Recoleta Walking Tour

Today we did a walking tour of the fanciest neighbourhood in Buenos Aires. Most of Recoleta was built in the late 19th and early 20th century but the buildings themselves were designed to appear much older because it looks much fancier that way 🧐👌 Today is it home to most of the embassies and other important, official sounding places for important people. Our guide Santiago was incredibly knowledgeable and told us a lot of facts and history that I can't remember now, but it was impressive at the time. He told us about Argentinas troubled political history and gave us some great insights into the mindset of Argentinians today.
We then visited the Recoleta cemetery, the resting place for Argentinas elite. The mausoleums were ridiculously grand, some incredibly ornate and others just basically huge, imposing obelisks. We finished at the tomb of Eva Peron. A morbid but fascinating end to the tour.Read more