Adath Jeshurun Journey to Argentina

• Departure from the United States.

• Arrive in Buenos Aires.
• Meet the guide and travel into the city.
• Visit Santa Fe Blvd, one of Buenos Aires’ most famous shopping streets, with both small local shops and large national and international chains, restaurants, pubs and all things shopping, for personal exploration with lunch on own.
• Proceed to El Ateneo Bookstore, one of the city’s hidden treasures for book lovers – one of the largest bookstores in South America and certainly the most luxurious, located inside a former theater, keeping all of the elegance and glamour of the Teatro Gran Splendid.
• Check in to the hotel, with time to rest and freshen up before dinner.
• Dinner at a local restaurant.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• “The Story of Argentina’s Jews” – meeting with a speaker in the hotel.
• Visit the Jewish Museum, detailing the history of the first Jewish immigrants, and the “Congregación Israelita de la República Argentina”, known as “Libertad” the name of the street where it is located.
• Lunch on own.
• The Yesod Hada’at Halebi (Aleppo) synagogue, founded in in 1932.
• Visit the Pasteur Amia Subway station to see the cartoons illustrating the terrorist attack on the AMIA headquarters building in 1994, destroying 85 lives, with Yom Hazikaron commemoration.
• Visit AMIA (Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina), the main Jewish-Ashkenazi Community Center.
• Visit the Holocaust Museum – Museuo Des Holocausto.
• Return to the hotel.
• Dinner at a local restaurant.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• See an unusual side of Buenos Aires on this 3-hour walking tour of the city’s prolific street art. Meet the city’s graffiti artists and visit the neighborhoods of Colegiales, Chacarita, Villa Crespo and Palermo.
• Lunch on own.
• Continue to the Malba, the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires. The mission of MALBA is to collect, conserve, study and create awareness of Latin America art from the early 20th century to present.
• Guided tour of the Colon Theater, one of the world’s best known opera houses and the cultural pride of the “porteños” (as the inhabitants of Buenos Aires are called). The opera house is one of the most stunning buildings in the city and has been a landmark since it was built in 1908.
• Return to the hotel.
• Dinner on own.
• Join local Jewish community Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Walk along the charming, cobbled alleys and colonial architecture of San Telmo, to the picturesque district of La Boca, from the Plaza de Mayo -dominated by the Casa Rosada (Government House), the National Bank, the Cathedral and the Cabildo, up the Avenida de Mayo.
• Take part in a vegetarian Empanada Culinary Workshop, with an Empanada and wine lunch.
• Return to the hotel for rest and relaxation.
• Tango Show and Dinner at Café de los Angelitos, which for over a century, has been one of the most traditional cafes in Buenos Aires. Founded in 1890 as Bar Rivadavia, it soon became the meeting point for poets, musicians, and amateur folk singers.

• Breakfast at the hotel
• City exploration of Buenos Aires, the second largest country in Latin America, which boasts one of the largest Jewish communities in the region, mostly concentrated in Buenos Aires. Visit Palermo, Palermo Parks, Belgrano, Villa Crespo.
• Visit the Le Dor V’Dor Jewish Facility, for a special pre–Shabbat Kabbalat Shabbat program with residents, including a light lunch.
• Afternoon possibilities:
  • Bike Ride at the coastal Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve, with its paths through the forested
    areas along the wetlands and river leading to the coast
  • Various touring recommendations will be provided
  • Free time
• Shabbat begins (5:52 pm)
• Kabbalat Shabbat at Comunidad Amijai.
• Festive Shabbat dinner with local community members.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Optional Shabbat Services at Comunidad Benei Tikva.
• Free time for personal exploration.
• Optional visit to the Immigration Museum (on own), which is housed in the former immigrants hotel, where immigrants spent the first couple of days after arriving in Argentina until they found a place to live.
• Late afternoon Recoleta Walking Tour through the elegant turn-of-the-century district of Recoleta that earned Buenos Aires the soubriquet of the Paris of South America, concluding with personal reflections and a Shabbat spiritual moment at one of the local parks.
• Explore the fascinating Recoleta Cemetery, where a short but essential visit will allow you discover the facts, stories and anecdotes that make up the colorful tapestry of the history of Buenos Aires.
• Havdalah (6:48 pm)
• Dinner and evening on own.
• Pack overnight bag for Iguazu and put the remaining luggage in storage.

• Early breakfast at the hotel and check out of the hotel.
• Transfer to Aeroparque Domestic Airport
• Flight to Puerto Iguazú.
• Arrive at Puerto Iguazú Airport (Igr)
• Drive to the Argentinian National Park.
• Argentine Falls – This excursion takes you to Devil’s Throat waterfalls, the most spectacular segment of Iguazú Falls, and the Upper and Lower trails of the Argentine National Park. The experience begins with a 20-minute train ride through the dense jungle, home to amazing plant and animal life as well as a myriad of butterflies. Walk out across the upper Iguazú River leading to the breath-taking Devil’s Throat Gorge Viewpoint. Take the train back to Cataratas Station, and walk along the Upper Trail for a close-up view of the falls and across the Iguazú River to the Brazilian National Park and San Martín Island, with Lunch at El Fortin Restaurant (located inside the National Park).
• Travel to hotel and check-in.
• Dinner at the hotel.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Depart hotel.
• Half Day Brazilian side of the Iguazú Falls
• Lunch inside the National Park.
• Return to Puerto Iguazú city.
• Visit to Güira Oga – the “House of Birds” – an NGO that works to recover injured animals, some of whom have been rescued from illegal trafficking.
• Return to the hotel.
• Festive farewell dinner at the Argentine Experience Restaurant in Iguazu, a hands-on, explanatory culinary experience and introduction to the Argentine kitchen.

• Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
• Transfer to Iguazu Airport (IGR) for flight to Buenos Aires (AEP).
• Arrive in Buenos Aires and travel to the hotel where luggage is stored.
• Free time for personal exploration and shopping, with lunch on own.
• Load luggage on bus.
• Transfer to Ezeiza Intl Airport for departure to USA.

• Arrival to U.S.

Program is subject to change, pending confirmations.