We saw on trip advisor that there is an excellent Sunday market at San Telmo. So, following another late night and long sleep in, we organised ourselves to check out at midday, stored our luggage and ventured out again into a local taxi. 
Eventually we roused ourselves and decided to head out to the shops. I wanted to look at hand bags and We saw on trip advisor that there is an excellent Sunday market at San Telmo. So, following another late night and long sleep in, we organised ourselves to check out at midday, stored our luggage and ventured out again into a local taxi. 
Jen showed the address and the driver took us there directly. It is so good being able to follow on your own map. He deposited us on the street and directed both ways along a side street where stalls were set up. We chose to start at the left which seemed to have most people. Well we didn’t really investigate the nature of that market very well. For the most of it’s 2-3 km length it is a second hand market selling the weirdest collection of stuff. Some would say junk. Jen and I would actually say junk. 

We must have seen 10 (or more) different stalls all selling soda siphons. Jen didn’t even know what they were. Who buys soda siphons?  Obviously someone. There was crockery, glassware, silver cutlery, clothes …  you name it, if it was old it was there. 

Every block or so there was some kind of street entertainment. On one corner they had a band and a neighbourhood barbecue. There were sax players and singers and tango performers. It was all very cool. At one point there was a queue of people waiting to get photos taken with giant models of these cartoon characters who are very popular in Argentina. 

The market went on and on and on, spread along this old cobbled street, which was actually very hard to walk along. Eventually the old stuff gave way to other tourist type stuff. Leather goods and silver and artwork. Also hundreds of types of mat~e cups for their tea. Jen couldn’t resist and got a traditional mate set. She also got a really cool painting of Caminito. 

Eventually, after about an hour and a half or so we found ourselves back in the main square with the Pink House/Government Building. At that stage we decided we were a bit hungry which was silly as we had passed numerous food places. Of course it was after 2pm so all the shops were closed. 

There was an enormous crowd around a stage by the cathedral so we wandered over. It seemed to be some sort of televised talent contest. We had a look inside the cathedral (the Pope’s former workplace) and it was all very marble inside. It looked slightly more like a Catholic Church inside but had lots of empty space with giant hallways. 

We decided to wander generally towards the shopping streets, which were empty, and found another crowd and stage. This time watching performers on a screen. Not sure what was going on but plenty of people in costumes were all making their way in that direction. 

Eventually we found ourselves at the same pizza place (Guerrins) and this time went to the seating area. We managed to order a half and half pizza with olives and onion and some cokes. Nice but not fantastic, though I’m not a pizza lover. The place was absolutely packed. There must be 40 or 50 tables squeezed in like sardines. It took a while to get our order taken and then food to arrive but given the numbers it was pretty efficient and we got exactly what we ordered. 

Afterwards we took a taxi back to the hotel to wait until time to go. Ironically we passed through a really elegant shopping area that was quite close to our hotel but we were over it by then. The shops seemed to reopen at about 4.30pm. 

The people at the hotel let us lounge around in the breakfast area until it was time to go. All in all, BeHollywood was pretty good.