1.- Calle Museo Caminito (the Small Road Museum)
Of hardly 100 metres (300 feet) length and converted into a pedestrian thoroughfare, it is a very small and particular street. There are no sidewalks, no doors, only a few windows and an occasional balcony filled with flowerpots and clothes hung out to dry. Its multicoloured walls bear reminisces of Venice. There are many murals, ceramics and different ornaments.

There used to be an old railroad branch line here but it was abandoned in 1920. It became a place overgrown with weeds until a neighbour proposed to clean it up and open up a path to shorten distances, giving it the name of the curve or "la curva". This became the famous "Caminito" used on a daily basis by Juan de Dios Filiberto, who wrote the tango with that same name together with Gabino Coria Peñaloza, in 1926. The initiative to name the road "Caminito" came from no one less that a friend of the first mentioned, Benito Quinquela Martín himself.
Today you will find singers dressed up as beaus or "guapos", accompanied by guitars and large concertinas, sing the tangos that made Carlos Gardel so popular, while some tango dancers dazzling the visitors and passer-bys with their sinuous "milonga" steps.
Mondays through Sundays, from 10 AM till 6 PM, the musical numbers are accompanied by the presence of painters that show their art and paintings, allusive to the tango and the barrio. It was declared an Open Air Art Museum in 1859.

2.- The Proa (ships bow) Foundation
Not far away from Caminito, on Avenida Pedro de Mendoza nr.1929, you will find this organisation. It is an old mansion that was used as a customs house and where today you will find contemporary paintings and architectural designs by famous artists and architects.
From the terrace on the first floor there is a nice panoramic view of the Riachuelo. On the second floor there is a patio with natural daylight for reading. We suggest you take a guided tour, which can be arranged by phoning 4303-0909. Opening hours are Tuesdays through Sundays from 11 AM till 7 PM.

3.- Vuelta de Rocha
This place used to be called "Plazoleta de los Suspiros", (the small plaza of sighs) due to the custom of the Genovese immigrants that used to gather here to reminisce about their homeland and their origins. This is the place were the naval squadron commanded by Guillermo Brown during the war of independence was based. The name Vuelta de Rocha (around the corner of Rocha's place) comes from the name of Antonio Rocha, who was the owner of this area in 1636. It has been declared a place of National Historic Interest. From here you will have a nice view of the port and of the Riachuelo, of La Boca, and the Puente Avellaneda Bridge.

4.- The La Boca Museum of Fine Arts.
Inaugurated in 1938, it is located on Avenida Pedro de Mendoza 1835, and is consecrated exclusively to Argentinean painters and artists. With this condition the painter Benito Quinquela Martín donated the area
In this museum you will find this artist's own favourite painting: "Crepúsculo" (Nightfall), painted in 1922. Seven years later when Quinquela Martín took his exhibit to Rome, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) wanted to buy the painting, even offering him a blank cheque, but the Argentinean painter never sold it. Finally the Italian Duce chooses another painting Violet Moment: "Momento Violeta", which can be found today in the Museum of Modern Art in Rome.

In the La Boca Museum of Fine Arts you will also find paintings and sculptures by Argentinean artists such as Victorica, Sívori, Spilimbergo, Lacámera, Fader, De La Carcova, Forner, Castagnino, Yrurtia, Lagos, Briano, and others. There is also a very interesting exhibition of ship figureheads and model ships.
On the third floor, adequately conserved one can see the home and atelier of Quinquela Martín, where he lived until his death in 1977. Opening hours are Tuesdays through Sundays, from 10 AM till 5:45 PM.

5.- Teatro de la Ribera - The Riverside Theatre.
This theatre was built in 1971 close to the La Boca Museum of Fine Arts on land that had been donated by, and on his suggestion, all the seats in the theatre were painted in different colours, using the characteristic colour scheme of his paintings and of the old barrio of La Boca.

6.- The Old and the New Avellaneda bridges
El Viejo Puente, the old bridge, an iron construction is the symbol of the old barrio of La Boca.Built in 1908, it is actually not in use. Crossing the Riachuelo, it connected the city with the Province of Buenos Aires. Pedestrians, cars and tramways used it.

El Viejo Puente and the abandoned ships graveyard can be seen from the boulevard bordering the Riachuelo. From the well-known Vuelta de Rocha there is an interesting perspective of the old bridge.
At the bottom of the bridge the visitor can rent a boat to take him across the Riachuelo, just like it was in the old days. It has been declared a National Historic Monument.
In 1940, the new bridge, the Nuevo Puente, replaced this bridge, which is open for light traffic.
Using the electric escalators of this modern bridge it is possible to get a panoramic view over the Barrio de la Boca. Also on the river there is a group of boats men that connect both banks, taking people across from La Boca to the Maciel Island.
The new Avellaneda Bridge is named in honour of the Argentinean president Nicolás Avellaneda (1874-1880), who finished the conquest of Patagonia (1879) and who made Buenos Aires into a federal capital in 1880.

7. The Club Boca Juniors Stadium
Since 1940 the La Boca barrio neighbourhood is host to one of the most popular football (soccer) teams in Argentina: Boca Juniors, one of the most popular teams in all Argentina. Its home stadium is known as "La Bombonera" or the box of chocolates due to its shape that simulates a box of chocolates, i.e. the way its tray like spectator galleries are located in order to allow for as big a capacity of spectators as possible in a reduced space.

Designed and built by the Slovene engineer Victor Sulcic, its official name is Estadio Alberto José Armando, to honour the one who was president of the club on two occasions during the nineties. Its installations were remodelled in 1996. If you want to buy tickets to a game we recommend that you buy a seat in the stalls.

Around the stadium, in 1997, the Argentinean artist Rómulo Macció painted several panels commemorating the celebrations in La Boca, all in true Italian style. Some of the most important are "the panel of the fireman and the mermaid", "the panel of the artists and friends of the painter Quinquela Martín", "the she wolf and the Romulus and Remus twins" and "the panel of the flag in blue and gold of the Boca football team" which, according to legend, assumed these colours when its creators, locals from the barrio saw a ship in port flying the Swedish flag which was used to give the colours to the team's device.

You can find the panels on Brandsen Street 805, close to Del Valle Iberlucea Street, the railroad lines of Ferrocarril Roca and the prolongation of the street Aristóbulo del Valle. Maybe not a place to visit, but well worth mentioning.

8. - Casa Amarilla - The Yellow Mansion
This gaudy building is a replica of the mansion where the Irish admiral Guillermo Brown lived. He was in command of the Argentinean fleet during the independence war against the Spanish Crown in 1810, and represented the United Provinces during its war against the Empire of Brazil in 1826, and also during the French naval blockade of the Río de la Plata in 1838. The mansion was inaugurated in 1983 and is host to an institute for historical studies. It is to be found on Avenida Almirante Brown 400.

9. - The Wax Museum - Museo de Cera
There are wax figures on display showing the country's most famous men and women. Displays and scenery showing episodes and situations make up the framework of the exhibits, thus showing them off in a more natural context. It is to be found on Del Valle Iberlucea Street 1261. Tel.: 4303-0563

HOW TO GET THERE
Bus lines
2, 9, 10, 20, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 33, 46, 53, 54, 61, 64, 86, 93, 126, 142, 143, 152 and 159.

Neighbourhoods La Boca