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Caminito Color Walk

Painted houses, tango corners, and the river bend.

Caminito Color Walk — La Boca, Buenos Aires

A short, bright walk through Caminito, the open-air street museum of La Boca, where the old conventillos wear corrugated zinc in blue, red, and yellow. The little passage gave its name to the 1926 tango 'Caminito', and the music still turns up on the corners. From there the walk drifts down to the Vuelta de Rocha, the bend in the Riachuelo lined with old shipyards. Loveliest in full daylight, when the paint glows and the street is at its liveliest.

On this plan

  • Brightly painted conventillos
  • Corrugated-zinc facades
  • Tango on the corners
  • The Riachuelo river bend
  • Cafes a minute away
  • Flat and easy

Your afternoon

  1. 12:30 PM · Start on Caminito
    Take your time with the painted conventillos and the tango corners
  2. Pause on a painted corner
    Cafe de los artistas, for a coffee to carry
  3. Down to the Vuelta de Rocha
    The Riachuelo bends here, past the old shipyards
  4. Look downriver
    The old iron transporter bridge stands over the water
  5. Back to the Caminito row
    Finish with a bite along the restaurants

What to bring

  • Camera
  • Sunglasses
  • Sunscreen
  • Water
  • Comfortable shoes
  • Small cash

Getting there

Bus 64 and other lines stop at Vuelta de Rocha on Av. Pedro de Mendoza, a couple of minutes from Caminito. La Boca has no subte, so come by bus, taxi, or the tourist bus.

La Boca is liveliest and safest by day. Stay on Caminito and the main painted streets, keep to the crowd, and enjoy it in full daylight. It is not a place to wander side streets or linger after dark, so plan to be back by late afternoon.