Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Neighborhood Walk
Death, Art & Shopping
START
CEMENTERIO DE LA RECOLETA
END
LA BIELA CAFE
LENGTH
2-3KM; THREE HOURS
Start with a bang and visit BA's top tourist destination:
Cementerio de la Recoleta
(
Click here
). You can
easily spend hours in here examining the hundreds of elaborate sarcophagi. Turn right out of the cemetery and
swing past the upscale
Recoleta Mall
.
Head to the neo-Gothic
Facultad de Ingeniería
(
Click here
), designed by Uruguayan architect Arturo
Prins and never quite completed. It was being given a face-lift at research time so hopefully will look spiffy
when you get there.
Need to shop for your home? Then stop in at the large
Buenos Aires Design mall
, worth a look for the
most cutting-edge furniture and lifestyle products. Now cut across Plaza Francia and head to the excellent
