Córdoba is a good shopping city, where you can buy near all kind of things now at very cheap prices. The most active zone is the peatonal area and the nearby Mercado Norte, with cheaper prices. There are modern shopping malls, too: Patio Olmos and Garden Shopping center, Dinosaurio Mall and Córdoba Shopping northwest, and the Nuevo Centro Shopping west where there is also the Sheraton Hotel. In the Nueva Córdoba area, but also in some central galleries, there are many modern-style shops and boutiques for young people, with often self-designed clothing. Note that electronic items like televisions, cameras and computers usually have higher prices than in Europe and the US; particularly cellular phones even tend to be more expensive and are using old standards like GSM and CDMA.
Local arts and crafts are sold at the Paseo de las Artes Saturday and Sunday recommended, where you also can buy some local food like salamis, honey, and alfajores (http://www.lacostanera.com.ar/) a local sweet with dulce de leche in the very pleasant Güemes district see above. There is also a arts and crafts market at Parque las Heras, on weekends, and some others at the main city squares and at the pedestrian mall at night after 8PM. In summer most craftsmen move to the Sierras, where there is an attractive market at the dam Dique San Roque 10 km 6 mi north of Carlos Paz, 15 km 9 mi west of La Calera and 25 km 15 mi from Córdoba itself, via route E-55.
