The back story
La Plata: the planned capital
The planned capital of Buenos Aires province, laid out on a grid of diagonals, with a great Gothic Revival cathedral and the natural history museum.
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Gustavo Marcelo Farias · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsLa Plata, south-east of Buenos Aires, was planned from scratch as the capital of the province, on a grid crossed by diagonal avenues. Its great Gothic Revival cathedral faces the Plaza Moreno, and the Museo de La Plata, in the Paseo del Bosque, is a great natural history museum.
Getting there
By train from Constitución (Trenes Argentinos), or by road down the coast motorway.
The city
The cathedral on the Plaza Moreno, the Paseo del Bosque and the Museo de La Plata.
Trains run from Constitución to La Plata.
Our advice: combine the cathedral and the museum in one unhurried day.
Why it's on our list
- Getting there
- The city