ARGENTINA - BUENOS AIRES & MENDOZA : A feast for the senses

7 DAYS OF FLAVOR, RHYTHM, AND VINE

Argentina seduces through the palate before it reaches the heart. This is a journey designed for those who travel to taste, to savor, to linger at the table — from the electric nights of Buenos Aires, where tango and world-class cuisine collide on every corner, to the sun drenched vineyards of Mendoza, where wine is not a drink but a philosophy. Seven days for travelers who understand that the best stories begin with a reservation.

BUENOS AIRES

¨Where every meal is a declaration of intent¨

Buenos Aires does not do dinner quietly. This is a city where a parrilla can hold the gravitas of a cathedral, where closed-door restaurants hide behind unmarked facades in Palermo, and where a cortado at a corner café carries the weight of an entire afternoon philosophy. A private city tour reveals the layers — the European grandeur of Recoleta, the raw authenticity of San Telmo's cobblestones, the color and noise of La Boca. Evenings belong to the table: Don Julio for the definitive Argentine grill experience, followed by Rojo Tango — an intimate dinner show where the dance is performed close enough to feel the breath of each movement. Late-night Buenos Aires unfolds from speakeasy cocktail bars in Palermo to milongas where locals dance until dawn with the seriousness of people who believe tango is not performance but conversation.

Days 1-4

MENDOZA

¨Where the Andes pour into your glass¨

The flight lands you at the foot of the highest peaks in the Americas, but here the mountains serve a different purpose — they create the conditions for some of the finest wine on Earth. Mendoza is Argentina's answer to Napa, Bordeaux, and Barossa, but with an altitude, intensity, and informality entirely its own. Days unfold among premier estates in the Uco Valley — private tastings where winemakers pour straight from barrel, explaining what happens when Malbec meets alluvial soils at fifteen hundred meters. The crescendo is dinner at a Francis Mallmann restaurant — the chef who redefined Argentine fire cooking for the world. Open flame, slow time, primal flavors elevated to art.