Buenos Aires
This music store has an eclectic selection of jazz, blues, salsa and rock.
Buenos Aires
This music store has an eclectic selection of jazz, blues, salsa and rock.
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
While not for everyone, this girly boutique is certainly unlike the more stuffy boutiques on this upscale avenue. Check out the unique sequined T-shirts,…
Mar del Plata
This long-running craft fair features nearly 200 vendors: they set up their stalls on Plaza San Martín and along Diagonal Pueyrredón to sell everything…
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
Buenos Aires’ most exclusive shopping center once hosted livestock auctions, but these days it tends toward sales of Persian rugs, double-breasted tweed…
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
Looking for vintage or secondhand clothing? This old shopping gallery is an obligatory stop. Used retro wearables are sold here at several shops, and…
Rosario
A small handicrafts market by the tourist office where dealers sell everything from silverwork to leather goods. There are several other weekend markets…
Buenos Aires
If you’re looking to buy outdoor gear or camping equipment, this is the place to do it. Crampons, knives, tents, backpacks, climbing gear, all-weather…
Córdoba
Leather goods made from carpincho (the Spanish word for capybara, a large rodent whose hide makes a beautifully spotted leather) are the specialty here…
Mar del Plata
A fun and funky book shop with an in-house cafe, and a collection of beat-up, overpriced English-language pulp fiction in the basement. Still, it's a fun…
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
Arandu is a high-end (this is Recoleta, after all) talabartería – a traditional Argentine shop selling gaucho gear, ponchos, mate gourds, silver, leather,…
Salta
Espacio Urbano is a gorgeous courtyard boutique trading in hip styles from international brands. Think Bensimon swimwear, Bolivia chinos and much more…
Córdoba & the Central Sierras
Dominican friars at the mercado artesanal, next to Iglesia de Santo Domingo, sell gorgeous handmade wool rugs as well as ceramics, onyx crafts and…
Buenos Aires
Start up the limousine and make sure there’s enough room for shopping bags: at Casa López, you'll find fine Argentine leather goods, including jackets,…
Mendoza
Unless you are looking for an obscure top-of-the-range bottle (or a sales assistant who knows what they’re talking about), a good place to buy wine in…
Cafayate
For sculpture, jewelry, and other knickknacks crafted from silver and alloy, check out this evocative shop attached to the studio of craftsman Jorge…
Mendoza & the Central Andes
The Mercado Artesanal Tradicional is an excellent local handicrafts market with an assortment of items for sale, including ponchos and the brightly…
Buenos Aires
This spacious wine and spirits shop on elegant Av de Mayo is a good place to pick up some drinkable souvenirs – or a nice bottle of malbec and some…
Mendoza
A large range of novels in English, Lonely Planet guidebooks, maps and wine-related literature. Also textbooks for Spanish students.
Ushuaia
Outstanding selection of Patagonia- and Antarctica-themed material, with literature, guidebooks and pictorials (also in English).
El Chaltén
Sells books, maps and souvenirs and also rents a wide range of camping equipment, as do several other sundries shops around town.
Inland Patagonia
This artisans market fills Plaza Coronel Fontana on Sundays in summer and on alternate Sundays the rest of the year.
Mar del Plata
This relaxed flea market sells everything including the kitchen sink, seven blocks northwest of Plaza San Martín.
Coastal Patagonia
A cool cooperative selling handmade ceramics, woven goods and an excellent but powerful homemade cherry liqueur.
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
This well-stocked wine shop is a good place to buy a few bottles to take home (or enjoy with a picnic).
Buenos Aires
Branch of Buenos Aires’ landmark bookseller, which stocks a limited number of books in English.
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
Fashionable home furnishing, appliances and housewares in a small shopping center in Recoleta.
Mendoza
Outdoor crafts market with individual stalls selling handicrafts, jewellery and artwork.
Along the Río Paraná
This CD shop specializes in Corrientes chamamé. You can listen before you buy.
Cafayate
The Mercado Artesanal cooperative features quality local work at more-than-fair prices.
Iguazú Falls & the Northeast
On the corner of the plaza, this cooperative sells a wide range of handmade goods.