Day 1

Arrive at our hotel in Montevideo on Friday morning where your experienced tour leader and football Aficionado Ariel Goldstein will be waiting to greet you.  We will enjoy a tour of the city and a group welcome dinner to get acquainted with your fellow football enthusiasts.​

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Day 2

Visit Museo del Fútbol at Estadio Centenario, the only FIFA monument in the world.  We will then visit Peñarol's 1930 pitch (it doesn’t exist anymore), the place where the first World Cup game was played and where the first goal was scored.  Later in the day we will watch our first match in Montevideo (Peñarol or Club Nacional).

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Day 3

Visit Peñarol’s museum and the gate where the Jules Rimet was presented for the first time.

After lunch we will attend our second match (Peñarol or Club Nacional).

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Day 4

We will take a guided tour of Gran Parque Central, the home stadium of Club Nacional and the Uruguayan national team before the Estadio Centenario was built.  You will have some free time in the afternoon.

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Day 5

We will leave our Montevideo hotel and set off for Buenos Aires but before crossing the Rio de la Plata we will visit the Colonia del Sacramento, the oldest city in Uruguay and a UNESCO World Heritage site.  After lunch we will take our 1 hour ferry crossing to Buenos Aires.

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Day 6

After breakfast we will visit Entre Tiempos to meet our Argentinian football expert, historian Esteban Bekerman.  Here we will discover how the beautiful game has developed in Buenos Aires ensuring be are fully prepared for exploring the game over the next few days.  Later in the day we experience the unparalleled match day experience in Buenos Aires for the first time*. 

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Day 7

This morning we head to La Boca to explore the neighbourhood renowned for its vibrant colours, tango sounds and the famous La Bombonera stadium.  We will visit 'the chocolate box' for a stadium tour and explore Boca Juniors' extensive museum.  We will also see the site of the original River Plate pitch before the 'Los Millonarios' moved out of the barrio in 1938.  In the afternoon we will move onto the barrio of Barracas, the neighborhood that has yielded so many skilful players and most famously Alfredo Di Stefano.  Barracas is also where the 'godfather' of Argentinian football Alexander Watson Hutton set up the Buenos Aires English High School and the first great team Alumni.

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Day 8

This morning we take time to discover some key Argentinian history outside of football and visit the Evita Peron museum and the Falkland Islands memorial.  In the afternoon we move onto the barrio of Belgrano to visit Argentina's largest stadium and home of River Plate, El Monumental for a stadium and museum tour.  Before heading back to the hotel we will visit the nearby ESMA Museum Site of Memory where innocent Argentinians were taken for punishment under the rule of the military junta whilst the 1978 World Cup was being hosted.  

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Day 9

We travel to La Paternal to dedicate the morning to 'El Pibe de Oro' (the Golden Boy) Diego Armando Maradona.  Esteban Bekerman will guide us through Maradona's home barrio where we will see the numerous murals and visit Casa D10S the house given to Diego and his family when he signed for Argentinos Juniors at 15 years old.  We will then continue our Maradona pilgrimage at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona for a guided tour of the stadium and museum which is another shine to the Argentine legend.

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In the afternoon we will enjoy our 2nd match in Buenos Aires*.​

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Day 10

We will visit Boedo the hometown of San Lorenzo which is the club of Pope Francis.  We will take a guided walk through the neighbourhood and discover the 20+ wall art paintings on the history of San Lorenzo.​  Later in the day we will watch our 3rd and final match in Buenos Aires*.​​​

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Day 11

All good things must come to and end and sadly today we must say goodbye to Buenos Aires and make out way back home.