Buenos Aires

5# Visiting Buenos Aires | Feria de Mataderos

If you are up for something different and not afraid to go to the outskirts of the city, try the Fería de Mataderos. This is a very nice market with all kinds of handicraft, homemade goods, leather ware and more from the countryside. There is a band playing, traditional dancing, you can eat (parilla of course) everywhere around the market square and there are (real) gaucho’s walking around (some on horseback). Every gaucho wheres clothes related to the region they (originally) come from. To learn more about the traditional gaucho lifestyle you can visit the Gaucho museum.

During weekdays there is a cattle market in the beautiful market building and on sundays the Feria de Matadores is held in the streets in front of it. The price for meat in the supermarkets of Buenos Aires is determined on this cattle market.

The market is located in the neighbourhood Mataderos in the South-West of Buenos Aires. Location: Lisandro de la Torre at Avenida de los Corrales, Mataderos. Open: Sun. 10-5. You can take several buses, but beware that it takes some time to get there. Buslines: 55, 63, 92, 126, 180. See the loaction of the market on my map with hot spots. For more photos of the market please visit my flickr page.

© 2008 Maggy Reporting.