La Boca - considered Buenos Aires's most colourful and picturesque neighbourhood with a very outgoing personality. This is where you really get slapped in the face with vibrant colours: greens, yellows, reds, and purples. Legend has it that the Genoese immigrants who built the houses used left over paint from the shipyards. The current colours are the result of an initiative led by artist Benito Quinquela Martín.

Caminito Street is the one-time railway route that is lined with the bright facades that make La Boca postcard perfect. Named for a 1926 tango song, the pedestrian lane features an outdoor fair where artists sell their wares and tango dancers prance along the sidewalk in between photo ops with tourists.

La Bombonera is the stadium where Diego Maradona became 'God' for his fans. Do you know how Boca Juniors football club got its colours? Juan Rafael Brichetto - president of Boca Juniors in 1907 - suggested choosing the colours of the first boat that appeared in the port. The first boat they saw the next day turned out to be from Sweden, and the club adopted the yellow and blue colours of the Swedish flag.

Murals and graffiti began in the early 1990s. Graffiti started as signatures of different graffiti groups and used to be rejected by the citizens. Little by little that negative feeling turned to respect and admiration as the graffiti evolved and is now an integral part of this barrio.

I simply LOVED the riot of colour be it the buildings or the street art. It all just screamed party time……