Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires

Posadas 1086, Buenos Aires, Argentina Recoleta is a wealthy downtown residential barrio. It is an area of great historical and architectural interest, its iconic buildings evocative of Parisian ‘petits hôtels’. Many of the city’s most luxurious hotels can be found in Recoleta. Its tree-lined avenues house fashionable restaurants, cafes, boutiques, malls and galleries, and its parks and plazas host street performances, art exhibits and craft fairs on weekends. Look out especially for the flea market in Plaza Francia. Recoleta Cemetery, the final resting place for generations of Argentine elites, is a labyrinthine neo-classical city for the dead, not to be missed. Amongst other attractions, Recoleta is also home to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, the National Library, the Palais de Glace, the BA Design Centre and the Recoleta Cultural Centre.