Buenos Aires Hotels

 

Cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, birthplace of the tango and among South America's most important cities, ranks as Argentina's commercial, cultural and financial hub, with excellent Buenos Aires hotels and other lodging accommodations, plus world-class museums, theaters and restaurants. Virtually rebuilt since 1900 with few of its oldest buildings remaining, affluent Buenos Aires nevertheless has retained its historic city center layout.

In the sprawling city's heart, just as in early days, lies Plaza de Mayo, with the historic town hall where plots were first hatched for independence from Spain. Visitors find Buenos Aires ideal for strolling, people watching, and participating alongside locals with extended coffee klatches.

The Buenos Aires hotels scene—from bijou boutique properties and revamped classics to towering altars to urban design—has a well-earned reputation for being edgy, chic, and affordable. Style-conscious boutique hotels have sprouted around the cobbled streets of the food-and-fashion quarter of Palermo Viejo. Hotel rooms under $200 are easy to find: For $100–$150 a night, you can get a double room in a casa chorizo, one of Buenos Aires' distinctive one-story townhouses, decorated in 19th-century style with aged pinotea wood floors and jasmine-filled gardens.

Worth exploring, too, is San Telmo, a somewhat grittier area whose antique stores, no-frills parrilla steakhouses, and darkly attractive bars draw many foreign visitors. Far-sighted hoteliers have turned some of the neighborhood's once-grandiose mansions into award-winning design hotels.

Heads of state and business travelers should look to the opulence of leafy Recoleta, where the city's most august hotels ride Argentina's roller-coaster fortunes with sublime indifference. Puerto Madero, the city's renovated docklands, offers a scattering of glitzier palaces to contemporary design, while chain hotels are largely found in traffic-filled Microcentro, a stone's throw from the Casa Rosada and Plaza de Mayo.

Everyone knows someone who has been here and raved about it. You’ve put it off long enough. Come to Buenos Aires hotels and you’ll understand why so many people have fallen in love with this amazing city, and even decided to stay. There’s a good chance you’ll be one of them.

 

 

 

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