San Telmo & Mataderos Fairs Tour
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- No booking fees
- duration 1 days
- tour type Small group Request as private
- age requirement 1-99 yrs
- max group size 10
- guiding method Fully guided
- Tour Code BM-19276
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- Operated in English
- Starts Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Ends Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Try your bargaining techniques at San Telmo Fair
- Taste the most traditional meals from each region in Mataderos Fair
- Enjoy live music
- Tango dancing and gaucho skills shows
Along with a professional tour guide who will accompany you throughout the tour, we will visit two of the most cultural Fairs in the City of Buenos Aires.
Let's get to know the history of the place, find beautiful handicrafts, taste the best regional food and watch some folklore show.
The excursion includes San Telmo Fair in the morning and then a visit to the famous Fair of Mataderos for lunch at the fair stalls, where we will also enjoy arts festivals and gaucho skill shows, the market, and all the charm of regional products that can be purchased there
From our office, go to San Pedro Telmo Antique Fair. Since 1970, every Sunday the fair takes place in Plaza Dorrego and Defensa street which becomes a pedestrian street only for this day. About 10,000 people, many of whom are tourists from all around the world, visit every Sunday the 270 stalls located in this famous Fair. You can find almost everything from furniture to traditional Argentine crafts, antiques, clothing and leather goods. Enjoy tango orchestras with its dancers, living statues and other street performers who make this fair a great place to visit. We will also go to the "Mercado de San Telmo" (San Telmo Market), ideal for those travellers who want to buy souvenirs and see unique stores.
After two hours enjoying the charm of San Telmo Antique Fair, we will depart to the southwest part of the city, where Mataderos Fair has started 30 years ago, and still works successfully as a celebration of "gaucho" culture. It has 3 basic areas always present along with a food court: Traditional Crafts, Artistic Festivals and Gaucho Skills. Every Sunday, different activities take place such as presentations, exhibitions and workshops. Incredible artisans have over 300 stalls in the fair, selling traditional "gaucho" crafts such as mates, ponchos, blankets, musical instruments, leather goods and silver jewelry.
We will have some free time to visit the "Museo Criollo de los Corrales". This countryside-style museum gives us an idea of how the gauchos live in the pampas: clothing, tools and other everyday objects. It will also show us how the stockbreeding industry in Argentina develops until the country became one of the main exporters and a world leader in the meat industry. We will be able to see weapons, knives, carriages, animals and amazing painting.
You will surely notice as soon as you arrive to the Fair, that it is packed with "parrillas" (grills) in order to cook delicious meat cuts and other regional foods. The tour includes a great lunch in this place full of tasty food! Both handicrafts and regional foods (jams, liqueurs, cheeses and "alfajores") can be bought at better prices than in the touristy shops in the city.
The Fair represents a colorful combination of traditions, handicrafts, music, dancing and artwork. Also lectures, exhibitions, traditional games for kids and adults take place here. At Mataderos Fair, you can watch the locals and visitors do folk dances accompanied by live even tango and folk lessons are organized, feel free to join in! You will be amazed by the interesting demonstrations of gaucho skills and, on special occasions, horse races and concerts.
We will be back at the Office of Tangol around 5 pm
- Lunch (One meal and and drink per person)
- Transfer from meeting point
- Guide In Spanish & English
- Transfer from hotels
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No additional cancellation fees apply for this San Telmo & Mataderos Fairs Tour tour. You can cancel the tour up to 32 days prior departure and avoid paying the full amount, but your deposit paid is non-refundable. No refund applies for cancellations within 31 days of departure.
PaymentFor any tour departures within 17 May 2024, full payment is required. For tours that depart later than 17 May 2024, a deposit of 50% is required to confirm this tour, and the remaining balance will be charged 31 days before trip departure.
Travel InsuranceSan Telmo & Mataderos Fairs Tour tour requires that you have adequate and valid travel insurance covering medical and personal accidents, including repatriation costs and emergency evacuation. World Nomads offers travel insurance for independent travelers and intrepid families.
VisaFor this San Telmo & Mataderos Fairs Tour tour getting the required visa(s) is the responsibility for each individual traveller, as visa requirements vary depending on your nationality. We recommend to check with your local embassies representing the countries that you are traveling to, as part of this itinerary.
Rooms have to be filled when booking. Thus, if you are 1 person travelling you have to pick Single Room. If you’re 2 people travelling, you can either pick either Single Room, in which case each traveler will receive their own Single Room, or Double Room, etc.
