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El Zanjon de Granados vs Cementerio de la Recoleta
Both are endorsed by expert writers. On balance, Recoleta Cemetery ranks slightly higher than El Zanjon de Granados. Recoleta Cemetery ranks #5 in Buenos Aires with approval from 7 sources like Fodor's, Travel + Leisure and Afar Magazine.
El Zanjon de Granados
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Defensa 755, San Telmo, Buenos Aires 1065, Argentina
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Fodor's
"The street it's on was once a small river—the zanjón, or gorge, of the property's name—where the first, unsuccessful attempt to found Buenos Aires took place in 1536."
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Concierge
"In 1985, local businessman Jorge Eckstein bought a semiabandoned San Telmo town house built in the 1830s by the wealthy Miguens family."
Travel + Leisure
"Historic in architectural form, this museum and event space is housed in a 178-year-old mansion–turned–boarding house that once sat atop the city’s earliest sewer system."
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Time Out
"Part archaeological museum, part event space, El Zanjón is a beautifully restored residence encapsulating three centuries of urban living."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"A fascinating place to visit."
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Cementerio de la Recoleta
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Junin 1790, Buenos Aires 1116, Argentina
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"The ominous gates, Doric-columned portico, and labyrinthine paths of the city's oldest cemetery (1822) may leave you with a sense of foreboding."
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Concierge
"A who's who of Argentinean bold-faced names rests among Recoleta Cemetery's tombs and mausoleums, from the Alvears and the Dorregos to heavyweight boxer Luis Ángel Firpo."
Frommer's
"Open daily from 8am to 6pm, this is the final resting place of many of the wealthiest and most important Argentine historical figures."
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Travel + Leisure
"With more than 4,700 ornate stone crypts laid out along a streetlike grid, this graveyard is an architectural masterpiece, and an eerie miniature city for the wealthy dead."
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Time Out
"The cemetery, opened in 1822, is home to hundreds of illustrious corpses, laid out in a compact yet very extensive maze of granite, marble and bronze mausoleums."
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