Hotel Pulitzer Buenos Aires

Style

Buenos Aires, by the book

Setting

Middle of Microcentro

Set just below stylish Recoleta, Hotel Pulitzer Buenos Aires knows how to unwind or get playful. The cool, contemporary bolthole has a library filled with books on Argentine art and history for studious visitors looking to explore nearby sites. Those who check in to tune out should nab a sunlounger by the pool, and take in busy Buenos Aires from above.

Facilities

Rooms

104, including two suites.

Checkout

Noon, but flexible, subject to availability (and a half-day rate). Earliest check-in, 2pm.

More Details

Rates usually include buffet breakfast, which includes pastries, yogurt, egg dishes and dulce de leche.

Also

Rooms 212 and 312 are wheelchair-accessible.

Free Internet Access

Laundry

Pool

On-Site Restaurant

Room Service

At the Hotel

Library, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: flatscreen TV, minibar.

Our Favourite Rooms

The rooms at Hotel Pulitzer Buenos Aires are all decorated in the same somewhat nautical style with blues, tans and white walls, so it’s hard to go wrong, but 1104 has a terrace and lets in plenty of light. If booking a standard room with a terrace, ask for 610 or 611, which overlook Maipu Street and have bigger terraces than the courtyard-facing rooms.

Poolside

The sun-heated pool on the rooftop of the eighth floor is lined with loungers and soundtracked by chilled-out tunes; it is usually open from December to April, but dates vary depending on the weather.

Packing Tips

Bring dancing shoes: some of Argentina’s best tango clubs are within blocks of the hotel.

Also

The hotel has a library with comfortable chairs and a slew of interesting books. The country’s national library, one of the most robust collections in the hemisphere, is 3km from the hotel on the site of the palace where Evita and Juan Perón once lived.

Children

The hotel does allow children; baby cots can be reserved at no charge, and rollaway beds are available for $60 per night.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

Sit on the first floor by Visit Cocktail Bar for a brighter, more comfortable space than the lower level.

Dress Code

Light dresses and button-down shirts are best unless you’re headed to the pool, in which case less is more.

Hotel Restaurant

Boca de Toro, helmed by chef Agustín Monticelli, has a strong Spanish lean but Monticelli is no die-hard purist, playing out the cuisine’s continent-crossing history and openness to Latin influences. Expect first-rate tapas, refined mains and excellent South American wines.

Hotel Bar

The bar is part of Boca de Toro, serving fine wines and elegant cocktails. Up on the 13th floor, Visit Sky Bar is an alfresco option open from October to April. The bartenders mix mojitos, caipirinhas and martinis on the wood deck overlooking the city.

Last Orders

Visit Sky Bar pours from 5pm to midnight. Boca de Toro is open from 11am to midnight, Monday to Saturday.

Room Service

Sandwiches, salads, classic breakfast items and other dishes can be delivered from 11.30am to 11.30pm.

Planes

The city’s domestic airport is 20 minutes away by car. From Ezeiza International, which operates flights directly from London (www.britishairways.com), New York (www.aa.com) and elsewhere, the drive will take around 50 minutes.

Trains

The nearest train station is Retiro, 1.5km, or five minutes’s drive, from the hotel. Three national lines depart from the station. The city also has a metro system with a station, Plaza San Martin, a short walk away.

Automobiles

Retiro is on the western edge of Buenos Aires. The hotel has a car park on site ($22 a day).

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

After you’ve sunned by the pool and sipped cocktails high above the city streets, head out to see Recoleta Cemetery, a sprawling maze of mausoleums patrolled by neighbourhood cats. Devoted fans of Eva Perón continue to make pilgrimages to her tomb. Outside the cemetery, the Recoleta barrio has a large number of galleries and museums. Be sure to visit the National Museum of Fine Arts, one of the continent’s largest museums, which has collections dating from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, including works by Argentine artists Diego Della Valle and Jacques Morel, along with classic pieces by the likes of Degas, Gauguin and Modigliani. Browse the luxury goods displayed along shop-lined Avenida Alvear and swing by El Ateneo Grand Splendid: a thetare turned bookstore, widely considered the most beautiful in the world.

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