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Cementerio de la Recoleta vs Calle Defensa
Both are praised by professional reviewers. On balance, Recoleta Cemetery ranks significantly better than San Telmo. Recoleta Cemetery scores 86 with approval from 6 reviews like Afar Magazine, Time Out and Travel + Leisure.
Cementerio de la Recoleta
Fodor's
Concierge
Frommer's
Travel + Leisure
Time Out
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Junin 1790, Buenos Aires 1116, Argentina
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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."
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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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Calle Defensa
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Frommer's
"A masterpiece not just for its soaring wrought-iron interior, but for the atmosphere you'll find here."
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Travel + Leisure
"Depending on the visitor, either a lovably bohemian neighborhood of art galleries and ancient homes or a grungy neighborhood of overpriced tchotchkes."
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Travel + Leisure
"On Sundays it feels like the entire population of Buenos Aires flocks to the San Telmo neighborhood, home to a network of antiques centers that seems to stretch for miles."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"It is a lively neighbourhood, that comes into its own on Sundays,."
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Afar Magazine
"The streets surrounding the Plaza Dorrego are filled with vendors selling art, antiques and souvenirs."
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