The salty old harbor of La Boca-with its working-class swagger, old-school cantinas, and copious graffiti-is thought to be the barrio where 19th-century Genoan immigrants first danced the tango. Modern-day practitioners can be seen strutting their stuff along the rainbow-hued alleyway known as Caminito, La Boca's open-air museum, art gallery, and souvenir market (see above). It's a total tourist trap, but an irresistible one that even the locals profess a grudging affection for. La Boca is also the stomping ground of Boca Juniors, the beloved soccer powerhouse whose stadium, La Bombonera (Brandsen 805), makes up the center-spiritual as well as geographic-of the neighborhood.
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