Mataderos market is located in the western part of the city, this is the place to enjoy handicraft, delicious food and some local music acts. It’s a place full of tradition and it gives you the feeling that you are moving in the gaucho world …
This market is not like the others in the center of Buenos Aires, it’s full of Argentine tradition with live music, traditional dance which brings a great atmosphere at the central square of the Mataderos market. Surrounded by big parilla’s (These are argentine barbeques) and over a 100 craft stalls there is enough to see and to try out. If you’re lucky there might be a gaucho horseback competition right of the square! (Normally the competition starts around 3PM on the main street.)
Beside watching the horseback competition and the traditional music acts, give yourself also the time to discover all the food that is sold at and around the square. You might want to try tasting some dulce de leche, cheese, salami or some homemade licuados or wine. Everything sold here is homemade and sold for reasonable prices. The salesman are super friendly and willing to tell you everything about the products they sell.
If all this tasting did make you hungry, it’s time to head back to the square for some traditional lunch. There is a huge offer of typical Argentine food like empanadas, locro (traditional soup), choripan (bread with a chorizo sausage) or tamales (a mix of sweet potato and meat in corn leaves). Try for sure the empanadas and the choripan, Mataderos is one of the best places to eat those! Enough food? Take a walk around the handicraft stalls, you might want to buy a souvenir to bring back home.
You can not wait to visit this spectacular market? Take a quick look to see what the program is of this week on http://www.feriademataderos.com.ar/. It’s quite a bus ride to get to Mataderos, expect to be on the bus for about an hour, busses that go there are: 36, 55, 63, 80, 92, 97, 103, 117, 141, 155, 180 and 185.
