Where to Stay
The luxurious Recoleta neighborhood, with its famous mausoleum-stacked cemetery and obsession with doorman-polished brass, has long been anchored by the Louis XIV-style Alvear Palace Hotel, Avenida Alvear 1891, tel (54-11) 4808-2100. But the glitzy 74-year-old institution — with 210 rooms, tea from 4 to 7 p.m., Hermès toiletries and doubles starting at $385 plus 21 percent tax — gets stiff competition from the 165-room Palacio Duhau-Park Hyatt Buenos Aires , Avenida Alvear 1661, tel 5171-1234 just two blocks away. There, a garden links the renovated Duhau family mansion, built in 1934 and inspired by Château Le Marais in France, with a contemporary addition. Prices for deluxe rooms are tentatively are at $410, plus tax.
Of course, it goes without mentioning the ridiculously lavish Faena Hotel + Universe for the seekers of decadent modernism.
Trendier Palermo’s barrios, namely Palermo SoHo and Hollywood are home to new design-conscious, Wi-Fi-outfitted boutique hotels. Across the tracks in Palermo Hollywood sits the divinely intimate Hotel Home, Honduras 5860, tel 4778-1008. Opened by the English music producer Tom Rixton and his wife, Patricia O’Shea, the 17-room Home has Scandinavian-style furniture and vintage wallpapers, a spa and gorgeous garden pool with lots of space to relax. Rooms start at $115, plus tax.
In San Telmo, The Cocker, is a very chic and small hotel which offers five elegant suites surrounded by stunning roof gardens set in a newly-restored art-nouveau townhouse in the heart of San Telmo, catering for the individuals who enjoy fine things. Av. Juan de Garay 458, San Telmo, reservations@thecocker.com
