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Vain Boutique HotelvsAlvear Palace Hotel
Both properties are praised by reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Alvear Palace Hotel ranks significantly better than Vain Boutique Hotel. Alvear Palace Hotel has a TripExpert Score of 86 with approval from 12 sources including Forbes Travel Guide, Frommer's and BlackBook.
Vain Boutique Hotel
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Time Out
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Thames 2226/8, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1425FIF, Argentina
From $59/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Fodor's "Built from two carefully restored private homes, this Palermo Soho hot spot's crisply decorated rooms have high ceilings, hardwood floors, and enormous beds topped with luxe linens." Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Fifteen elegant rooms, most with high ceilings and wooden floors, live at this nicely renovated building." Full review
Time Out "When you check in to this 15-room boutique hotel located a short stroll away from Palermo's Plaza Italia, you're offered a complimentary drink as well as a 30-minute massage." Full review
OysterUpper-middle-range
"Located in chic Palermo Soho, this boutique upper-middle-range hotel with 15 rooms occupies a beautiful historic building that has been renovated with an eye on retaining its original charm." Full review
The Telegraph8.0
"This budget-friendly boutique bolthole offers simple but stylish rooms and personal service, plus a pretty, hidden terrace." Full review
New York Times "Less fancy, but more affordable, is Vain Boutique Hotel, which has a similarly central location and 15 smallish but neat rooms."
36 Hours in Buenos Aires
January 16, 2020
Alvear Palace Hotel
Concierge Fodor's Lonely Planet
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Star Service
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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
