Private Caminito & La Boca Walking Tour

My husband and I wanted a private tour and were able to get just that. Juan Manuel was full of knowledge and was so helpful during the tour. I highly recommend Juan as a guide and we both feel so grateful to have been show around La Boca by him. He was friendly, welcoming, and taught us so much about the rich history and neighborhood. He showed us around the main parts and a few less obvious areas. 10/10 would recommend and book with him again!

Juan Manuel provided a thorough informative and fascinating walking tour of the Boca area. Covering the immigration,sporting and artistic history and impact the tour opened our eyes to this amazing place with both key major points and interesting minor details. Love the tour

Excellent guiding by Yamilla! I had great insights into the Barrio, it's history, Tango etc.. she is a very enthusiastic guide and a good company too. I also got some recommendations on local places as an added friendly gesture. Highly recommended

Juan Manuel was ver knowledgeable and flexible with our stops. He taught me a lot of cool facts about Argentinian history, tango and art of the city. I absolutely recommend this tour and Juan as your guide!!

Our guide was knowledgeable but he added 2 people to our private tour without letting us know in advance. The tour was advertised as 4 hours but ours ended after only 2 hours.

Elizabeth our guide was awesome. We had some miscommunication as regard to a meeting spot and she tracked us down a half an hour after tour was suppose to start. She then took us on tour and was a wealth of information on the history of the area. Thank you so much Elizabeth !

Elizabeth was our guide for the walking tour. She had lots of information for us and was very nice. Walked around la boca and la caminita and she informed us of the history and showed us the important sites etc. She even helped us with recommendations for lunch and other places to see in the city during our time in buenos aires. Highly recommend!!

Yes it’s in La Boca. Yes it’s a poor area. But the Caminito is worth the time spent and the locals need the tourist dollars from people like us. Just use common sense when you go. We spoke to locals about getting there and took their advice. You don’t need a tour. Just jump in a taxi (eg ARP 120-150 from Plaza de Mayo) they’re cheap, and get dropped off IN the Caminito so you don’t need to walk there. Enjoy the colour, the vibe and some genuinely nice souvenirs amongst the inevitable tacky that you get everywhere. Finish up with a beer and ask the cafe staff to ring for a taxi for you at the end of the visit.

Every major city has one - a bright, vibrant area to showcase aspects of its culture which also attracts tourists. Caminito is in the suburb of La Boca and you'll be bombarded by colour and noise. It's vibrant, very colourful and interesting with its array of streets and alleys full of shops, restaurants and cafes, Tango dancers, and market stalls selling clothing, shoes and souvenirs. It's really for the tourists with some parts just plain tacky but that adds the appeal and vibrancy of the area. You can lunch at a restaurant on the street and be entertained by Tango dancers, even dress up and be photographed as a Tango dancer. The old cobble stones and railway lines from another time are still there. Caminito (Spanish for street or laneway) is supposed to have inspired the famous tango Caminito in 1926. La Boca is the old industrial area of Buenos Aires which was home to the Italian immigrants in the late 19th century. They worked in the nearby docks and used left over paint for the outside of their homes resulting in a riot of colour. The area became an eyesore in the 1950's and was revived in the 1960's/70's by local yet renowned Argentine artist Quinquela Martín. He painted the buildings with vibrant pastel colours reminiscent of the original colours which eventually brought the area back to life. It’s worth a visit and is open most todays. You can spend hours walking the streets, being entertained by street musicians and looking at the shops. However check opening times as most of the stalls were packing up by 3pm. Avoid going into the back streets - some parts looked seedy and certainly uninviting.

This is one of the traps to tourists, like, for example, Pelourinho at Salvador in Brazil. It is simply an open air slum, pretending to be a cool tourist site. Prices are high, attendants are not trainned and the atractions are typical from a poor neighbourhood trying to convince the less warned. Forget it!

A lot of history captured on the walls of that neighborhood Guide Santiago a genius..pleasure to hear. ......... .......

Gran experiencia con Florencia Nos explicó muy bien la historia del estadio del boca y el barrio. Después nos dio datos interesantes sobre argentina Terminamos el tour en caminito donde nos explicó la historia y nos llevó a conocer las casas

I loved the color of the neighborhood, it is clearly an area for tourists but it retains its charm, it would seem somewhat dangerous if one left the path

Los lugares seleccionados son muy interesantes y Elizabeth, nuestra guía, siempre atenta a todo y con las historias precisas para cada lugar.

A colorful place, full of souvenir shops, free tango shows, many restaurants with affordable prices, a must-see place on a visit to Buenos Aires

A piece of street with a trade of little keys and stuff like that. Men in crooked suits and women in clothes of dubious taste, supposedly tango dancers, approach you wanting to take pictures to charge for it. Zero glamour. Area well decadent.Interest much more sociological than tourist.The contrast with neighborhoods like Palermo is shocking. There is guidance not to get away from this main street, as there is a favela there nearby.

It is a good option for a quick and general visit of the neighborhood. When accessing the walking area, get off the bike to walk the different streets. Quaint neighborhood. I recommend going on weekends from noon until 4 p.m.

If it’s a sunny day it’s ideal to do it and if not, it’s very interesting. If you have some time at a very short distance away is the iron bridge of La Boca, one of the 8 remaining of its kind in the world

Very picturesque neighborhood, full of beautiful places and walks to tour with very good places to eat typical Argentine foods and lots and lots of tango! Definitely the best! Unmissable!

Although it seems mounted for tourism (a little artificial), it is nice walk, does not demand much time, it is safe, it is picturesque. Expensive to eat. Super recommended to visit the Quinquela Martin museum.

It is a reality quite different from the luxury of Recoleta...but equally charming...the fair is very interesting...reigns very beautiful photos ..good restaurants to take a chopp..enjoy a typical music..worth the walk!!

It makes you see a neighborhood with another perspective, very colorful houses, I think they could invest more, because the neighborhood has an incredible potential.

Very nice place, well cared for and very receptive people, the place breathes culture and very worth the visit. It has great stores to buy souvenirs.