Posadas Shopping - Shopping Posadas - Argentina

Fine crafts can be readily bought in Posadas. Many shops along the major downtown streets specialize in marroquería, or leather goods.

• Wanda Piedras Preciosas has jewelry and polished semi-precious stones from the Wanda mines (Bolívar 1879, Tel: 42-2577).

• Galería del Mate carries nearly 100 brands of Argentine and Brazilian yerba, mates and bombillas. It also has a river view bar where you can sample different infusions (daily 9 a.m. – 9 p.m., to 8 p.m. in winter, Avenida Sáenz Peña and Costanera, Tel: 42-9199, E-mail: galeriadelmate(at)remove-this.galeriadelmate.com, URL: www.galeriadelmate.com).

• Regional crafts are sold at Artesanía de las Misiones (Monday – Saturday 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., 3 – 8:30 p.m. Avenida Sáenz Peña and Santa Fe, Tel: 115-711-507, E-mail: artesanias.delasmisiones(at)remove-this.hotmail.com) and the outdoor market Paseo Bosetti (daily, best in evenings and weekends, Bolívar, between Buenos Aires and Rivadavia).

• Items brought over from Paraguay—clothing, electronics, mosquito nets, hammocks, fishing rods and anything else under the Posadaño sun—are best gotten at Mercado La Placita (Monday – Saturday 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Avenida Sáenz Peña and Bolívar).

• Posadas Plaza Shopping is a modern mall with food court, cinema, tourism information office and sleek shops (Bolívar and San Lorenzo).

• Puerto Palos has an extensive inventory of tents, stoves, gas canisters and other camping necessities, as well as fishing gear (Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., 4:30 – 8:30 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. San Lorenzo 2168).

Most businesses in Posadas close over the lunch hours and on Sunday.

Location
Posadas, Argentina

Shopping Types:
Artesan workshop, Sporting goods store, Overview

Currencies accepted
Argentine Peso

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Updated: 15 Jan 2010