Boliche de Bessonart

Top choice in San Antonio de Areco


This weather-beaten corner building full of dusty bottles was originally a general store and is more than 200 years old. These days it's a family-run bar popular with gauchos and young people alike, who come for the excellent picadas (sharing boards of cold cuts and cheese) washed down with copious beers, red wine or Fernet (a bitter aromatic spirit).


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