QUESTION: My wife and I are going on holiday to Buenos Aires. We do not want to stay in a big chain hotel, which is what many travel agents are offering us. Could you recommend some small stylish boutique hotels or guest houses where we can get a more intimate experience of the city? - John De Villiers.
ANSWER: You best bet would be the very chic Bo Bo Hotel. It aims to be bourgeois, yet bohemian: hence the name. Housed in a 1920's mansion a tree-lined block in Palermo Viejo, the hotel has seven individually designed rooms. Book the Argentinian suite, which has its own jacuzzi and street-facing balcony. Be sure to dine in the hotel's ground-floor restaurant, run by leading chef Nicolas Tomasseli. (www.bobohotel.com) A great alternative is The Cocker, a five-room guesthouse located in a mansion in the San Telmo district. Wood floors, soaring ceilings, a spiral staircase and a grand piano give it a theatrical feel. Some rooms have four-poster beds and private terraces. (www.thecocker.com) Another charming hotel is Five Cool Rooms, which actually has 16 superb rooms graded by size. It's best feature is a large rooftop terrace with a jacuzzi and lovely views. (www.fivebuenosaires.com)
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