Calle Mitre (Chocolate Street)
Calle Bartolomé Mitre
Bariloche's main street, lined with old chocolate shops, souvenir stores and restaurants, and the best place to taste handmade Patagonian chocolate.
Mitre Street runs east from the Centro Cívico and is Bariloche's busiest shopping street, which visitors call 'Chocolate Avenue'. The city's chocolate tradition dates back to Italian and other European immigrants in the mid-20th century. The street is now home to well-known chocolate shops such as Rapanui, Mamuschka, Del Turista and Abuela Goye, with windows displaying branch-shaped chocolate (chocolate en rama), filled chocolates and chocolate bears. Many shops offer free tastings, and Rapanui also sells ice cream and has an indoor ice-skating rink. The street also has outdoor gear stores, currency exchange offices and travel agencies where you can book all kinds of day trips. It gets very crowded in peak season.
Opening hours
Shop approx. 09:00–21:00
Nearby sights
- Museo de la Patagonia Francisco P. Moreno
- Centro Cívico
- Cathedral of Our Lady of Nahuel Huapi
- Nahuel Huapi Lake
- Cerro Otto
- Playa Bonita
- Lake Gutiérrez
- Cerro Catedral