A 150 m open-air street museum on the bed of an old stream and a railway spur closed in 1928; the corrugated-iron conventillos painted in bright colours recall the Genoese immigrants who built La Boca.
- Address
- Caminito, between Av. Pedro de Mendoza and Olavarría, La Boca
- Hours
- Open 24 hours (public street); go in daylight
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 45 min
- Price
- Free
- Price level
- $
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Stay on the main tourist strip and visit by day; the surrounding blocks are not for wandering at night.
- Skip the restaurants with touts and posed tango couples; walk on to the Quinquela museum and Fundación Proa nearby.