Castelar Hotel And Spa, Buenos Aires

Advantages: Friendly staff, clean rooms
Disadvantages: Small lift, awful scrambled eggs

...The Kempinski Hotel is ideally located in the centre of Buenos Aires. You are within walking distance of numerous cafes, restaurants, shops, the metro, bus stops and many of the main attractions. It is a small boutique hotel with friendly, competent staff who are happy to help you out. We stayed in the hotel for 6 nights and were very happy with the place. The hotel, is like many others in BA tall and narrow - the lifts barely fit two people, so let the porter take your suitcases up to your room - it is far easier than getting stuck doing it yourself. The rooms are spacious and comfortable - you get a sofa and an en-suite as well as a huge double bed. The room is air conditioned - a must in summer as it is so hot outside. There is cable TV with lots of random English speaking channels - so you can watch movies in English... Read review

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Advantages: close to center-like many other hotels
Disadvantages: many

...We are from Barcelona,Spain so there is no confusion with languages or misinterpretations. We arrived night of Dec.31st. Because staff was celebrating they paid minimum attention to us. The room was tiny-hardly enough space for the double bed and suitcases. There was only one towel for two people. We paid for full breakfast but due to early hour the next day, they hardly gave us anything and we were supposed to be grateful.(the barman meantime was busy flirting with a woman-"prostitute" ?). No one helped put our luggage into van. The receptionist at that time ( named "German") was an insolent, cocky bastard. AVOID THIS HOTEL AND IF YOU HAVE IT ON TOUR CHANGE IT FOR ANOTHER HOTEL... Read review

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Advantages: Classy, cultural and (at the moment) cheap.
Disadvantages: The current economic situation continues to plague the nations spirit.

...by 3 or 4 main thoroughfares and is just about navigable on foot. The buildings here have a classical feel even if many are showing the scars of a city in trouble. As you would expect football is an overriding obsession and the capital is home to the countries biggest teams. Boca Juniors, River Plate, Racing Club and current top team Independiente all play out of Buenos Aires and each has a passionate following. Any visit to the city would be incomplete without witnessing a match as it is here that BA's passion for life persists. ACCOMMODATION Buenos Aires can be a little daunting when it comes to finding a place to stay. The city centre is quite big and its budget hotels are scattered over a wide area so be prepared for a lot of legwork. The biggest concentration of accommodation can be found between Av. Corrientes and Av. De... Read review

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