Mercado Artesanal de La Rioja

Catamarca & La Rioja


La Rioja crafts are exhibited and sold here, as are other popular artworks at prices lower than most souvenir shops. It closes in the early afternoon during the winter season.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Catamarca & La Rioja attractions

1. Museo Folklórico

0.03 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…

2. Convento de San Francisco

0.17 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…

3. Catedral

0.19 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…

4. Convento de Santo Domingo

0.33 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…