Behind a nondescript door that looks like the entrance to an office building hides the cavernous La Catedral del Tango. The Cathedral is a unique milonga (tango ballroom) where tango aficionados and novices gather to … [Read more...]
Buenos Aires Tango Festival & World Cup
Every August it's time to put on a sultry face and slide into a tight embrace on the dance floor at the Buenos Aires’ Tango Festival. At this yearly tango festival, tango aficionados and international visitors enjoy … [Read more...]
Dancing through Time: The World Tango Museum
Above the illustrious watering-hole, Café Tortoni is another site of interest that is saturated with Argentine history but often overlooked: The World Tango Museum. Sponsored by the National Academy of Tango, El Museo … [Read more...]
Gay Tango in Buenos Aires: Taking The Milonga Back to its Roots
Tango is the dance that is synonymous with Argentina in most traveler's minds. Few know, though, that in its beginning the dance was frequently practiced between men with no women in sight. When the immigrants landed … [Read more...]
Best of the San Telmo Fair: Tango
San Telmo 'Tango for Instagram' Plaza Dorrego, at the corner of Defensa and Humberto Primo, at the very heart of the San Telmo Fair, is the capital of tango as a commodity in Buenos Aires on Sundays. There is often a … [Read more...]