Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos AiresvsAlvear Palace Hotel
Both properties are rated very highly by professional reviewers. Overall, Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos Aires ranks slightly higher than Alvear Palace Hotel. Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos Aires comes in at #1 in Buenos Aires with recommendations from 16 reviewers like Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler and Time Out.
Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos Aires Show All Reviews
Av Alvear 1661, Buenos Aires C1014AAD, Argentina
From $347/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
Concierge
"Divided between a restored Belle Époque mansion and a contemporary addition... the hotel's paneled corridors and light-filled lounges ooze discreet wealth."
Fodor's
"This gorgeous hotel has upped the ante for elegance in Buenos Aires." Full review
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Be sure to sip a whiskey at the Oak Bar, constructed from 17th-century oak carvings from a Normandy castle.
DK Eyewitness
"Interiors in the public areas are fresh and modern, the spa and gym are among the best in town, and the rooms have high ceilings and polished hardwood floors."
Rough Guide
"The Duhau family home on the city’s most desirable street is now a hyper-luxury hotel, with huge rooms decorated with soothing woods and marble baths."
Time Out
"The entrance to the Park Hyatt is a confection of neoclassical columns, marble floors and cast-iron gates, while the rooms themselves, simple and modern, speak of a 21st-century sensibility." Full review
Star Service
"This Recoleta gem is situated between the Alvear Palace and the Four Seasons, and it competes squarely with those two big names on price and elegance." Full review
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Certain Palace building units (Suite Duhau, Suite Alvear, Park Executive Suite, Park Suites, Park One Bedroom Suite and Park Deluxe Twin) feature fireplaces, and these are undoubtedly the most requested as this building features stunning architecture and decor.
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"One of the loveliest new hotels in Buenos Aires." Full review
Travel + Leisure
World's Best Hotels
"What links the two spaces—in addition to rotating contemporary art exhibits—is impeccable service that elicits kudos from even the most discerning globetrotters." Full review
Oyster
Luxury
"The five-pearl Palacio Duhau-Park Hyatt Buenos Aires, an elegant property situated in a 1930s French neoclassical palace, is centrally located in Buenos Aires' upscale Recoleta District." Full review
Afar Magazine
"The Palacio Duhau Park Hyatt is a true palace." 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