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Best Specialty Shops Walking Tour, Buenos Aires
Guide Location: Argentina » Buenos Aires
Guide Type: Self-guided city tour
# of Attractions: 8
Tour Duration: 3 hour(s)
Transportation Mode: by foot
Travel Distance: 6.0 km
Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Philip Choi
Author: irenes
Buenos Aires is a dream destination for those who like to shop. Here you can find everything at every kind of store, whether it's in malls, specialty shops or even bazars. Why not start with Argentina's most famous goods like its fine wines and leather products. Also, here, in Buenos Aires you will find lots of fashion shops with designer clothes and accessories, as well as plenty of top-quality local producers.
Tour Stops and Attractions
El Gato Negro
1) El Gato Negro
El Gato Negro is simultaneously a wonderful tea and coffee store and a beautiful cafe where you can spend time drinking hot and tasty tea or a delicious coffee and reading a book. El Gato Negro was founded in 1929 by Victoriano Lopez Robredo, who travelled Asia collecting a great variety of exotic tea and coffee varieties. Don't miss the chance to taste Irish coffee, cappuccino and cafe cardamomo and plenty of other tasty drinks at El Gato Negro.
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Zival’s
2) Zival’s
Tango is the spirit and soul of Argentina and Buenos Aires. It's famous the world over both as a dance and a musical style. Every day, a new beginner makes his or her first tango steps to the sound of the passionate rhythms. If you are searching for tango music you should visit Zival’s music store, where you'll find the widest collection of tango CDs and records as well as plenty of books on a tango theme.
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El Ateneo
3) El Ateneo
Being in the one of the most literary cities of the world, a visit to the bookshops of Buenos Aires comes highly recommended. This marvelous bookstore is situated on the famous Santa Fe Avenue in a theatre box, where Carlos Gardel once performed. At “El Ateneo” you can find all sorts of books, both English-language and Argentinean. They offer try before you buy, so you can take a book and read it right here, in the theater.
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Buenos Aires Design Center
4) Buenos Aires Design Center
Buenos Aires Design is a specialized shopping center dedicated to objects for designing your home, with a large number of specialty home design shops. Here you can find all kind of products for decorating as well as lots of different equipment. It is located in one of the most visited by tourist neighborhoods - La Recoleta.
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Zanotti
5) Zanotti
Zanotti is a nice jewelry shop located at the front of the famously chic Alvear Hotel. Here you will find fabulous necklaces, decorated with pearls and diamonds, beautiful silver chains, earrings, and all kinds of different jewelry embellished with precious stones. The store also sells lots of specially-designed souvenirs and silver knifes.
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Silvia y Mario Leather Factory
6) Silvia y Mario Leather Factory
Silvia y Mario is a fantastic leather shop where you will find clothes and other items made of top-quality leather that are very popular with the locals of Buenos Aires. At Silvia y Mario they use different leathers such as calf (nappa), capybara, goat and lamb skin. Here you will find such products as jackets, bags, belts, wallets, sweaters and gloves. Modern design, top quality and good prices all come together in this store.
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Vasalissa
7) Vasalissa
Vasalissa is one of the best sweet shops in the city, selling only individually made treats. At this store you'll find a great variety of chocolate candies in different shapes, such as national symbols, famous tango shoes, hats, automobiles and hearts. With only products that are made of the best, most refined Argentinean chocolate, Vasalissa is a store where you're sure to have the sweetest experience.
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El Mundo del Juguete
8) El Mundo del Juguete
El Mundo del Juguete is a baby store dedicated to supporting the growth of children with toys and accessories. The mission of the company, which was founded in 1981 and has since become a market leader, is to bring joy to children and their parents alike. Here you'll find not only toys but also all kind of games for children and adults as well.
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