Vain Boutique HotelvsHotel Babel
Vain Boutique Hotel and Hotel Babel are both highly recommended by those who travel for a living. Overall, Hotel Babel scores significantly better than Vain Boutique Hotel. Hotel Babel ranks #25 in Buenos Aires with positive reviews from 5 sources like Time Out, Afar Magazine and Frommer's.
Vain Boutique Hotel
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
Oyster
Upper-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 Telegraph
8.0
"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
Hotel Babel
Balcarce 946, San Telmo, Buenos Aires C1064AAT, Argentina
From $38/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
Frommer's
"This is a charming, small boutique hotel with a conventillo feel to it, built around a glass-covered, light-filled central courtyard in a century-old house." Full review
Fodor's
"This 200-year-old former home of late Argentine president Juan Manuel de Rosas sits on one of the city's most historic streets, exactly nine blocks from the Casa Rosada." Full review
Time Out
"This recently renovated conventillo-style house welcomes visitors from all parts of the globe, maintaining the tradition of a hodgepodge of languages that inspired its name." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Arty and stylish but also friendly and unpretentious, this mid-range boutique hotel captures the spirit of San Telmo better than most." Full review