La Boca, colourful area of the city

The Boca is a famous area of the city, well known for its Tango schools, colourfully painted houses and Maradona's favourite football team, Boca Juniors. However we found it a bit of a tourist trap, with Tango dancers posing for paid photographs just like the modern day Roman soldiers outside of the Coliseum in Rome. Loads of wealthy American day trippers from cruise ships too. Unfortunately despite what the tourist office literature says, La Boca is essentially three very touristy streets surrounded by a very poor and highly dangerous area which tourists are warned not to frequent, even during daytime hours. Not what travel is about for me.