Mio Buenos AiresvsAlvear Palace Hotel
Both Mio Buenos Aires and Alvear Palace Hotel are rated highly by travel writers. Overall, Alvear Palace Hotel is preferred by most reviewers compared to Mio Buenos Aires. Alvear Palace Hotel comes in at 92 with positive reviews from 16 reviews such as Afar Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler and BlackBook.
Mio Buenos Aires
Avenida Quintana 465, Buenos Aires C1129ABA, Argentina
From $169/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
Fodor's
"This vineyard-themed hotel juxtaposes wood pieces including hand-crafted bathtubs in rooms and wine-barrel wood doors with metals and marble to mix modern and classic styles." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"A 13-story design hotel with an opaque-glass exterior on a jacaranda-lined block in swanky Recoleta." Full review
Oyster
Luxury
"The Mio Buenos Aires is a 30-room, luxury boutique hotel in Buenos Aires's popular and affluent Recoleta district, within easy walking distance of shops, restaurants, and attractions." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Owned by one of Argentina's principal winemaking families, grapes and wine are a core part of the details, from the recycled oak barrel entrance to in-room wine on tap." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"The furnishings are fashioned from wine barrels." Full review
Michelin Guide
"A hotel whose rooms and suites feel more like private apartments, albeit extremely stylish ones...and the suites are downright expansive — many come with freestanding tubs " Full review
Alvear Palace Hotel Show All Reviews
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