Memorabilia

Recoleta & Barrio Norte


For unique, fun and handmade Argentine items, explore the corners of this tiny boutique. The stock is ever-changing, but can include such things as ceramic bowls and painted mugs, colorful jewelry in super-creative shapes and artsy notebooks. A good place to find small items easily packed into a suitcase for the flight back home.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Recoleta & Barrio Norte attractions

1. Teatro Nacional Cervantes

0.3 MILES

From the grand tiled lobby to the red-and-gold-hued main theater, you can smell the long history of the ornately decorated Cervantes. Though it's…

2. Museo Nacional del Teatro

0.32 MILES

This tiny museum traces Argentine theater from its colonial beginnings, stressing the 19th-century contributions of the Podestá family – Italian…

4. Palacio San Martín

0.34 MILES

This impressive art nouveau mansion (1912) is actually three independent buildings around a courtyard. It was designed by Alejandro Christophersen for the…

5. Museo Judío de Buenos Aires

0.36 MILES

Jewish symbols adorn the facade of the Templo Libertad, Argentina’s oldest and largest synagogue, located at the northeastern end of Plaza Lavalle…

6. Templo Libertad

0.36 MILES

Located at the at the northeastern end of Plaza Lavalle, Argentina’s oldest and largest synagogue can be identified by the Jewish symbols that adorn the…

7. Palacio Paz

0.36 MILES

Once the private residence of José C Paz – founder of the newspaper La Prensa – this opulent, French-style palace (1909) is the city's grandest. Inside…

8. Museo de Armas

0.39 MILES

This maze-like museum, in the basement of Palacio Paz, exhibits a frighteningly large collection of over 3500 bazookas, grenade launchers, cannons,…