Tea Connection

Recoleta & Barrio Norte


Choose from over 20 types of black, red and green teas and health-conscious sandwiches, salads, vegetable tarts and pastries at this successful cafe chain. Other nearby locations include at Arenales 2102 and Montevideo 1655; see the website for further branches.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Recoleta & Barrio Norte attractions

1. Facultad de Ingeniería

0.13 MILES

This neo-Gothic building (1912), designed by Uruguayan architect Arturo Prins, is an architectural landmark.

2. Cementerio de la Recoleta

0.26 MILES

This cemetery is perhaps BA's top attraction. You can wander for hours in this incredible city of the dead, where the ‘streets’ are lined with impressive…

3. Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar

0.32 MILES

The centerpiece of this gleaming white colonial church, built by Franciscans in 1732, is a Peruvian altar adorned with silver from Argentina’s northwest…

4. Centro Cultural Recoleta

0.34 MILES

Part of the original Franciscan convent and alongside its namesake church and cemetery, this excellent cultural center houses a variety of facilities,…

5. Museo Participativo de Ciencias

0.34 MILES

This hands-on science museum designed with children in mind has interactive displays with plenty of levers to pull and buttons to press. A great place for…

6. Biblioteca Nacional

0.43 MILES

Argentina's national library dates back to 1810 and was founded in the wake of the May revolution by the country's first government, for whom access to…

7. Palais de Glace

0.47 MILES

Housed in an unusual circular building that was once an ice-skating rink and a tango hall (happily not at once, however), the spacious Palais de Glace now…

8. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

0.47 MILES

This is Argentina’s most important fine arts museum, containing many key works by Benito Quinquela Martín, Xul Solar, Eduardo Sívori and other Argentine…