Football supporters all over the world know about Diego Maradona's story with the national team and his club exploits with Barcelona, Napoli and Sevilla. But what about Maradona's early years in Buenos Aires?. Want to visit the area of Buenos Aires, where young Diego honed his amazing football skills?. Which football clubs did Maradona play for, before his move to Europe?. Well these questions and more can be answered by booking a place on the "Maradona Footstep Tour". Organized by a dutch expatriate resident in Buenos Aires, whose passion for Maradona is only matched with his support for PSV Eindhoven. The tour will take you to the different landmarks of Maradona's life in Buenos Aires. For The Maradona Footstep Tour, you will get transport to these different locations and an english speaking (with dutch accent!) guide and tickets for museum/stadium tours to Argentinos Juniors and Boca Juniors. For more details contact Casa 34 (http://casa34.wordpress.com) by email at: info@casa34.com.
Villa Fiorito First off you will get to visit Villa Fiorito and take a tour through the slums where Diego was bought up.
You will take a look at the football pitch where Maradona played his first match. Please note photograph of Englishman imagining how a young Diego honed his handball skills.....yes we cannot let it go!!!
If you are very lucky, you will get to meet Joyo, a youth friend of Diego still living in Villa Fiorito. You will then be taken to look at Diego's family house in Villa Fiorito. I would advise against trying to do this trip independently, as the below news article shows how dangerous this part of Buenos Aires could be.
Argentinos Juniors Next up you will visit Argentinos Juniors football club in La Paternal district of Buenos Aires, Maradona's first professional club.You will have a unique opportunity to look around the Diego Armando Maradona stadium.
Look around the reception area that has huge photographs on the walls of Diego Maradona and his brother.
Then onto the Argentinos Juniors Press Room, which looks like a shrine to Diego Maradona. The walls are covered in Maradona photographs, an amazing sight!
Then it out onto the pitch for a look around the stadium.
Boca Juniors Next up you will visit Boca Juniors football club in La Boca district of Buenos Aires.
You can take a tour around Boca Junior's museum and La Bombonero stadium. Begin with a look around the Boca Juniors museum, where you can see amognst other things, player profiles of everyone who has pulled on a Boca shirt.
Then it is onto stadium tour. Beginning with look around VIP seats.
Then into the Popular end, home to Boca's Barra Bravas.
For The Maradona Footstep Tour, you will get transport to these different locations and an english speaking (with dutch accent!) guide and tickets for museum/stadium tours to Argentinos Juniors and Boca Juniors. For more details contact Casa 34 (http://casa34.wordpress.com) by email at: info@casa34.com.
La Boca/Caminito I would also recommend after the tour a look around La Boca district, particularly Caminito which is about three minutes walk away from La Bombonero stadium.
Here
amongst the coach load of tourists and brightly-painted buildings you
will find some shops selling plenty of Maradona momentoes.
Of
particular interest to readers from Scotland, is some T-shirts showing Homer Simpson's interpretation of Maradona's Hand of God goal against
England in 1986 World Cup.Oh how I laughed!!!!!!!!
and Maradona's second goal against England in 1986 World Cup
Maradona Poster and DVD Amongst the various momentoes picked up from my jollies to Buenos Aires included:
Maradona
7 Anos del Napoles – DVD of all Maradona goals and skills from his
seven years at Napoli. This DVD is the best of the bunch and I
guarantee when you watch it, you will rewind after any number of goals
and say “How the f#ck did he manage to do that”?
Whilst
walking along Ave Florida, the main shopping street in Buenos Aires,
keep an eye out at the newspaper kiosks that are found along it. One
particular one was selling Diego Maradona in Boca kit, circa 1980s
posters. Image of the world’s greatest footballer, untouched by coke!!.
I like to think the poster was authentic, although I suspect some
printing factory in Buenos Aires is knocking these out by the container
load. Still, it is framed and pride of place in stairwell.
Villa Fiorito
Look around the reception area that has huge photographs on the walls of Diego Maradona and his brother.
Then onto the Argentinos Juniors Press Room, which looks like a shrine to Diego Maradona. The walls are covered in Maradona photographs, an amazing sight!
Then it out onto the pitch for a look around the stadium.
You can take a tour around Boca Junior's museum and La Bombonero stadium. Begin with a look around the Boca Juniors museum, where you can see amognst other things, player profiles of everyone who has pulled on a Boca shirt.
Then it is onto stadium tour. Beginning with look around VIP seats.
Then into the Popular end, home to Boca's Barra Bravas.
For The Maradona Footstep Tour, you will get transport to these different locations and an english speaking (with dutch accent!) guide and tickets for museum/stadium tours to Argentinos Juniors and Boca Juniors. For more details contact Casa 34 (
La Boca/Caminito
Here
amongst the coach load of tourists and brightly-painted buildings you
will find some shops selling plenty of Maradona momentoes.
Of
particular interest to readers from Scotland, is some T-shirts showing Homer Simpson's interpretation of Maradona's Hand of God goal against
England in 1986 World Cup.Oh how I laughed!!!!!!!!
and Maradona's second goal against England in 1986 World Cup
Maradona Poster and DVD
Whilst
walking along Ave Florida, the main shopping street in Buenos Aires,
keep an eye out at the newspaper kiosks that are found along it. One
particular one was selling Diego Maradona in Boca kit, circa 1980s
posters. Image of the world’s greatest footballer, untouched by coke!!.
I like to think the poster was authentic, although I suspect some
printing factory in Buenos Aires is knocking these out by the container
load. Still, it is framed and pride of place in stairwell.