Shopping in Buenos Aires
If you're looking for soft, Argentine leather, make a beeline for Murillo street in up-and-coming Villa Crespo. The independent boutiques at Recoleta's elegant Patio Bullrich shopping centre sell local and international designer clothes. San Telmo's Sunday antiques market is a must for bargain-hunters in search of traditional Argentine souvenirs, such as decorative glass siphon soda bottles. Shops are open from Monday to Saturday (10am-8pm), and most accept major credit cards.
Abasto Shopping Center
Art Deco mall
The Abasto Shopping Center is one of the largest in Buenos Aires. The 1934
Art Deco building was converted into a mall in 1998 with several levels of
shopping, aimed at the middle and upper-middle class. It's a great place to
bring kids, with its extensive food court, enormous arcades with video
games, and especially the very fun Museo de Los Niños.
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Opening Hours
Daily 10am-10pm
Address
Av. Corrientes 3247, Buenos Aires
Telephone
+54 11/4959-3400
Patio Bullrich
Designer label shopping mall
Once a thoroughbred horse market, Patio Bullrich is now a well-heeled
designer shopping mall in Buenos Aires' Recoleta neighbourhood. Join the
locals that come here to buy high-end Argentinean and international labels,
Argentine leather and outfits to play polo in.
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Opening Hours
Daily 10am-9pm
Address
750, Avenida Libertador, Buenos Aires
Telephone
+54 11/4814-7400
Prüne
Ladies' accessories
Prüne is a chain with other branches around town and throughout Argentina,
but the Calle Florida store is among the largest. It's great for women's
accessories and small leather goods, and carries some of the best purses in
all of Buenos Aires. The store has a light, airy feel and even a back patio.
Most items are Argentine.
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Opening Hours
Daily 10am-8pm
Address
Calle Florida 963, Buenos Aires
Telephone
+54 11/4893-2634
Rossi & Caruso
Fine leather products
Offering some of the best leather products in the city since 1868, Rossi
& Caruso is the choice for visiting celebrities - the king and queen
of Spain and Prince Philip of England among them. Products include luggage,
saddles, and accessories as well as leather and chamois clothes, purses,
wallets, and belts. There is another branch in the Galerías Pacífico
mall.
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Opening Hours
Daily 9:30am-8:30pm
Address
Av. Santa Fe 1377, Buenos Aires
Telephone
+54 11/4814-4774
Recoleta Fair
Vintage finds
Recoleta Fair, which takes place Saturday and Sunday in front of Recoleta
Cemetery, offers every imaginable souvenir and type of craft, in addition to
food. One of the city's largest fairs, it completely takes over all the
walkways in the area, and even the Iglesia Pilar, Recoleta Cemetery's
church, gets involved by setting up tables of religious souvenirs in its
courtyard.
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Opening Hours
Sat-Sun 10am-7pm
Address
Plaza Francia and Plaza Alvear, Buenos Aires
Transport
Taxi
San Telmo Market
Sunday antique shopping
The café-lined Plaza Dorrego in the San Telmo neighbourhood has stalls
stacked with antiques, trinkets and tango memorabilia at the Sunday San
Telmo Market. Get there early to seek out blue glass soda siphons from
Buenos Aires' atmospheric old cafés.
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Opening Hours
Sun 10am-6pm
Address
Plaza Dorrego, Defensa, Buenos Aires
Transport
Metro: Independencia or San Juan
El Ateneo Grand Splendid
Theatrical book store
El Ateneo Grand Splendid, the palatial former theatre in Buenos Aires' Barrio
Norte neighbourhood, creaks with books of every kind, including a good
foreign-language section. Shuffle through films and music in the basement
and sink into an armchair for evening reading.
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Opening Hours
Mon-Thu 9am-10pm (till 12am Fri & Sat); Sun 12pm-10pm
Address
1860, Avenida Santa Fé, Buenos Aires
Telephone
+54 11/4813-6052
Transport
Metro: Callao
Murillo 666
Jackets and sofas
Murillo 666 is the main outlet in the Calle Murillo leather district in the
Villa Crespo neighborhood. They have a large selection of women's coats and
accessories, and one of the largest assortments of men's jackets, which they
will custom-make. They also have the largest furniture showroom in the
district.
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Opening Hours
Daily 9:30am-8pm
Address
Murillo 666, Buenos Aires
Telephone
+54 11/4856-4501
Casa López
Quality leather goods
Casa López sells the finest, export-quality Argentine leather goods at their
main branch in downtown Buenos Aires, facing Plaza San Martín. Splash out on
a tailored jacket in different shades of tan, durable luggage or a silky
soft wallet.
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Opening Hours
Daily 9am-8pm
Address
640, Marcelo T de Alvear, Buenos Aires 1058
Telephone
+54 11/4894-8520
