Luxury shopping in a must-see building

Noteworthy for: True to its Beaux-Arts aesthetic, on the first floor you’ll find the Central Cultural Borges housing a small fine art collection and a changing calendar of cultural events and exhibitions.

This turn-of-the-century shopping mall instantly gives an air of elite luxury with its grand vaulted ceiling and cupola adorned with frescoes – considered some of the most important in Buenos Aires. Modelled on Le Bon Marche in Paris, naturally it is home to high-end designers such as Christian Dior, Ralph Lauren and Hugo Boss.

It has an interesting history: when the military junta ruled Argentina, they were said to use the basement as a torture centre for the disappeared. It has now been declared a national historic monument.