La Boca is a major sightseeing hot spot in Buenos Aires, but visitors rarely stay here at night. The ‘hit-and-run’ style tourism in the southern neighborhood causes some to write it off as a gimmicky tourist trap. If you peak behind the colorful façades though, La Boca is one of Buenos Aires’ most authentic barrios […]
La Boca: Attractions On & Off the Beaten Path
Buenos Aires colorful neighborhood of La Boca is known to the outside world for tourist destination number one, El Caminito. But those who dare to wander off the tourist path will discover La Boca is still a lively neighborhood of immigrants with a number of places of interest for art and culture lovers. El Caminito […]
El Obrero — A Working Man’s BBQ in La Boca
For straight-up Argentine beef and pasta dishes in La Boca, El Obrero (‘the working man’) is a classic cantina with a grimy charm. This place hasn’t changed much since it opened in 1954, aside from photos of the numerous celebrities who have dined here through the years, including Susan Sarandon, Francis Ford Coppola, Manu Chau, […]
Fundación Proa: A Panorama of Contemporary Art in La Boca
A colorful neighborhood history and contemporary art beautifully collide at Fundación Proa, La Boca’s most celebrated art gallery and culture center. This beacon of modernization is set alongside the otherwise traditional, working-class neighborhood’s rugged waterfront and is a few steps from El Caminito, its colorful tourist-friendly strip. Fundación Proa, or the Bow Foundation, organizes itself […]
Porteño Corner: Anthropology Student & Drummer, Laura Barrosa
Laura Barroso Anthropology student/typist Age: 20 La Boca Q: What made you decide to study anthropology and where do you study? I always wanted to be an archaeologist because it fascinates me. I don’t know — I like mysteries, always have. When I was a kid I would […]