December 19th
Since when we went to Recoleta we hadn’t visited the cemetery we decided to do it today. Normally going to a cemetery is not my idea of how to spend time, however I had seen some pictures of the cemetery in advance and was really intrigued by the monuments and the whole areas being almost like a walled neighbourhood – strange but you have to see it to understand what I mean.
Racoleta Cemetery
You can buy a map outside the entrance to keep as a souvenir or just follow the crowds of people to find Evita’s family grave. It is certainly not the most impressive of the graves but a mandatory stop.
Evita's Grave
Before going to the cemetery we visited the design mall which is very near the cemetery. The mall includes indoor and outdoor areas and has wonderful restaurants with terrace seating. There are also many shops and furniture stores inside. You may consider having lunch or a break here either before or after visiting the cemetery.
Design Center
In the evening – Puerto Madero
We had yet to visit the Puerto Madero area so we decided to take a walk there from our hotel to check it out and maybe have some dinner. We walked from our hotel all the way along the port to the very end. The area is filled with restaurants (basically there are only restaurants and hotels there). It you like eating at touristy areas this is the perfect area for you. We found the restaurant to be generally overpriced and had a feeling of urban gentrification. None-the-less we did enjoy the walk along the port and watching the young couples in love cuddling up on the many benches overlooking the water. I am not exaggerating when I say every single bench was built for two and occupied by such.
Along out walk we came across the Catholic University and were completely perplexed by the egg carnage that was all over the sidewalk. We later learned that this is a tradition in which those graduating from University are targets for eggs and flower. There must have been two solid blocks of egg and flower all over the sidewalk.
If you decide to take the walk along the port, may I suggest that you do not start at one end and walk to the other, it is a very long walk and the university takes up big portion of it in the middle and there is really nothing to see at that part.
You may visit the well known restaurant Cabana Las Lilas which is near the beginning of the port. The other end of the port has less expensive restaurants and if going there you may wish to take a taxi (save your legs).
We were tired after all of our walking and decided to call it a night rather than have dinner.
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