We really enjoyed walking in this area--beautiful tree lined streets, several interesting stores and restaurants. Many of the museums and galleries are in this area as well. Also, one of the safest places to enjoy Buenos Aires

This neighbor hood has beautiful buildings, shops, nice restaurants and coffee houses as well as quiet residential streets. It is walking distance to many of the city sites. Loved it.

Lots of colours, cool tree (one of the largest and oldest in Buenos aires. A lovely restaurant nearby called La Rambala. We really enjoyed it out “free walking” tour around here. Evita tomb is nearby and the cemetery is well worth visiting.

Thank you! In addition to its historical and aesthetic value, Recoleta is among my unforgettable memories in Argentina. I lost my cell phone while visiting Recoleta. Recoleta Cemetery staff raised the issue to their manager, Ignatius. Ignatius reacted immediately, said that he was in charge, and reassured us they would try their best to find the cell phone. Fortunately, the tourists who found the phone left their contact info at the reception in Recoleta. Ignatius contacted them. He joined us while we met them to pick up my phone, did not leave us alone in our meeting, and supported us in our communication. He was always there for us until we got the phone back and made sure we were safe. We are indebted to this honorable and great manager for making Argentina a wonderful place in our memories and for making us remember the Argentine people with gratitude. We cannot thank him and his staff enough.

Pretty calm sophisticated neighborhood in Buenos Aires. Feels safe. Easy to walk. Reminiscent of Paris in the buildings (bit thats the only aspect like Paris). A good perch for exploring Buenos Aires.

Recoleta neighborhood is awesome. We stayed a week in the neighborhood and we were very happy we did. freewalksbuenosaires has a free walking tour (3 hrs) to Retiro and Recoleta that is well worth doing. You can even schedule another tour ($10 pp + admission) to Recoleta Cemetery the same day. NOT overly taxing (I am 68; brother is 71).

Very nice section of Beunos Aires with lots of French architecture and mansions that are now embassies. I reccomend a tour to see the highlights. We were advised not to wear any jewelry and to conceal cell phones. Especially iPhones. If you stay on the busy streets and pay attention it is fairly safe. We found the cemetery tour interesting and Patio Bullrich had some nice leather goods. I also recommend the jewelry store Manu Lizarralde they have a nice selection of jewelry with the national stone Inca Rose. The owners have very reasonable pricing.

We had wonderful guide who gave a fascinating tour of the cemetary and the Recoleta neighborhood. It was perfect to have a few hours of walking in this beautiful area especially after a long flight. The tour meeting place was confusing since the hotel where we were supposed to meet was closed.

I enjoyed the tour guide very much she was quite detailed and I kind of tried to snap as many pics as I could. I liked some of the crypts had character with even an abandoned state of disaray there was something mysterious and beautiful. I plan on also visiting chacarita before I.leave.

One could spend weeks simply walking around the Recoleta neighborhood in BA and still see something new, exciting and different every day. The architecture is spectacular, the people walking outstanding and the pace of the neighborhood can be both extremely active and extremely peaceful...often at the same time. Yes, the cemetery is great...but there's so much more to the neighborhood than that. Definitely spend some time walking around and explore...you'll be rewarded with some amazing sights.