Palermo Viejo Tour, Asado Cooking Class in Buenos Aires
The Argentine ‘asado’ (barbecue) is a longstanding local tradition and this small-group tour lets you experience it just like a local. Explore the lively Palermo Viejo neighborhood and purchase ingredients from local butchers, bakeries, and wine shops; enjoy a wine tasting with local charcuterie; get hands-on preparing the parrilla, making chimichurri sauce, and barbecuing the perfect steak; then sit down for an asado feast, including wine, dessert, and traditional mate.
Highlights
- ✓Experience a traditional Argentine asado like a local
- ✓Guided walking tour of Palermo Viejo neighborhood
- ✓Wine tasting with local charcuterie at a charming wine shop
- ✓Hands-on experience: help prepare the food and learn local recipes
What you'll see & do
- ✓You will meet your guide in this luxurious private home in the trendy neighborhood of Palermo Viejo. Here, you will learn how to light the grill and make your chimichurri before heading out to the neighborhood butcher to purchase the main cut of steak for your lunch.
- ✓Once out in the neighborhood, you will get a little bit of neighborhood history and discover how this once-sleepy residential neighborhood became one of the trendiest and liveliest neighborhoods in the city.
- ✓We stop at this picturesque and lively plaza to learn a little bit more neighborhood and Argentine history.
- ✓The plaza was turned into an urban vegetable garden by the city. It is managed by the Don Julio restaurant. All of the food generated by the garden is donated to local neighborhood kitchens. All of the neighbors, as well as the restaurant, can take their organic waste to the gargen's compost center.
- ✓We walk down this narrow street called "pasaje" and learn the history of the origins of the neighborhood and why these streets exist. There is a lot of street art along these quaint narrow streets.
- ✓On the weekends, the plaza hosts a weekend fair. This plaza was ground zero for the creation of the neighborhood.
- ✓We walk down another quaint narrow pasaje and admire some more street art.
- ✓We stop at this charming little wine shop and pick out the bottles to accompany our meal, but not before enjoying a wine tasting with local charcuterie.
What's included
- ✓Guide during walking tour of the neighborhood
- ✓All food and beverages
- ✓A full meal including water, wine, beer, appetizers, first course, salad, main course, dessert and mate
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Minimum drinking age is 18 years
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Palermo Viejo Tour, Asado Cooking Class in Buenos Aires
The Argentine ‘asado’ (barbecue) is a longstanding local tradition and this small-group tour lets you experience it just like a local. Explore the lively Palermo Viejo neighborhood and purchase ingredients from local butchers, bakeries, and wine shops; enjoy a wine tasting with local charcuterie; get hands-on preparing the parrilla, making chimichurri sauce, and barbecuing the perfect steak; then sit down for an asado feast, including wine, dessert, and traditional mate.
Highlights
- ✓Experience a traditional Argentine asado like a local
- ✓Guided walking tour of Palermo Viejo neighborhood
- ✓Wine tasting with local charcuterie at a charming wine shop
- ✓Hands-on experience: help prepare the food and learn local recipes
What you'll see & do
- ✓You will meet your guide in this luxurious private home in the trendy neighborhood of Palermo Viejo. Here, you will learn how to light the grill and make your chimichurri before heading out to the neighborhood butcher to purchase the main cut of steak for your lunch.
- ✓Once out in the neighborhood, you will get a little bit of neighborhood history and discover how this once-sleepy residential neighborhood became one of the trendiest and liveliest neighborhoods in the city.
- ✓We stop at this picturesque and lively plaza to learn a little bit more neighborhood and Argentine history.
- ✓The plaza was turned into an urban vegetable garden by the city. It is managed by the Don Julio restaurant. All of the food generated by the garden is donated to local neighborhood kitchens. All of the neighbors, as well as the restaurant, can take their organic waste to the gargen's compost center.
- ✓We walk down this narrow street called "pasaje" and learn the history of the origins of the neighborhood and why these streets exist. There is a lot of street art along these quaint narrow streets.
- ✓On the weekends, the plaza hosts a weekend fair. This plaza was ground zero for the creation of the neighborhood.
- ✓We walk down another quaint narrow pasaje and admire some more street art.
- ✓We stop at this charming little wine shop and pick out the bottles to accompany our meal, but not before enjoying a wine tasting with local charcuterie.
What's included
- ✓Guide during walking tour of the neighborhood
- ✓All food and beverages
- ✓A full meal including water, wine, beer, appetizers, first course, salad, main course, dessert and mate
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Minimum drinking age is 18 years
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.