By the 1940s, the tango reaches its peak of popularity, danced and performed in Buenos Aires cabarets, dance salons, social and sports clubs, and restaurants, some holding three shows a day.
The oldest café in Buenos Aires (founded in 1858), Café Tortoni ... Argentine luminaries like the feminist poet Alfonsina Storni, tango singer Carlos Gardel, and writer Jorge Luis Borges ...
Upon arrival in Buenos Aires, many visitors make a beeline for Plaza Dorrego in the San Telmo neighborhood of colonial and tango fame ... expensive restaurants, two museum ships, several hotels ...