The Top 5 Hotels Near El Mercado
-
From the outside it looks like a converted warehouse, but step inside this luxury hotel in Puerto Madero and suddenly you're surrounded by red velvet, black marble, and doormen in top hats who somehow don't seem ridiculous. The crowd skews famous or almost-famous, and the pool bar has the kind of energy where everyone is very aware they're being looked at. Worth a visit even if you're not staying.
-
Your butler will see to that. Park Tower is a full-on luxury hotel in Retiro, sitting at the crossroads of pretty much every neighborhood worth visiting in Buenos Aires. The kind of place where heads of state book their stays, which gives you a sense of the service level. Rooms, pools, clay tennis courts, a spa, and a round-the-clock concierge, all in a tower with genuinely great access to the city.
-
A freshly renovated luxury hotel in Recoleta that somehow manages to feel both grand and genuinely cool. The property splits between a sleek modern tower and a restored Belle Époque mansion, connected through a terrace and outdoor pool. Polo references run throughout, done tastefully rather than tackily. The Pony Line Lounge draws the kind of well-dressed locals who never need to check the menu prices.
-
-
If Buenos Aires really is the Paris of South America, the Alvear Palace is its answer to a grand boulevard hotel, all crystal chandeliers, velvet curtains, and white-gloved butlers who speak better English than you do. Recoleta's old-money crowd has been holding court in the lobby bar for years. The rooftop pool and bar add a modern reason to look smug, with city views that justify every peso.