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Overview

It's easy to see how Buenos Aires could be called the Paris of the South in this grand neighborhood. Recoleta is where the rich live in luxury apartments and mansions while spending their free time sipping coffee at elegant cafes and shopping in expensive boutiques. Full of lush parks, grand monuments, art galleries, French architecture and wide avenues, Recoleta is also famous for its cemetery.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • La Recoleta Cemetery

    Cementerio de la Recoleta

    Recoleta & Barrio Norte

    This cemetery is perhaps BA's top attraction. You can wander for hours in this incredible city of the dead, where the 鈥榮treets鈥� are lined with impressive鈥�

  • Centro Cultural Recoleta

    Centro Cultural Recoleta

    Recoleta & Barrio Norte

    Part of the original Franciscan convent and alongside its namesake church and cemetery, this excellent cultural center houses a variety of facilities,鈥�

  • Bas铆lica de Nuestra Se帽ora del Pilar

    Bas铆lica de Nuestra Se帽ora del Pilar

    Recoleta & Barrio Norte

    The centerpiece of this gleaming white colonial church, built by Franciscans in 1732, is a Peruvian altar adorned with silver from Argentina鈥檚 northwest鈥�

  • Floralis Gen茅rica

    Floralis Gen茅rica

    Recoleta & Barrio Norte

    This gargantuan flower sculpture, located in the center of Plaza Naciones Unidas, is the inspired creation of architect Eduardo Catalano, who designed and鈥�

  • Palais de Glace

    Palais de Glace

    Recoleta & Barrio Norte

    Housed in an unusual circular building that was once an ice-skating rink and a tango hall (happily not at once, however), the spacious Palais de Glace now鈥�

  • Museo Participativo de Ciencias

    Museo Participativo de Ciencias

    Recoleta & Barrio Norte

    This hands-on science museum designed with children in mind has interactive displays with plenty of levers to pull and buttons to press. A great place for鈥�

  • Facultad de Ingenier铆a

    Facultad de Ingenier铆a

    Recoleta & Barrio Norte

    This neo-Gothic building (1912), designed by Uruguayan architect Arturo Prins, is an architectural landmark.

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