Neighbourhood guide
La Boca: colour, football and art by the old port
Caminito’s painted houses, La Bombonera, the Fundación PROA and the Usina del Arte, by the Riachuelo.
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Luis Argerich · CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsLa Boca grew up where the Riachuelo meets the Río de la Plata, a port neighbourhood of immigrants who painted their houses, so the story goes, with paint left over from the shipyards. Today Caminito is its showpiece, La Bombonera its temple, and the Fundación PROA and the Usina del Arte its galleries and concert hall.
Sights
Caminito, La Bombonera and the Museo de la Pasión Boquense.
Art
The Fundación PROA and the Usina del Arte.
Come by taxi, by day, and keep to the main streets.
Our advice: La Boca is a daytime neighbourhood; leave before dark.
Why it's on our list
- Sights
- Art
What’s nearby
Distances from La Boca: colour, football and art by the old port are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 12 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Key sights
- San Telmo’s Plaza Dorrego1.8 kmWalk 22 minCycle 9 minCar or taxi 11 min
- Puerto Madero3.1 kmWalk 38 minCycle 15 minCar or taxi 15 min
- The Plaza de Mayo3.1 kmWalk 39 minCycle 15 minCar or taxi 15 min
- The Teatro Colón4.2 kmCycle 21 minCar or taxi 19 min
- The Recoleta Cemetery5.9 kmCycle 30 minCar or taxi 25 min
- The MALBA7.4 kmCycle 37 minCar or taxi 30 min
- Aeroparque9.6 kmCar or taxi 37 min
- Ezeiza Airport26 kmCar or taxi 92 min