The phrase "at a recent visit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a visit that occurred not long ago, often in the context of sharing observations or experiences from that visit.
Example: "At a recent visit to the museum, I was impressed by the new exhibits on display."
Alternatives: "during a recent visit" or "on a recent visit".
At a recent visit, inside the buses, the mood was solemn.
At a recent visit to the market near the Havana airport, these frustrations, hopes and fears were on view.
The mother who sat in front of her TV screen crying as she watched her own child screaming in pain, because she had accused her daughter of lying about being abused at a recent visit, can't be blamed for this.
At a recent visit to the studio, she turned fussy during the show so her father rocked her in the crook of one arm while typing song titles into a computer with his other hand.
And in London overworked entrepreneurs sip their latte at Ozone Coffee Roasters; in Berlin they gather at the Sankt Oberholz (although the latter seems more of a place to work than to talk: at a recent visit to the Oberholz, of the some 100 customers most stared into their laptops or other devices).
At a recent visit for a periodic dental cleaning, my periodontist took a few extra minutes to examine the roof and floor of my mouth, upper reaches of my gums and my tongue for white or red patches that were possible signs of an oral cancer or precancer.
REPORTER AT LARGE about a recent visit to China.
His father was a missionary… REPORTER AT LARGE about a recent visit to China.
The New Yorker, May 10 , 1982P. 49 REPORTER AT LARGE about a recent visit to China.
REPORTER AT LARGE about a recent visit to Tientsin, China, where writer spent the first eleven years of his life.
By Neil Sheehan and Susan Sheehan The New Yorker, November 18 , 1991P. 54 REPORTER AT LARGE about a recent visit to Vietnam.
