Exclusive: Argentina Food & Wine Tour

Escorted Tour Cost:

Double Occupancy: $4,259.00CAD per person

• Single Supplement:  $1,239.00CAD (Add to double occupancy rate)
• Domestic Flight Taxes: $25.00CAD taxes
• (Flight Taxes are subject to change at the time of ticketing)

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

• Rustic charm at LA CASONA at Matetic Vineyards in Chile
  
• Panoramic City Tour of Santiago
• Panoramic City tour of Mendoza
• City Tour of Buenos Aires
• Tour and Wine Tasting at The Vines Resort and Spa in Mendoza 
• Private City tour in Buenos Aires
• Welcome dinner at Como Agua para Chocolate Restaurant
• Winery Tours at Vina Emiliana & Vina Matetic
• Wine tasting and lunch in the Lujan de Cuyo region
• Argentinean Experience Evening in Buenos Aires
• Lunch and Wine Tasting at La Cava del Querandi Winery
• Dinner and Tango Show at Tango Porteño in Buenos Aires

TOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES:

• Domestic airfare within Chile and Argentina
• (Fare subject to change at the time of booking)
• 9-nights’ accommodation with buffet breakfast
• Private Transfers and tours as per the itinerary with English speaking guide
• Meals as per the itinerary with drinks – (3 lunches & 3 dinners)
• Entrance fee to sites
• Wine Tasting as per the itinerary
• Tango Show in Buenos Aires
• Argentinean Experience Cooking Class
• Porterage (01 Piece of luggage per person)
• Water aboard the bus (1 bottle per person / per day)
• Hotel and service charges
• Credit Card Merchant Fee

TOUR PACKAGE DOES NOT INCLUDE:

• International Airfare
• Flight taxes on domestic internal flights
• Additional excursions not indicated
• Meals other than those indicated
• Telephone Calls Laundry Items of a personal nature
• Gratuities to drivers, guides and restaurant staff
• Travel Insurance
• Items not mentioned or outlined in the itinerary
• ESCORTED LAND ONLY TOUR:
  • Min. 10 passengers needed for this tour to operate at this price

Welcome to Chile!

• Arrival in Santiago, meeting, and welcome by our local representative
• Transfer to your hotel (hotel check in starts at 300pm)
• Welcome dinner at Como Agua para Chocolate Restaurant with transfers included  
• Accommodation: Hotel Intercontinental – Standard Room (D)

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Full day tour visiting 2 wineries in the area including wine tasting with lunch included
• Located in the Rosario Valley
• Viña Emiliana & Viña Matetic,
• both vineyards are 100% organic & biodynamic vineyards with principles
• followed in working the land and how they result in the finest of wines
• Accommodation: Hotel Intercontinental – Standard room (B/ L)

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Check out at the hotel and transfer to the airport for your flight to Mendoza.
• You will do a city tour of Santiago
• Featuring the city’s main attractions to the historic city center
• The Central Plaza as a highlight (Plaza de Armas)
• Kilometer Zero and
• Crucial center of the capital
• The Metropolitan Cathedral
• A tour through the civic district
• With the ministerial building surrounding the government’s house,
• The Palacio de la Moneda and conclude the historical area
• With a tour to the old and stately neighborhoods of the old “high society”,
• Full of exquisite architectonic
• Arrive in the capital city of Mendoza at the end of the day (a city located at the foot of The Andes) 
• Transfer to your hotel located in Maipu Valley
• Rest of the day at leisure
• Accommodation: Hotel Esplendor by Wyndham – Concept Room (B)

• Breakfast at your hotel
• You will enjoy a panoramic city tour of Mendoza
• It covers Independence Square
• The main avenues and the civic area
• The foundational area
• The Aquarium
• General San Martin Park
• The Cerro de la Gloria
• From where we have a panoramic view of the city
• Return to the hotel in the afternoon with the rest of the day at leisure
• Accommodation: Hotel Esplendor by Wyndham – Concept Room (B) 

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Visit another typical winery in Lujan de Cuyo area including wine tasting
• Lunch
• During the tour, lunch is planned at one of the wineries visited
• At the end of the tour, you will return to your hotel
• Wineries located in this Zone
• Department of
  • Luján: 
  • Casarena
  • Achaval Ferrer
  • Renacer
  • Dante Robino
  • Nieto Senetiner
  • Kaiken
  • Vistalba
  • Lagarde
  • Clos de Chacras 
  • Alta Vista
  • Dominio del Plata 
  • Septima
  • Chandon
  • Norton
  • Cruzat
• Accommodation: Hotel Esplendor by Wyndham – Concept Room (B/L) 

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Transfer to Mendoza Airport for your flight to Buenos Aires
• Upon arrival in Buenos Aires, welcome by our local representative and transfer to the hotel
• This Evening: Dinner and Tango Show at Tango Porteno
• "Chanta Cuatro" opened its doors in 1893, as a two-floor restaurant and hotel.
• Among its premises,
• There was a "bochas" alley, a traditional game at that time that originated the peculiar name of the place
• After the show return to your hotel
• Accommodation: Hotel Intercontinental - Deluxe Room (B/D)     

Note:  There is a new tourist tax that will start applying from March 01^st, 2020 at the hotels in Buenos Aires for the Intercontinental the tax will be $1.50 USD per person per night to be paid  locally at the time of checkout

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Morning City Tour of Buenos Aires
• We will start our visit to Plaza de Mayo
• The center of the most important political and social events in Argentine history
• Surrounding this square stands the Government House also known as the Pink House
• The old city hall or Cabildo and the Metropolitan Cathedral
• We continue southward to visit La Boca colourful neighbourhood
• We will end our tour with a visit to San Telmo,
• The historical and most representative neighbourhood of the city.
• Next, we go to Palermo, a residential neighbourhood with elegant mansions surrounded by green spaces
• Visit the Recoleta Cemetery to see its valuable works of art and Evita's tomb.
• Enjoy a lunch and wine tasting at La Cava del Querandi
• You will have an imaginary tour
• Guided by a sommelier of the winery
• Gathering the vintages and vine-stock more representative of each region
• Rest of the afternoon at leisure
• Accommodation: Hotel Intercontinental - Deluxe Room (B/L) 

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Day at leisure with 3 optional tours to choose from
• Optional Full Day Tour to Iguassu Falls (Quoted separately below)
• Optional Overnight Tour to Iguassu Falls w/ Accommodation (Quoted separately below)
• Optional Full Day Tour - Fiesta Gaucha with BBQ lunch 
• Private transfers, shared services at the Estancia (Quoted Separately below)
• Accommodation: Hotel Intercontinental – Deluxe Room (B)

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Day at leisure to explore your surroundings
• Visit an Art Gallery or museum or just do some last-minute shopping
• This evening you will participate in the Argentinean Experience 
• Private transfer with English Speaking guide - (Shared Dinner with English Service)
• Return to the hotel after dinner
• Accommodation: Hotel Intercontinental - Deluxe Room (B/D)

• Breakfast at your hotel
• This morning is at your own leisure to relax before check out
• At 12:00noon you will check out of your hotel
• Transfer to Buenos Aires Airport for your flight back to Canada (B)