Who's Going
The Bush Daughters, Crowded House’s Nick Seyomur
Reason to Stay
Boutique Hotel, Designer Hotel, and Residential Setting
Hotel Type
Boutique Hotel
There is music coming from Buenos Aires uber-hip Palermo Viejo district, as a UK-record producer and his publicist wife create one of the city's first true luxury boutique hotels. Its well-suited name alludes to a residential location on an otherwise nondescript street in an area popular with techy-media companies and loft-dwelling urbanites. A rambling masonry facade reveals walls of glass and inter-connecting buildings splashed in bright-tropical colors. Trendy transatlantic-types enter a groovy lounge lounge with 50s Scandinavian furnishings and inlaid-wooden wall leading to a garden-theme bar area. The Resto Bar features a glass enclosed garden-theme design for breakfast, lunch and evening tapas as well as the occasional weekend DJ. The bar overlooks a backyard pool area accessed through a wooden staircase leading down to a manicured lawn with scattered deck chairs and the occasional pale sunbather. An on-site day spa performs an array of treatments for pampering or well being and is well presented given its modest-size.
The Room
It's the best-located hotel in Buenos Aires if looking for what’s hot and now, far removed from the Recoletta's dated luxury palaces like the Alvear and Four Seasons. This 17-bedroom residential-style boutique hotel offers a convenient city-center location walking distance to the best shops and restaurants in the city, yet with the leisure resort facilities of a hotel far larger in size. The main guest rooms are interconnected with the main lobby through glassy, airy corridors flush with natural light. Rooms feature a minimalist design palette with vintage hand-selected furnishings from the ‘50s and ‘60s, each with fully stocked mini bar, CD- MP3 players and WiFi internet access. Well-drawn architectural spaces include oversize windows overlooking either the pool garden, surrounding neighborhood or less-desirable interior zen patio. Beds are turned-down to discover 100% Egyptian cotton sheets and native llama wool blankets. Bathrooms feature polished cement sinks with artsy toiletries and choice of bath or shower. Larger guest suites feature walk-in showers and Jacuzzi baths �" as well as larger apartment style accommodations with private terraces and balconies worthy of their modestly inflated price.
Preferred Room
Front Suite
Special Features
Hip Scene, Designer Hotel, Small Hotel
Amenities
Pool, Garden, Restaurant, Spa
