Travel Reference
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Teatro La Metropolitan
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Teatro Gran Rex
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Cadore
Avenida Corrientes Highlights
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Libreria Losada
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Bar La Paz
This bookstore holds over
50,000 titles covering a wide
range of topics.
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Map N6
• Avda. Corrientes 1551 • 4375-5001
Opened in 1944, this café
was once a favorite with the
Avenue's theater crowd. Its
interior is much changed, but it
remains a decent enough
hangout.
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Map P6 • Avda. Corrientes
1593 • 4373-3647
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Rigoletto Curioso
This store sells pop memo-
rabilia and reproductions. Best
of all are the antique theater
posters.
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Map N6 • Avda. Corrientes
1660 • 6320-5310
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Cadore
The Cadore family started an
ice-cream business in Italy in the
1880s and moved here in the
1950s. Flavors include home-
made
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Zum Edelweiss
This restaurant and beer-
house recalls the 1930s heyday
of Avenida Corrientes. It has
been run by the same family
of German descent since 1933.
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Map P5 • Libertad 431 • 4382-3351
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Map P6
• Avda. Corrientes 1695 • 4373-9797
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Teatro Gran Rex
The Gran Rex, built in 1937
in the Rationalist style, is one of
the city's most iconic music and
theater venues. Various inter-
national artists have played here.
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Map Q6 • Avda. Corrientes 857
• 4322-8000
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Teatro La Metropolitan
In an Art Deco building, the
Metropolitan stages local
productions as well as imported
Broadway-style shows.
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Map P6
• Avda. Corrientes 1343 • 5219-0648
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Correo Central
Built in 1928 to house the
central post office, Correo
Central is an outstanding
example of Beaux Arts archi-
tecture.
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Map R6 • Sarmiento 151
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This chocolatier is great for
inexpensive gifts, with big candy
love hearts and chocolatey
images of national icons.
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Map P6 • Avda. Corrientes 1479
• 4371-0633
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This state-run theater has
superb facilities that include
three auditoriums and an art-
house cinema. It holds first-
rate ballet productions.
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• Avda. Corrientes 1530 • 0800-333-5254
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