Adath Jeshurun Journey to Argentina

• Departure from the United States.

• Arrive in Buenos Aires.
• Meet the guide and travel to the hotel to drop off luggage.
• Visit Santa Fe Blvd, one of Buenos Aires’ most famous shopping streets, with many small local shops and large national chains, restaurants, cafes, 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.
• Visit the La’Dor Va’Dor Jewish Facility, with a chance to schmooze with residents.
• Check in to the hotel, with time to rest and freshen up before dinner.
• Depart hotel for dinner.
• Dinner at a local restaurant.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Argentina’s Jews and Dictatorship – meeting with a speaker in the hotel.
• Depart hotel
  • *Please bring original passports (no copies)

• 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.
• View the façade of the hospital with a mural illustrating the terrorist attack on the AMIA headquarters building in 1994, destroying 85 lives, with Yom Hazikaron commemoration.
• Lunch on own.
• Visit the Yesod Hada’at Halebi (Aleppo) synagogue, founded in in 1932 (time permitting).
• Visit AMIA (Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina), the main Jewish-Ashkenazi Community Center.
• Return to the hotel.
• Dinner at a local restaurant.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Depart 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, Villa Crespo and Palermo.
• Lunch on own.
• Continue to the Malba, the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires for a guided tour. 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 and evening on own.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Depart 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.
• Take part in a vegetarian Empanada Culinary Workshop, with an empanada and wine lunch.
• Return to the hotel for rest and relaxation.
• Tango lesson for those who pre-booked (7:00 pm, depart hotel at 6:45 pm).
• Depart hotel.
• 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.
• Depart 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.
• 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.
• Explore the fascinating Recoleta Cemetery, where a short but essential visit will allow you to discover the facts, stories and anecdotes that make up the colorful tapestry of the history of Buenos Aires.
• Return to the hotel with time to prepare for Shabbat.
• Shabbat begins.
• Depart hotel.
• Kabbalat Shabbat at Communidad Amijai.
• Festive Shabbat dinner with community members.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Optional Shabbat services at Communidad Benei Tikva, with Shabbat lunch.
• Visit the Immigration Museum, 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.
• Havdalah
• Dinner and evening on own.
• Pack overnight bag for Iguazu and put the remaining luggage in storage.

• Early breakfast (served to-go) at the hotel and check out of the hotel.

*Bring small overnight bags, passport and Brazilian visa

• 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).
• Continue to the hotel and check in.
• Dinner at the hotel.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Depart hotel.

*Please bring original passports (no copies) and Brazilian visas

• 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.
• Depart 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)
• 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.
• Departure flight.

• Arrival to U.S.

Program is subject to change, pending confirmations.