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Hotel Boutique Raco de Buenos AiresvsAlvear Palace Hotel
Both Hotel Boutique Raco de Buenos Aires and Alvear Palace Hotel are rated very highly by professional reviewers. On balance, Alvear Palace Hotel ranks significantly better than Hotel Boutique Raco de Buenos Aires. Alvear Palace Hotel ranks #2 in Buenos Aires with endorsements from 16 publications including The Telegraph, Fodor's and Star Service.
Hotel Boutique Raco de Buenos Aires
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Oyster
Yapeyu 271, Buenos Aires 1202, Argentina
From $63/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Laundy Room
Fodor's "Resembling the old-money mansions of San Telmo, this hotel's rooms open onto a central patio where many guests choose to take their breakfast." Full review
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Occupying a former home identical in style to the old-money mansions of San Telmo, this hotel's rooms open to the central patio, where many guests, often couples, choose to take their breakfast.
Lonely Planet "This Italian-designed building in a non-touristy neighborhood offers 12 lovely rooms with different styling, from virgin white classic to subdued masculine to animal print." Full review
OysterMid-Range
"Hotel Boutique Raco de Buenos Aires is a quaint three-pearl boutique hotel in the residential neighborhood of Almagro." Full review
Alvear Palace Hotel
Concierge Fodor's Lonely Planet
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Av. Alvear 1891, Buenos Aires 1129AAA, Argentina
From $257/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Concierge "At the Alvear Palace—widely considered the top hotel in South America—it's still possible to feel as rich, as they used to say, as an Argentine."
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Be sure to have a tipple in the magnificent Lobby Bar.
Fodor's "The Alvear Palace has been the standard-bearer for upscale sophistication since 1932, and is undoubtedly the shining star of Buenos Aires' hotel offerings." Full review
Lonely Planet "Ask any local to name the classiest, most traditional hotel in Buenos Aires, and they’ll surely name the Alvear Palace." Full review
DK Eyewitness "The Alvear Palace... is widely regarded as the best hotel in Buenos Aires."
Rough Guide "Once the choice of wealthy landowners and now the favourite of politicians and royalty, the Alvear is still BA’s luxury hotel par excellence, despite the trendy new upstarts."
Time Out "The Alvear, which fills half a block of BA's most exclusive street, Avenida Alvear, reeks of old-school class, and it's perhaps the grandest hotel in all of the capital." Full review
Star Service "A long-standing social pillar in this tony neighborhood of smart shops and embassies, this establishment continues as the choice for visiting heads of state." Full review
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Request one of these units or one of the corner rooms on any floor, especially those that face Alvear Avenue and Ayacucho Street.
BlackBook "Privately-owned luxury hotel in Recoleta where the focus is more on regal afternoon high tea than minimal design and IPod docks."
Forbes Travel Guide 4 Stars
"Alvear Palace Hotel is the gilded grand dame of the ritzy Recoleta district in Buenos Aires." Full review
Frommer's "Among the world's top hotels, this gilded classical confection of marble and bronze combines Empire- and Louis XV-style furniture with exquisite French decorative arts." Full review
