Sightseeing in Buenos Aires

The southern neighbourhood of La Boca allows you to see a very different side of Buenos Aires to the leafy streets of Palermo or the elaborate facades of Recoleta. La Boca is vibrant in every sense; fascinating street art and graffiti, quirky snippets of cultural history, craft markets, and live tango in the streets.

At the centre of this colourful district is El Caminito – a street of brightly-painted houses that are typical of the end of the 19th century. Today, the works of several Argentine artists are a part of the street museum, which is a favourite with visitors to the city. 

If you’re looking for a fun and interesting way to get under the skin of this fascinating, vibrant, sometimes restless city and learn a little about the Porteños themselves, then a graffiti tour will be an excellent addition to your itinerary.

If you do book a tour, you won't be told about the founding of Buenos Aires or given a complete history of the city, or Argentina. What you will be given is an alternative city tour, gaining in-depth information into some aspects of Argentine history, through the context of the street art that you are seeing. For many, this form of associating historical facts and events with incredibly powerful visual art is a far more interesting and memorable way to get to grips with the complicated and fascinating history of Argentina.