| Near the Recoleta cemetery there are these remarkable trees. Locals call them gomeros. |
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| This single gomero was planted by the Recoleta brothers in 1809. The span of its branches is about 2/3rds of a football field. There are 9 park benches beneath it in the foreground. |
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| The Hotel Hispano where we stayed on Avenida de Mayo was built in 1913. Its skylight is motorized and retracts to turn the atrium into a central courtyard. At the rear there is a rooftop garden. Price: $18 a night. |
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