This spectacular building - formerly a market - in an old tango district houses more than 200 shops. It caters primarily to locals, with most of the main Argentinian chains...
Avenida Corrientes 3247One of the oldest and most representative of the 'shoppings', but with one of the youngest crowds. Popular with families and gaggles of giggling mall rats, it contains most of...
Avenida Santa Fe 3253This gloriously renovated theatre now contains the largest bookstore in South America. It includes an ample choice of English-language books and a café. The Guardian recently...
Avenida Santa Fe 1860You'll find here an adequate selection of English-language literature as well as that newly released alternative CD you've been hankering for. Plenty of art and design books,...
Thames 1762Comics and fanzines galore from Europe, the United States, Japan and Argentina. Rifle through deep stacks of rarities and limited editions. Most are in Spanish but there are...
Marcelo T de Alvear 2002Just two blocks from Plaza Dorrego, this excellent store specialises in foreign language publications, stocking new books in English, French, Portuguese and Italian, as well as...
Carlos Calvo 578The frescoes in this Florida street mall, housed in an elegant turn-of-the-century building, were painted by five Argentinian muralists. You'll find famous brand names such as...
Florida 737Gandhi has long been the place where Buenos Aires' thinkers and talkers gather. It has a noteworthy music selection and an unrivalled choice of local journals and mags. Live...
Avenida Corrientes 1743KEL stocks English-language fiction, non-fiction, travel books and teaching materials.
Marcelo T de Alvear 1369Paseo Alcorta, considered by shopping buffs to be the best mall in Buenos Aires, contains the gigantic Carrefour hypermarket and four cinema screens. It's also home to the...
Salguero 3172The oldest and most luxurious of all BA's malls (opened in 1988) was once the city's meat auction house. The elegance extends from the marble floors to the uniformed lift...
Avenida del Libertador 750Run from home by photographer Geoffrey Hickman and his wife Josefina, this bohemian bookshop stocks an eclectic range of titles both new and second-hand. All books are in English.
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