Recoleta

Buenos Aires

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November 22nd 2007
Two updates in one day! So, Buenos Aires is pretty much everything we had heard and more. We stayed in a very nice neighbourhood, Recoleta, which is close to the center of the city. It was undoubtedly the biggest city either of us had ever been in with a population of around fourteen million. The central area doesn´t feel overwhelmingly large but driving into the city took a very long time. ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more