Travel Reference
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Left
Filete signs, Plaza Dorrego, San Telmo
Right
Parque Lezama
San Telmo & La Boca
T
HE ROMANTIC BARRIOS OF SAN TELMO AND LA BOCA
are Buenos Aires'
mythical old south. Once the heart of colonial Buenos Aires, San Telmo
beguiles with cobblestone streets of crumbling churches, colonial façades,
and dusty antiques stores. A working-class stronghold and magnet for
Bohemian artists, it remains, despite ongoing gentrification, a quarter of old
cafés, peeling stucco, and
tango bars. Tango emerged
from La Boca's
conventillos
(tenement house). La Boca
was the city's first port and
an African slave colony
before Italian immigrants
settled here in the 1880s.
One of the city's poorest
neighborhoods, it retains a
thriving cultural scene.
Art for sale on El Caminito
Sights
1
El Caminito
2
La Bombonera
3
Fundación Proa
4
Casa Mínima
5
Parque Lezama/
Museo Histórico
Nacional
6
Plaza Dorrego
7
Museo de la Pasión
Boquense
8
Iglesia Ortodoxa Rusa
9
Puente Trasbordador
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