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Hotel Boutique Raco de Buenos Aires vs Alvear Palace Hotel

Both Hotel Boutique Raco de Buenos Aires and Alvear Palace Hotel are rated very highly by professional reviewers. On balance, Alvear Palace Hotel ranks significantly better than Hotel Boutique Raco de Buenos Aires. Alvear Palace Hotel ranks #2 in Buenos Aires with endorsements from 16 publications including The Telegraph, Fodor's and Star Service.

Hotel Boutique Raco de Buenos Aires
Hotel Boutique Raco de Buenos Aires
7 / 10
Yapeyu 271, Buenos Aires 1202, Argentina
From $63 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Free Breakfast
  • Laundry Service
  • Laundy Room
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Fodor's Fodor's
"Resembling the old-money mansions of San Telmo, this hotel's rooms open onto a central patio where many guests choose to take their breakfast." Full review
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Occupying a former home identical in style to the old-money mansions of San Telmo, this hotel's rooms open to the central patio, where many guests, often couples, choose to take their breakfast.
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This Italian-designed building in a non-touristy neighborhood offers 12 lovely rooms with different styling, from virgin white classic to subdued masculine to animal print." Full review
Oyster Oyster
Mid-Range
"Hotel Boutique Raco de Buenos Aires is a quaint three-pearl boutique hotel in the residential neighborhood of Almagro." 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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