  We study the spaceability of the set of recurrent vectors $\text{Rec}(T)$ for
an operator $T:X\longrightarrow X$ on a Banach space $X$. In particular: we
find sufficient conditions for a quasi-rigid operator to have a recurrent
subspace; when $X$ is a complex Banach space we show that having a recurrent
subspace is equivalent to the fact that the essential spectrum of the operator
intersects the closed unit disc; and we extend the previous result to the real
case. As a consequence we obtain that: a weakly-mixing operator on a real or
complex separable Banach space has a hypercyclic subspace if and only if it has
a recurrent subspace. The results exposed exhibit a symmetry between the
hypercyclic and recurrence spaceability theories showing that, at least for the
spaceable property, hypercyclicity and recurrence can be treated as equals.
