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Cementerio de la Recoleta vs Jardin Botanico

Both are rated highly by experts. Overall, Recoleta Cemetery scores slightly higher than Jardin Botanico. Recoleta Cemetery scores 90 with accolades from 7 publications like Fodor's, Frommer's and Travel + Leisure.

Cementerio de la Recoleta
Cementerio de la Recoleta
8 / 10
Junin 1790, Buenos Aires 1116, Argentina
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Fodor's Fodor's
"The ominous gates, Doric-columned portico, and labyrinthine paths of the city's oldest cemetery (1822) may leave you with a sense of foreboding." Full review
Concierge 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 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." Full review
Travel + Leisure 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." Full review
Time Out 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." Full review
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Jardin Botanico
Jardin Botanico
8 / 10
Av. Santa Fe 3951, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Fodor's Fodor's
"With 18 acres of gardens and 5,500 varieties of exotic and local flora, the Carlos Thays Botanical Garden is an unexpected green haven wedged between three busy Palermo streets." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"This welcoming green haven, built by the prolific French-Argentine landscape architect Carlos Thays in 1898, is an ideal place for a Sunday-afternoon ramble."
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Escape the din of Plaza Italia inside this lush botanical garden, designed by renowned landscape architect Carlos Thays and opened in 1898." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Designed by celebrated French landscaper Charles Thays and inaugurated in 1898, BA's botanical garden is slightly shabby but nonetheless tranquil and full of fascinating flora." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Buenos Aires Botanical Garden has plants from Argentina and abroad, aromatic and endemic species, flowering plants... as well as fountains and sculptures." Full review
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