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Calle Florida (Florida street)   Buenos Aires

Calle Florida (Florida street), Buenos Aires

 35 Reviews  This is an advice to all travellers, whenever you are walking downtown, especially at Calle Florida, be very careful. If you're stopping out at Corrientes and Florida, at the front of Burger King,... 

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Leather   Buenos Aires

Leather, Buenos Aires

 30 Reviews  hi guys - I don't know if self promotion is allowed on here (most people see to do it under the cover of guests and reviewers :P) but we have just started making leather products in argentina. It has... 

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Galerías Pacífico Shopping Mall   Buenos Aires

Galerías Pacífico Shopping Mall, Buenos Aires

 31 Reviews  Inside Galerias Pacifico you have the "Centro Cultural Borges" a cultural center. It's worth entering Galerias Pacifico to see the ceilings! Dentro de las Galerias Pacificos esta el Centro Cultural... 

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Alto Palermo Shopping Mall   Buenos Aires

Alto Palermo Shopping Mall, Buenos Aires

 6 Reviews  The Alto Palermo shopping center is a very modern mall in the Palermo neighborhood. It is a very short taxi ride from downtown or Recoleta. From my apartment it was less than $4 pesos. The mall is at... 

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Patio Bullrich Shopping Mall   Buenos Aires

Patio Bullrich Shopping Mall, Buenos Aires

 8 Reviews  Opened in 1988, decorated in and elegant and classical style, it is located in the vicinity of embassies, theatres and prestigious hotels. It houses 80 shops, a food hall with capacity for up to 800... 

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Unicenter Shopping Mall   Buenos Aires

Unicenter Shopping Mall, Buenos Aires

 4 Reviews  In my opinion the best mall in the city. Located 30 minutes from downtown Buenos Aires, Unicenter hosts all the most well known brands around the world as well as a 14 theatre complex and probably... 

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Abasto Shopping Mall   Buenos Aires

Abasto Shopping Mall, Buenos Aires

 6 Reviews  Abasto de Buenos Aires Shopping is one of the buildings with more history of the city, that of the Market of Abasto, main supplier of fruits and vegetables of the Buenos Aires of ends of last century.... 

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Antiques   Buenos Aires

Antiques, Buenos Aires

 3 Reviews  To get an idea of the wealth the powerful families in Buenos Aires possess, head to the 1000 block of Calle Defensa. Every store on this block, including Pallarolls, sells antiques, from crystal lamps... 

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Books   Buenos Aires

Books, Buenos Aires

 6 Reviews  Every book lover has his favourite bookshop. For me, the majestic and stunning El Ateneo is the most beautiful bookshop I've ever seen. It's one of the best bookshops in the city and the biggest of... 

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BUENOS AIRES: ONCE

by swesn

If you are in need of an extra duffel bag to toss in all your new shopping, some candles for your seance or witchcraft practice, to replace a missing Buddha, frivolous shopping for cheap clothes and costume jewelleries, etc... head to the area near the Once (pronounced On-Say) Station.This is roughly bordered by Av Pueyrredon, Av Rivadavia, Av Corrientes and Av Callao. And here is where most of the Chinese shop-keepers had located themselves. And so, here you can find their impossibly cheap and low-quality goods.If you need items for your handicrafts (be it candle-making, jewellery-making, etc...), this is the place to hunt for such things as well.Even if you don't need anything, just drop by here for a look-see, to experience the other end of Buenos Aires shopping - trashy shopping. Unimportant things that you need and can afford to buy the cheap stuff

BUENOS AIRES : BOOKSHOPS WITH ENGLISH BOOKS

by swesn

Intellectual Buenos Aires is a bookshop paradise. In fact, the Argentinians have one of the highest literacy rate - 96% - in the world.If you read Spanish, you will be spoilt for choices for the MANY VERY GOOD Spanish Literature in the hundreds of bookshops (new and used) EVERYWHERE and you will probably come out very broke. If you are looking for English books, here are my recommendations after scouring all over city for 2 months...ABC at Avenida Cordoba 685 has VERY INTELLECTUAL AND GOOD English books but VERY EXPENSIVE. All are priced in US$ and British Pounds.LIBRERIA RODRIGUEZ, Sarmiento 835 / another branch on Florida, has a not-bad selection of GOOD English books. But they are misguided about our choices by stocking a whole section of classics and Shakespeare (as if WE read those…).EL ALTENEO, Florida 340 / Santa Fe 1860, has thrillers and the usual Danielle Steel, John Grisham,...

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CORDOBA : PASEO DE LAS ARTES

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If you have read my other Shopping Tips, you would have figured that I am crazy about local handicraft stalls, weekend markets, etc... and you are absolutely right!In each city, I try to find the weekend or daily market to visit. For those local produce markets, it is more to people-watch, get into the 'vein' of the city as people go about their regular shopping, to check out what are the things sold, etc...For handicraft markets, I love it even more. On the one hand, I get to join in the festive atmosphere and watch the people relax, interact, enjoy the shopping, food and the company of their friends and families. On the other, the handicraft on sale can be very interesting as well, if they are original and creative.But, more often than not, especially in the other countries I have been (not Argentina), the goods sold are imported, mass-produced goods (like bags, trinkets, etc...) of...

MENDOZA : FERIA AT PLAZA ESPANA

by swesn

Among the 4 plazas that are located equidistant from Plaza Independencia, my favourite is Plaza Espana. It has lovely ceramic tiles, fountains, wrought-iron street lamps and an Andalusian atmosphere.What makes it more special is the weekend handicraft market here at Plaza Espana. There are a few other handicraft markets in Plaza Independencia and other places, but personally, the one at Plaza Espana is the most diverse and interesting. Bottles of preserves, wooden craft like furniture, kitchenwares, hand-crafted jewellery, knitwear, etc...

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BUENOS AIRES: LEATHER

by swesn

Tourists usually get accosted along Calle Florida by leather touts. I believe the prices there are much higher.Walk along Avenida Corrientes to the area between Avenida Callao and Avenida Pueyrredon. You should be able to find shops selling leather goods, like wallets, belts, etc... that are reasonably-priced. Leather goods

BUENOS AIRES: FERIA DE MATADEROS

by swesn

On Sundays and Public Holidays (from 2pm onwards), in the outskirts of Buenos Aires' centre - Mataderos - there is a huge weekend market for the 'gauchos' (cowboys). Mataderos is a neighbourhood of abattoirs that slaughter the cows that we have been eating. Yep, I have only seen sizzling 'asados' and 'bifes' but someone must slice up the cows into bite-size for us. You will be able to smell a rancid odour once you are near there.The market is crowded with a lot of craft stalls and restaurants selling bifes, choripans, etc... Sometimes, there are 'gauchos' performing stunts like riding horses while trying to spear a ring.But what is really lovely are the music and dancers. There is a 'live' band performing traditional folk music. Dancers can be found snapping their fingers and swirling around to the tunes of chamame, gato, chacarera, zamba, etc… These are not professional dancers, mind...

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BUENOS AIRES: SAN ISIDRO WEEKEND MARKET

by swesn

San Isidro has a moderately large weekend craft market that is worthwhile to take a look if you wish to spend a quiet weekend away from Buenos Aires' city centre.San Isidro is a upper-class suburb a little bit to the north. To get there, you take the train from Retiro (the one heading towards Tigre).Once you get off at San Isidro station, ask around for the 'feria' (fair) or watch where the main cathedral is and wander there. Very lovely handicrafts, jewellery, clothes, bags, etc...

BUENOS AIRES : PARQUE RIVADAVIA

by swesn

Half hidden behind the second-hand book stalls at Parque Rivadavia are not-so-legal MP3, DVDs, etc... At 5 Arg Pesos a pop... Enough said. Second-hand (or more like, multiple-hand) books that disintegrate into smithereens when you touch themNot-so-legal MP3, DVDs which you choose by catalogue and then the seller disappears somewhere for a few minutes before surfacing with the goods.

BUENOS AIRES : FERIA HIPPIE AT PLAZA FRANCIA

by swesn

The Hippie Fair in Plaza Francia, near the Cemetery Recoleta is on every weekend and public holidays from around noon onwards. It is a great place to browse for various sorts of handicrafts (some, very artistic indeed), self-made clothes and candles, mate cups, jewellery, trinkets and various Argentinian souvenirs, etc… and people-watch. Sometimes, there are bands performing in the park. You can have Tarot card readings here too. After spending more than 2 months here in Buenos Aires, I have to add that this is indeed my favourite 'feria' in this city in terms of the quality of the crafts and the size. Very artistic hand-crafted jewelleries, clothes, tango figurines, leather bags, belts and shoes, knitted scarves and bags, very creative displays of all sorts, e.g. clocks, signs, etc...

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BUENOS AIRES : CALLE FLORIDA AND CALLE LAVALLE

by swesn

They are apparently the only two pedestrian malls in the centre of Buenos Aires. The shopping streets are lined with music outlets, bookshops, cafes and take-aways, clothing, internet cabins, locutorios telephone cabins, snack kiosks, newspaper kiosks, ice-cream parlours, cinemas, etc… everything that anyone ever needs in a city.The cheapest internet cabins are found along these streets and late in the night, close to mid-night or so during the weekends, some shops are still opened!To be honest, in terms of shopping for leather goods or clothes, this is not really the right place as they are quite expensive (especially along Calle Florida) due to the high tourist traffic. But it is still a great place to people-watch, enjoy the hustle and bustle of the city and catch some street performances like tango or musicians and 'statues', etc... A delightful place! Mainly for enjoying the...

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Questions and Answers

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Q:  hey guys i'll be in BsAs from 15th of december until end of january. sadly i don't have really time to travel around, only 4... 

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A: Only one night in Ushuaia! You're joking! All that way! There is so much to see on both land and water. I suggest that you look at the travel guides section of VT as... 

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