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Day 3 Buenos Aires • Hydrofoil to lasts even longer than that of Rio’s—a full
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Rio de la Plata. Our nautical journey will be most important theater and the second largest
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For lunch, we’ll head to Mercado del Puerto,
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our adventure: Uruguay.
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plenty of history, culture, and rugged
This afternoon is free for you to continue
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on your own tonight.
Sacramento, a former Portuguese settlement
whose enchanting colonial architecture earned Breakfast, Lunch
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After having our passports stamped at
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.ZWZYTLɪ^ Barrio Histórico, or historic district, Today, we’ll transfer overland to José Ignacio,
passing by the town’s main square, church, a beach town on Uruguay’s southeastern
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views of the Rio de la Plata below. winery to have lunch and to sample tannat,
the full-bodied and tannin-rich red wine for
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transfer lasting a little over two hours to reach
is thought to have originated in southwest
Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital and our home
France (the French-sounding “tannat” being
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a reference to the high tannin content found
hotel, and you’ll have the rest of the evening
in wines produced with this grape), but never
free to get acquainted with the city. Dinner
achieved the popularity of other French wines
this evening is on your own.
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considered Uruguay’s “national grape.”
Day 4 Explore Montevideo
After lunch, we’ll continue on to José Ignacio,
Home to nearly half of the nation’s
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population, Montevideo is a beachy,
into our hotel and you’ll have the rest of the
cosmopolitan city that many visitors
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Dinner tonight is on your own.
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(Montevideo’s Carnaval, it’s worth noting, Breakfast, Lunch
Itinerary Subject to Change. For Information or reservations, call 1-800-955-1925
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