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Hotel Babel vs Alvear Palace Hotel

Hotel Babel and Alvear Palace Hotel are both rated highly by professionals. Overall, Alvear Palace Hotel is preferred by most writers compared to Hotel Babel. Alvear Palace Hotel ranks #2 in Buenos Aires with endorsements from 16 sources including Travel + Leisure, Frommer's and DK Eyewitness.

Hotel Babel
Hotel Babel
7 / 10
Balcarce 946, San Telmo, Buenos Aires C1064AAT, Argentina
From $38 /night
  • Pet Friendly
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Free Breakfast
  • Shuttle Bus
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Frommer's Frommer's
"This is a charming, small boutique hotel with a conventillo feel to it, built around a glass-covered, light-filled central courtyard in a century-old house." Full review
Fodor's Fodor's
"This 200-year-old former home of late Argentine president Juan Manuel de Rosas sits on one of the city's most historic streets, exactly nine blocks from the Casa Rosada." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"This recently renovated conventillo-style house welcomes visitors from all parts of the globe, maintaining the tradition of a hodgepodge of languages that inspired its name." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Arty and stylish but also friendly and unpretentious, this mid-range boutique hotel captures the spirit of San Telmo better than most." Full review
Alvear Palace Hotel
Alvear Palace Hotel
9 / 10
Av. Alvear 1891, Buenos Aires 1129AAA, Argentina
From $257 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Hot Tub
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
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Concierge Concierge
"At the Alvear Palace—widely considered the top hotel in South America—it's still possible to feel as rich, as they used to say, as an Argentine."
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Be sure to have a tipple in the magnificent Lobby Bar.
Fodor's Fodor's
"The Alvear Palace has been the standard-bearer for upscale sophistication since 1932, and is undoubtedly the shining star of Buenos Aires' hotel offerings." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"Ask any local to name the classiest, most traditional hotel in Buenos Aires, and they’ll surely name the Alvear Palace." Full review
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"The Alvear Palace... is widely regarded as the best hotel in Buenos Aires."
Rough Guide Rough Guide
"Once the choice of wealthy landowners and now the favourite of politicians and royalty, the Alvear is still BA’s luxury hotel par excellence, despite the trendy new upstarts."
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