Buenos Aires Shopping

  1. Alto Palermo

    Smack on stylish Av Santa Fe, this shiny mall specializes in chic clothes boutiques, jewelry stores, and home interior emporiums. The food court is popular with locals and the cinemas get packed in the evenings.

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  2. Galeria 5T Avenida

    The city's hipsters head to this fluoro-lit shopping arcade for its scores of shops selling groovy second-hand gear and the occasional fab vintage piece.

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  3. Galería Bond Street

    This grungy shopping arcade with three floors of cool little boutiques is always buzzing - and not just with tattoo needles. BA's young groovers treat this place as their second home, dropping in to get their eyebrows pierced, buy secondhand records, CDs and comics, and try on hip threads from young designers. And of course add a new tat to their collection.

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  4. Galerías Pacífico

    Built in 1889 by Paris department store Bon Marché, this exquisite shopping center sat empty for years before being restored in 1992 to its present state. More impressive than the top-name stores inside are the vaulted ceilings, painted by five renowned Argentine artists, including Antonio Berni.

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  5. Paseo Alcorta

    One of BA's most upmarket shopping malls, Paseo Alcorta isn't as chaotic or as big as Abasto, but includes many of the same stylish Argentine brands, along with exclusive European designers, leather goods and shoes, kid's shops, a couple of good cafes, a cinema complex, and children's play area.

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  6. Patio Bullrich

    Small but swanky, Patio Bullrich is the place where cash-laden porteños (locals) come to drop their dough and drink coffees at one of several swanky on-site cafes. A number of BA's top designers have shops here.

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