Thing to do
1. Caminito
A 100-metre painted alley in La Boca, transformed by the artist Benito Quinquela Martín from a disused railway line into an open-air street museum.
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2. Feria de San Telmo
The Sunday antiques fair on Plaza Dorrego, started in 1970 to revive San Telmo and now spreading to more than 200 stalls of old objects and curiosities.
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3. El Ateneo Grand Splendid
A bookshop inside a 1919 theatre on Avenida Santa Fe, with the original boxes, a painted ceiling and a café set on the old stage.
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4. Café de los Angelitos tango show
An evening tango show in a café that opened in 1890 and counted Carlos Gardel among its regulars, with dinner-and-show or show-only options.
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5. Mercado de San Telmo
A covered market hall built in 1897 by Juan Antonio Buschiazzo, where butchers and greengrocers still trade beside antique dealers and two historic bars.
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