Hotel Tanguero – Elegance Beyond the Usual Clichés

The Tanguero Hotel in downtown Buenos Aires manages to avoid the gaudiness and accentuate the elegance associated with that most ubiquitous symbol of the city — tango. All the usual references do appear in this boutique hotel – the tango hat, black and white checkered floors and the images of the most famous tango singer [...]

Mansion Dandi Royal—San Telmo’s Tango Hotel

The Mansión Dandi Royal in San Telmo is the place to stay for the tango infatuated looking to dance their way through Buenos Aires. It’s especially geared toward those who adore the sultry dance but perhaps don’t speak Spanish, and want to have someone else take care of the details. It’s also a great anniversary [...]

Victoria Hotel — An Authentic Bargain in San Telmo

The Victoria Hotel is a San Telmo institution and one of the best deals for budget travelers to Buenos Aires. The historic, family-run hotel sits on the narrow and noisy Chacabuco Street, but once you enter its sturdy confines you’ll find a tranquil old-style pensión with rooms surrounding an open patio full of plants. For [...]

Milhouse—BA’s Party Hostel

As one of Buenos Aires’ most popular and largest youth hostels, the infamous Milhouse Hostel deserves a mention if only to confirm that, yes, what you heard is true. Milhouse’s fame as the number one hostel for debauchery continues even though it’s a HI-approved hostel and a few years ago the family that runs the [...]

Home Hotel

Home is a stylish boutique hotel oasis in Palermo Viejo with a decidedly Euro-retro style. With its vintage wallpaper and Scandinavian furnishing this is the kind of place that may have you wondering after a few drinks by the pool: where am I again? Founded by Irish-Argentine, Patricia O’Shea and Brit hubby Tom Rixton, this [...]

Five Cool Rooms

Five Cool Rooms is a boutique hotel in Palermo Soho that is so assured of its own coolness that it’s not worried about catching your attention from the street. In fact, it loiters serenely behind an inconspicuous wooden door on Honduras Street, just a couple of blocks from Plaza Serrano, confident that anyone who is [...]

V&S Hostel

V&S is a hostel that ticks all the boxes. It’s reasonably priced, clean, and offers a wide range of activities to guests. It is also located in the thick of the action downtown — this could be either a plus or a minus, depending on what you’re after. Most hostels are gathered around the Tango [...]