Hotel Boutique Racó de Buenos Aires - Yapeyú, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina — Hotel in Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Almagro is no way the first area you visit as tourist in BsAs. There’s simply not that much happening there. That's of course the exact same reason why you also get that sought after «authentic» experience, and you wouldn’t want to miss it. The happenings of Microcentro/Palermo are still pretty close, and in Almagro you feel like a Porteño. The streets are calm and leafy and the restaurants lively and local. Nearby Avenida Rivadavia is a noisy, charming mess and timeless Café Violetas the essence of BsAs cafés. The hotel is boutique and peaceful, with its narrow chess tiled two floored patio, green plants and surrounding rooms. The red room on the second is spacious and clean, with a huge comfortable bed. The calmness of the patio makes reading in the doorway with a cold Quilmes a delight. The staff is really helpful and professional, in the friendly and personal way. There are some challenges with the water; it sometimes disappears, or the hot water takes a while. I also think the breakfast could be even better outside in the daylight patio, instead of the darker basement. The overall experience is however a great value choice you should definitely try, for a nice...

I came across this beautiful place just by chance, when my flight was cancelled due to the new pandemic restrictions and had basically nowhere to spend the night at. Luckily I found a room at Raco Hotel through Booking.com and made a last minute reservation (best decision ever!)||||I was inmediately contacted by the front desk manager, Natalia, who very kindly offered to arrange a taxi for me from Ezeiza airport (it was close to midnight and the international airport is 25.000 miles away from the city), so I accepted at once -||||The hotel itself is more like a guest house; a magnificient and wonderfully conserved 19th century building, with a large patio and lots of open air spaces (a great tip to have into account in these "new reality" times).||||The rooms are clean and cozy, and the recepcionist (Carolina) was very friendly, making me feel at home as soon as I arrived.||She suggested me to have a wake up call, since my flight departed early in the morning.||||All in all, I had a short but very satisfactory stay, and definitely recomend this...

This Hotel seemed to characterise the very many varied charms of the city itself. ||||The hotel staff were always very polite, friendly and helpful; the region, about 5 kms from the Plaza de Mayo, was memorable for both the wrong and right reasons - along the narrow one-way streets there were many poorly maintained pavements and plenty of dog poo. But within a 5-10 minute walk of the Hotel there are some fascinating restaurants (the very elegant Cafe Las Violetas, the very down-to-earth Pan Y Arte in Avenido Boedo and, opposite, another classic restaurant, Cafe Margot).||||We used the Subte Underground (borrowing a SUBE card from the Hotel) to get out and about; an efficient and (despite warnings of pickpockets etc.) always a trouble free experience.||||Also, within sight (and sound) of the Hotel is the Church in which Pope Francis was baptised. This street, wider, with traffic both ways, was lined with plane trees just beginning to show their autumn colours.||||It was a varied experience staying at the Boutique Raco - in the best...