La Boca, Buenos Aires?

Question

would it be a fun place to visit? to live? what is there to do for fun there? (besides boca juniors, i know)

Answer 1

la boca has el caminito where all the buildings have different colors. It used to the Italian quarters and at the time when ships came in with some extra paint they used to paint there buildings with it because there was no money. Its great to walk and go shopping for typical souvenirs of Argentina. BEWARE OF THE PICK POCKETS.

Answer 2

Well.. I was there many years ago, it was just a colorful suburb of Buenos Aires where they said tango was born. You could get your souvenirs there from the arts and crafts stalls.  This is one of the must-thing-to-do for a frist time tourist to Buenos Aires. I always loved the place.

Answer 3

La Boca is a famous neighbourghood in Buenos Aires but it's not the best place to live. It's visited by hundreds of tourists everyday but they only see "the nice part": the football stadium and Caminito. A lot of inmigrants and poor people live in small houses or even rooms called "Coventillos"... If you are a Boca fan just go and have a look!

Answer 4

I just came back from Buenos Aires 2 weeks ago.  (I'm from California).  La Boca was fine.  Very, very touristy, it's like a couple blocks of colorful buildings and after that it's very poor.  It's cool to go there for a couple hours and just look around but I think there are better places to visit.  And I agree with the others, Palermo is wonderful!  I loved Buenos Aires.

Answer 5

It is a very lively place with many things to do:

Markets

Tango

Ports

ect.

However, if catching Subte be very careful walking from the station to the area (very poor and can be dangerous)

Good luck!

Answer 6

SORRY, I DON´T SPEEK ENGLISH WELL. Soy de Argentina

Answer 7

there is so much to do there you will not get board with a good night life every night and a asado (bbq) every other night by far the best thing to do.

Answer 8

Is a great place to visit but during the day! dont go there during the night and try not to carry a lot $ (just in case)

Is not a place to live cause a nice toursit place but kinda poor and full of garbage

if you wanna stay in a good place i recommend Palermo or downtown near the Obelisco (but you will have to be careful during the night too)

if you need some extra help just let me know cause im from argentina :)

Answer 9

this is a graet place to visit!!! you can dance "tango", but it isn't very security (seguro, i speak english very bad, i'm sory)

you can live in palermo (mi barrio =) )and visit la boca.

In palermo there are some many discos. more and more, muchos restorant, mc donalds, etc, good luck in your visit

=)  from bs as, i'm argentina

Answer 10

I am argentina and i live in Buenos Aires. La Boca is a place to visit but not to live there. At night there are places and people  really dangerous not only for the turist. In La Boca there are "caminito" with many places to visit, like restaurants, tango dancing, local artwork, the Rio de La Plata...

I recomend to stay in Palermo if you want to have fun at night (ang day) is more secure, and there is many options.