El Marqués

Catamarca & La Rioja


This simple local eatery just off Plaza 25 de Mayo offers the full range, from sandwiches to traditional local dishes to pasta, pizza, omelets and grilled meats – all of it well prepared and fairly priced. The fruit licuados (shakes) are delicious.


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Nearby Catamarca & La Rioja attractions

1. Catedral

0.09 MILES

The enormous, sober-toned, 1899 neo-Byzantine (and a few other 'neos') cathedral contains the image of patron saint Nicolás de Bari. He's an object of…

2. Convento de Santo Domingo

0.12 MILES

Built in 1623 by the Diaguita under the direction of Dominican friars, this is Argentina’s oldest monastery. The date appears in the carved algarrobo door…

3. Convento de San Francisco

0.22 MILES

The order of St Francis was on the scene very early and began building here in the late 16th century. Bad luck with construction and then an earthquake…

5. Museo Folklórico

0.3 MILES

This worthwhile museum is set in a wonderful early 17th-century adobe building, and has fine regional cultural displays. Themes include chaya (local La…