Recoleta

Recoleta is a downtown residential neighborhood in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina; it is an area of great historical and architectural interest, due to its European-inspired architecture as well as the distinguished Recoleta Cemetery. It is also an important tourist destination and cultural center of the city.It is also one of the most affluent neighborhoods and it is one of the priciest real estate in the city.The Recoleta is accessible by the “D Line” and the “H Line” of the Buenos Aires Subway, which passes through the neighborhood.Geographical locationThe Recoleta neighborhood is composed of the area limited by Montevideo and Uruguay Streets, Córdoba Avenue, Mario Bravo and Coronel Díaz Streets, Las Heras Avenue, Tagle Street, the F.G.B.M railway, Jerónimo Salguero Street, and by the Río de La Plata or River Plate.Neighboring communities are Retiro to the southeast, San Nicolás, Balvanera and Almagro to the south, and Palermo to the northwest, and the River Plate to the northeast.