Imagine ten-thousand roses blooming in a garden and park-like setting on a lake, close to one of the downtown cores of Buenos Aires, not far from the botanical garden and the zoo, both easy to reach on foot.
This rose garden (Rosedale in Spanish) is more than a century old and has received the International Garden Excellence Award from the World Federation of Rose Societies. As well as its roses, it features a lake with a Greek-influenced bridge, an amphitheater, an Andalusian patio, and a poets' garden with twenty-six busts of famous writers including Alfonsina Storni, Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, and the famous Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges.
The land for this garden and the surrounding park belonged to the country house of Argentine president Juan Manuel de Rosas until he was defeated in the battle of Caseros on February 3, 1852. The work to design the garden was begun by French landscaper Charles Thays who created numerous gardens and landscapes in Argentina, and was finished by his disciple Benito Carrasco in 1914.
Av Malabia (from Botanical Garden, Av Santa Fe) southwest
Paseo El Rosedal Garden
Open 10:00 am - 18.00 pm Tuesday to Sunday, closed Mondays
