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La Boca and San Telmo, Buenos Aires

Argentina Autonomous City of Buenos Aires La Boca

La Boca and San Telmo, Buenos Aires
Photo: Guillaume Baviere from Uppsala, Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

La Boca's Caminito is a street of brightly painted tin houses, with tango dancers. San Telmo, the oldest neighbourhood, has a Sunday antiques market on Plaza Dorrego.


Visit La Bombonera football stadium, the Recoleta Cemetery with Eva Perón's tomb, and see a tango show.

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