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Day Three
Explore Recoleta's famous
cemetery
; you can wander for hours among the crum-
bling sacrophagi and marble angels. It's a veritable city of the dead, fascinating
and mysterious; to seek out Evita's tomb, just follow everyone else.
Lunch
Empanadas
at El Sanjuanino (
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), one of the few cheap eateries.
Check out the
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
, Argentina's top classic arts mu-
seum. Just north is the cool sculpture
Floralis Genérica
, a giant metal flower
whose petals open during the day and close at night (when the gears are working!).
And if you've got the bucks, the city's most expensive boutiques are along
Av Alvear
,
worth a stroll to also eyeball some huge old mansions. Visit
Museo de Arte His-
panoamericano Isaac Fernández Blanco
and
Palacio Paz
, in nearby Retiro, if you like
gorgeous palaces filled with antiques.
Dinner
Looking for the locals? Then head to classic Rodi Bar (
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).
Time to drink up:
Milión
is a bar-restaurant in a beautiful old mansion,
Casa Bar
is a sports pub popular with expats, and
La Biela
is a traditional cafe-restaurant
where the upper classes loiter over lattes.
