeiza International Airport ready to give you a kind welcome to Buenos Aires, helping you to familiarize with Argentina and answering any question you might have about your trip plan.

After a private ride of one hour approximately, you will be arriving at the selected hotel.
Check in and have the rest of the day at leisure to explore the city on your own.

Overnight: Duhau Palace – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires

Today, explore some of the top spots in the northern neighborhoods of Buenos Aires with a private city tour visiting two of the most famous and extraordinary museums in town.

Palermo: the largest neighborhood in town, home to huge parks and some of the city’s trendiest bars, clubs and fashion boutiques. With nearly 350 acres of parks, lakes and wooded areas Palermo’s eastern side is a peaceful retreat from the heady rush of the downtown area.

Recoleta: the most refined and European style districts of Buenos Aires and probably what people have in mind when they refer to Buenos Aires as “the Paris of the south. Its tree-lined avenues are home to fashionable restaurants, cafes, boutiques, malls, galleries and luxury hotels. The Cemetery is one of the main attractions, the final resting place for generations of Argentine well known citizens like Evita Peron.

MALBA Museum:
It houses the Fundación Costantini collection with more than 400 works of art including paintings, sculptures, photography and engravings by important 20th century Latin American artists. The museum is a dynamic, participatory cultural space that, as well as its important permanent collection, showcases a diverse range of major temporary exhibitions, often collaborating with other international museums to bring important artists from around the world.
Highlights of the museum’s permanent collection of art include works by Frida Kahlo, Roberto Matta, Diego Rivera, Antonio Berni, Tarsila do Amaral, Guillermo Kuitca and more!

MNAD Museum: The decoration of this neoclassical palace is testimony to the lifestyle of Argentina’s upper classes at the start of the 20th century.
The museum’s permanent collection features European and oriental furniture, sculptures, porcelain, paintings, tapestries, ranging from the 14th to 20th century, including pieces by El Greco, Corot, Fragonard, Manet, Boudin and Fantin Latour.
The building was the residence of society couple Josefina de Alvear and her husband Matías Errázuriz Ortúzar, and was designed in 1911 by noted French architect René Sergent, who specialized in designing private residences in a neoclassical style.

• Private guide & transportation.
• Ticket to the museums included.
• Available in the afternoon due to opening museums times.
• Not available on Mon & Tue. Museums are closed.
• Lunch not included.
• Estimated duration: 5 to 6 hours.

Overnight: Duhau Palace – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires

Your guide will pick you up at the hotel to visit of the top spots in the southern neighborhoods of Buenos Aires.

We begin the tour around Plaza de Mayo, home to the national government palace and the Metropolitan Cathedral to visit later the area of San Telmo, where the antique markets, candle street lighting, cobbled roads, and historic buildings with original facades and décor create a lovely bohemian atmosphere.

In this district you will get the chance to visit the workshop of Marcelo Toledo, one of the best silver artists in Argentina. Take a tour of the diverse techniques displayed by the artist and his team. You will be exposed to every detail of the work in a live experience.
Learn about welding, melting, recycling of metals and jewelry making techniques and enjoy the backstage of the production of upcoming exhibitions, seasoned by stories and inspiring anecdotes on the works designed for great personalities like the jewelry collection for the musical Evita in Broadway with Ricky Martin and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Learn about chisel art, embossing, forging and the diverse ancestral techniques.
And, for a perfect finale, take a tour of the artist’s gallery in front of Plaza Dorrego.

We will continue the tour to La Boca, a neighborhood famous for its brightly-painted houses where the Italian immigrants used to live in the end of the IXI Century.
Full of tango dancers, painters, artists, flea markets and souvenir shops, it is for sure the most famous area in town. It’s also home to the legendary Boca Juniors Football Club, where Diego Maradona made his name.

Finally, we will visit Puerto Madero, which is situated on the riverside along the Río de la Plata. This major gastronomic and business hub is situated in former commercial docks. Along the canals, these former industrial warehouses were converted into elegant bars, eateries, and offices during one of the most successful urban waterfront restoration projects in the world.

• Private guide & transportation.
• Not available on Saturdays. The workshop is closed.
• Lunch not included.
• Estimated duration: 5 to 6 hours.

In the evening, get dinner at CASA COUPAGE and learn about the breadth of Argentine wine with a sommelier as your guide.

Casa Coupage is a unique space where you can discover & interpret wine paired with delicious Argentinian modern food in a truly personal atmosphere. Dinner is held in a charming dining room of a late 19th century house. The sommelier of the house guides the experience and provide background information regarding the specific terroir, variety of grape, and winemaker.
Guests will be greeted by the owner of the house with a refreshing glass of Torrontés wine as an opener.
Afterwards, a comparative blind tasting of three distinguished red wines, will provide the opportunity to discuss blends, varietals, styles and wine evolution. These wines will be paired with the main dish and a cheese tasting. Finally, the last wine will be presented in accompaniment of dessert.
In all, guests will taste 7 different labels selected amongst excellent Argentinean wines.

• Transfers to/from the restaurant are not included.
• Restaurant is located in Palermo neighborhood.
• Please advise on any dietary requirements or restrictions at the time of booking.

Overnight: Duhau Palace – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires

Pick up at the hotel and private transfer to the airport to take your flight to Mendoza, Argentina famous wine country.

Upon arrival, reception at the airport and transfer to your hotel.

Rest of day at leisure to explore this beautiful city full of parks and great foodie spots to take a break.

Overnight: Park Hyatt Mendoza Hotel

We will depart to Mendoza’s agricultural oasis.
Arrival to the restaurant where we will begin with an introductory talk about wine tasting to understand its properties, guided by an expert.

Afterwards, we will participate in a cooking class and we will prepare our own dishes guided by a real gourmet.
This is an exclusive class with our chef which teaches how to use products to develop traditional regional dishes and taste them at a luncheon with wines from Familia Zuccardi.

We will learn how to prepare “empanadas”, homemade breads and pastries typical of Mendoza quince.
The program includes breakfast, cooking class, lunch Regional Guest House, tour and tasting at the winery.
At the end of this experience we have known some of the wine and Argentinean cuisine secrets.

• Round trip transfers included.
• Lunch included.
• Please advise on any dietary requirements or restrictions at the time of booking.
• Estimated duration: 5 to 6 hours.

Overnight: Park Hyatt Mendoza Hotel

Join us to unlock the secrets of Mendoza wines land at Catena Wineries, a venue with more than 100 years in Argentinian viticulture and 4 family generations management.
Discover and enjoy on first-hand the secrets of everything related with Catena Zapata.
Its wines, its wineries, its history, its passion for this fantastic drink called Wine.
A day for total delight, a tour of the best Argentine wines, a tour of the family that took Argentine wines to the world.

Your private guide will pick you up at the hotel to visit the following venues:

CATENA ZAPATA: Great wines begin in the vineyard. Our vision is to make rich and unforgettable wines that are true to the special place they come from. The story of Catena is the story of Argentine wine.
Founded in 1902, Bodega Catena Zapata is known for its pioneering role in resurrecting Malbec and in discovering extreme high altitude terroirs in the Andean foothills of Mendoza.
The family’s Adrianna Vineyard at almost 1500 meters has been called the Grand Cru of South America.

EL ENEMIGO: Casa Vigil is located in Chachingo, in Maipú area, just 30 minutes from the city of Mendoza. Alejandro Vigil, its creator and soul of the project, invites us to tour a space inspired by the world of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. He has named the property as Casa El Enemigo, the winery: Los Valientes, the plantation: Nuestros Viñedos and the restaurant: Los Glotones. The walk invites you to go through different cellars to preserve their award-winning wines, first, Hell, then Purgatory and then, Paradise.
A winery to experience a different day, where the charm of wine, excellence in gastronomy and literature, merge to present a unique wine tourism proposal.

BODEGAS CARO: Located in the heart of Mendoza, this is a cellar dating from the late 1800s.
It´s the result of the union between the Catena family, owner of Bodega Catena Zapata and the
Rothschild family, owner of the iconic Bordeaux winery Château Lafite.
Since the beginning, the goal of the winery has been to select the best terroirs to magnify the pairing between Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon.

You will be returning to the hotel late in the afternoon.

• Private guide & transportation.
• Full day tour.
• Wine tasting and lunch included.
• Please advise on any dietary requirements or restrictions at the time of booking.

Overnight: Park Hyatt Mendoza Hotel

The Aconcagua Hill is an undisputed reference of the Andes Mountains and Argentina; It is a must see for climbers and tourists from all over the world.
This tour was conceived to enjoy unforgettable landscapes and great stories that marked these roads; we will take the necessary time to get in touch with all its corners and discover its best kept secrets.

We will head southwest on Provincial Route 86, enjoying the landscapes of Cacheuta until we cross the tunnel that connects this town with Potrerillos.
We will contemplate the wonderful view of the Cordón del Plata, Mendoza’s main source of water and, of the picturesque Potrerillos Dam, a mirror of crystalline water in the middle of mountains.

We will continue along this path, contemplating the unforgettable landscape, going through tunnels and bridges, until we reach the town of Uspallata.
Again we will make a strategic stop to get a better view of the Valley as a whole.

Already back in the van, we will move a few kilometers, until we reach “Puente del Inca”. Mandatory stop icon of our mountain range.
Once we return to the route, the Aconcagua Provincial Park awaits us.

There we will obtain the corresponding permits to make a walk of approximately one hour, to the viewpoint of the Laguna de Horcones, where we can see the South Wall and the summit of the highest hill in America.

• Private guide & transportation.
• 12 hours of excursion with several technical stops for recreation and rest.
• Recommended: comfortable clothes, long pants and a coat, cash, sunglasses and sunscreen, mineral water and candy.
• Requires moderate physical activity.
• People with heart problems and women in pregnancy and some other pathology consult their doctor, the average height is 3000 meters above sea level, depending on the time of year.

Overnight: Park Hyatt Mendoza Hotel

Pick up at the hotel and private transfer to the airport to take your flight back to Buenos Aires.

Upon arrival, reception at the airport and private transfer to the hotel.
Rest of day at leisure to visit the city on your own.
Explore the museums, take a break in one of the city historic cafes, discover the beautiful parks, merge with the locals walking down the streets.

Overnight: Duhau Palace – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires

Your guide will pick you up at your hotel in the morning for a trip to Tigre city, located 30 km from Buenos Aires.
Along the road trip you will pass by beautiful and traditional residential suburbs of the city like Olivos, Vicente Lopez and San Isidro.
Once arrived in Tigre Fluvial Port, a navigation around the Delta will take you this outstanding island.

El Descanso Island is a garden where landscaping, outdoor art and nature meet to reveal the best representation of the Paraná Delta in Tigre, Argentina.
Located on the Sarmiento River just 40 minutes from the city of Buenos Aires, El Descanso Island is a memorable experience that promises moments of relaxation and delight in an environment of immense natural, artistic and gastronomic diversity.

The route through its various natural and design gardens arranged between streams, bridges and canals create a landscape space for a unique experience of admiration and introspection in all the seasons of the year.

With the arrival of each season, the display of magnificent colors and perfumes reveal the beauty of nature in all its splendor.

However, what really captures the attention of visitors is the works of renowned contemporary Argentine artists such as Pablo Reinoso, Bastón Díaz, Carlos Gallardo and José Fioravanti that harmoniously complement the beauty of the garden.

• 8 to 9 hours’ excursion.
• Private transportation & English speaking guide included.
• Lunch and snacks included.
• Swimming pool & guided garden walk included.
• Not available during weekends nor public holidays.

Overnight: Duhau Palace – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires

Your guide will pick you up in the morning to explore the barrios of Colegiales, Chacarita, Villa Crespo and Palermo. Neighborhoods which feature a rich variety of art from leading local and international artists. While we visit amazing walls and take in examples of all the major styles, you will learn how the country’s history is connected to the movement, and how street art has evolved in Buenos Aires.
This route will introduce you to artworks of many different artists, and will also give you the chance to see how the scene is evolving in different spaces around the city.

• Private guide & transportation.
• Estimated duration: 3 to 4 hours.

In the evening, enjoy your last day with a first Argentina experience: a unique Dinner & Show at GALA TANGO, one of the most exclusive places in Buenos Aires to enjoy an authentic show.
With a beautiful décor and architecture down to the finest detail, it seems as though you have stepped into the 1930s, helping to create an experience that you will never forget.

For an hour and half, you will enjoy more than 30 artists on stage, a live orchestra and four couples dancing to the rhythm of the music.
Besides tango, you will also witness a performance of traditional folk Argentine dance.
The dinner offers a variety of hot or cold starters, a choice of eight different main courses and desserts that will also be accompanied by a good choice of champagne and wine from one of the most exclusive wineries in Argentina.

• Private pick up and drop off at the hotel is included.
• Please advise on any dietary requirements or restrictions at the time of booking.

Overnight: Duhau Palace – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires

At indicated time, pick up at your hotel and private transfer to Ezeiza International Airport to take you flight back.