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La Catedral

Sarmiento 4006, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ranked #22 of 74 nightlife in Buenos Aires
4.0 of 5 stars 26 Reviews
Type: Dance Club/ Discos, Bar/ Clubs
Activities: Drinking, Dancing
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San Luis Potosi, Mexico
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51 reviews 51 reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
22 helpful votes 22 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 3, 2012

This is a very nice cathedral in the Plaza de Mayo. Definitely worth a visit, don't forget to visit the resting place of Gral San Martin inside the Cathedral. More

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Maryland
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108 reviews 108 reviews
Reviews in 53 cities Reviews in 53 cities
47 helpful votes 47 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 25, 2012

This fine metropolitan church is off to the side on centrally located Plaza de Mayo. We liked the fine Spanish architecture and the side chapels were delightfully quiet places of meditation. Walk up by the high altar; it's quite magnificent. The whole place shows the splendor that the founders of this country lavished on their most important church. More

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Paris, France
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6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed January 28, 2012
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I fully agree with the previous reviews on the originality and ambiance of the place. Deserves certainly the visit. However the classes get too much crowded with tourists that are more interested in having fun than learning the basics of tango. The result is quite bad as even if the teachers try their best you will keep bumping to the... More

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ohio
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18 reviews 18 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed January 1, 2012

This seemed like a very authentic place. We went with friends who live in Buenos Aires and watched dance lessons. It was very fun just to watch and have a drink. We left around 10 pm on a week night and there was a line out the door of people waiting to get in so go early! More

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Barcelona
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13 reviews 13 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed December 31, 2011
1
person found this review helpful

I went to La Catedral three times and I know it for sure now: it's a touristic trap. Expensive, low quality and non-interested teachers. Within a week the price went from 25 to 30 pesos a person, the lessons are overcrowded (yesterday 70 persons, impossible to learn something!) and the teachers are completely non-interested in teaching. The teacher yesterday at... More

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See 6 more reviews by Mariano_Slutzky for Buenos Aires
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Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed December 21, 2011
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person found this review helpful

As the other reviews say, the atmosphere here is worth going for alone with it's sultry dimly lit dance hall and eclectic shabby-chic furnishing. The empanadas are cheap and tasty too. We'd never danced Tango before and paid 30 pesos for a lesson but the instruction was minimal so we didn't learn much. I wish I'd learnt the basics before... More

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed December 1, 2011

I went there to Tango on a Friday night. I'm an intermediate level dancer. This was the 5th lesson-milonga I'd been to that week. I paid 30 pesos for the 8 pm lesson. It was chaotic and a disastor. Sure, the teachers could dance, but they had no idea how to teach. Si I forked out another 30 pesos andtook... More

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Oslo, Norway
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22 reviews 22 reviews
Reviews in 11 cities Reviews in 11 cities
9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed December 1, 2011

This is a very special place, wery different from the touristic and pricy tango shows. The atmosphere is special, the music and dance wery relaxed, and you feel more like getting in to a shipyard than a club. Unforgetable atmosphere! More

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Toronto, Canada
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18 reviews 18 reviews
Reviews in 9 cities Reviews in 9 cities
20 helpful votes 20 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed July 27, 2011
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This place is something else! It's got this gypsy feel to it with all furniture and decore looking like it's the most unmatching collection from a yard sale. It feels a bit weird at first but it really grows on you and by the end you love it. The tango lesson at the beginning was amaizing and surprisingly long, I... More

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Los Angeles, California
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9 reviews 9 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed June 27, 2011
1
person found this review helpful

I felt like I had been transported to such a sweet place. We went on a Tuesday night and it was packed. Get there around 8pm for a table and better food service. The dance lessons start at 8pm. It's an enormous old warehouse sweetly decorated with found objects. The night we were there an amazing band played, people danced,... More

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