Top 10 Buenos Aires

Ostinatto Buenos Aires Hostel sign
! Goya Hotel
The pick of downtown
budget hotels, the
Goya’s best feature is its
remodeled top floor
featuring a terrace with
city views, breakfast bar,
and three new suites.
Lower floors have comfortable
rooms with hydromassage
baths. All have
cable TV and are WiFi or
broadband enabled.
d Map Q5 • Suipacha 748,
Microcentro • 4322-9269 •
www.goyahotel.com.ar • $
Hotel Varela @ Once the home of a
19th-century ship-builder,
this hotel’s terrace today
tops two floors of
charming rooms, seven
with private bathroom.
The ground floor rooms
have a colonial patio.
d Map F3 • Estados
Unidos 342, San Telmo •
4362-1231 • hotelvarela@
hotmail.com • $
£ Hotel del Prado
A 1930s building
entered via a marble
stairway, the Prado is a
good choice. Inviting,
clean rooms have cable
TV, ceiling fans, and are
WiFi-enabled; back
rooms are quieter. Close
to the subway and main
bus routes. d Map M5
• Paraguay 2385, Barrio
Norte • 4961-1192 • www.
hotedelprado-ba.com.ar • $
$ Gran Hotel
Hispano
This gem of a hotel is a
Belle Époque building
with two floors and an
Price Categories
For a standard,
double room per
night (with breakfast
if included), taxes,
and extra charges.
Budget Hotels & Hostels
airy Spanish patio.
Rooms are tasteful and
clean. There is a garden
terrace. d Map E2 • Avda.
de Mayo 861, Monserrat
• 4345-2020 • www.hhis
pano.com.ar • $$
% Hostel Inn
Tango City
Set in an old San Telmo
townhouse, this lively
hostel has mixed and
single-sex dorms, doubles,
quadruples, plus
book-exchange, laundry,
and in-house travel
agency. Best of all is a
grungy basement bar
with pool table, Internet,
and very long happy
hours. d Map E3 • Piedras
680, San Telmo • 4300-5776
• www.hostel-inn.com • $
Ostinatto Buenos
^ Aires Hostel
Ostinatto features a
resto-bar, bijou wine
cellar with own label, and
free yoga and tango
classes. The building’s
hamster-cage design
links dorms, doubles with
private bathroom, loft
apartment, and
communal roof-terrace
with criss-crossing
walkways. Lockers and
laundry service are
provided. d Map F3
• Chile 680, San Telmo
• 4362-9639 • www.
ostinatto.com.ar • $
Casa Jardín & This quiet Palermo
hostel has five rooms –
two single-sex dorms
with 4–5 beds, plus
single, double, and triple
Most of the budget hotels and hostels do not have air-
conditioning, disabled access, or accept credit cards.
$ under US$50
$$ US$50–110
$$$ US$110–170
$$$$ US$170–240
$$$$$ over US$240
rooms – within an
elegant 1930s home.
There is a roof terrace,
with living, kitchen, and
dining spaces. d Map K3
• Charcas 4422, Palermo
Viejo • 4774-8783 • www.
casajardinba.com.ar • $
* Palermo Soho
Hostel
Located in Palermo’s
trendy shopping zone,
this hostel has more
doubles than dorms,
making it ideal for the
backpacking couple.
Chill-out spaces include
a terrace, a lounge, and a
pleasant balcony. d Map
J2 • Nicaragua 4728
• 4833-0151 • www.paler
mosohohostel.com.ar • $
( Milhouse
This is the city’s party
hostel. Activities include
nightly drinking games,
pool tournaments, and
nightclub visits. It has a
patio and roof-terrace. d
Map E2• Hipólito Yrigoyen
959, Monserrat • 4345-
9604 • www.milhouse
hostel.com • $
) V&S Hostel
Occupying a beautiful
1910 building with winding
stairway and an
antique elevator, V&S is a
calm oasis amidst the
madness of downtown.
There are dorms, doubles,
quadruples, a patio
a lounge, and a small
library. Spanish and tango
classes are available.
d Map Q5• Viamonte 887,
Microcentro • 4322-0994
• www.hostelclub.com • $
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