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restaurants serving Malbec wines from Mendoza and Louis XV styles. L’Orangerie and La Bourgogne offer DESIGNED FOR BUSINESS: (Left to right) The new
cuts of beef fresh from the pampas. Each neighborhood gourmet dining, and seven conference rooms handle Buenos Aires City Hall, Galerías Pacífico shopping
has its own colorful streetscapes with outdoor cafés, deluxe meetings. center, Hilton Buenos Aires MICE conference, and Hilton
Buenos Aires' new lobby with wicker artwork resembling
murals, green fútbol pitches, and late-night tango clubs The Brick Hotel – MGallery by Sofitel in Recoleta fishing nets
in historic districts. boasts 175 guestrooms and suites and a lobby and PHOTOS: © NIGEL YOUNG FOSTER + PARTNERS, © JOANNA TRICORACHE
The newly renovated 417-room Hilton Buenos restaurant splashed with colorful paintings by South
Aires provides the most convention and meeting space American artists. Seven divisible rooms host meetings, UNIQUE VENUES
of any city hotel, with 32 meeting rooms and 72,290 private catering and social events for up to 400 people.
square feet of function space, including 22,000 square All the Recoleta hotels, including the Palacio The Metropolitan Design Center in the Barracas dis-
feet of exhibit space for up to 2,700 persons. The Duhau-Park Hyatt (165 rooms and suites; 9,170 square trict just south of downtown features eclectic design-
hotel is located on Puerto Madero, a manmade island feet of event space) and Four Seasons (97 rooms, 49 ers’ studios, exhibit space and offices within a restored
connected to downtown by several bridges, including suites; 11,528 square feet) are within walking distance of 1930s fish market. Be sure to see the fabulous street
art by local artist Marino Santa Maria.
Santiago Calatrava’s stunning Puente de la Mujer. the new convention center.
Puerto Madero is a trendy and pricey oasis of deluxe The 315-room InterContinental Hotel sits close to traditionalinnovation.blogspot.com
hotels and restaurants, soaring office and residential Plaza de Mayo and Casa Rosada, the national govern- Argentines are fond of polo and fútbol (soccer). Plan-
towers and a marina. ment headquarters, and provides 16 flexible meeting ners can arrange private visits to Campo Argentino
The newest deluxe property, the Alvear Icon Hotel rooms totaling 14,000 square feet and a banquet de Polo, where locals and visitors watch matches, or
& Residences, offers 159 guestrooms and suites and a capacity of 800. obtain tickets to La Boca’s famous La Bombonera
bar/restaurant on the 33rd and 34th floors with 360- One of the larger properties for events is the 742- stadium to watch the Boca Juniors play a rival team.
degree views. There are six dining venues, eight small room Sheraton Buenos Aires in the San Martin district, bocajuniors.com.ar/el-club/la-bombonera
meeting rooms and a heated pool with a retractable between Recoleta and Puerto Madero. With total event
roof on the 19th floor. Across the street, the Faena Arts space of 70,000 square feet and 15 meeting rooms, its Bring your group to one of the tango shows that fill
Center in a historic industrial building is great for off-site largest room measures 14,000 square feet. a dozen city theaters every night. The Carlos Gardel
events. The Viceroy Buenos Aires, to open in 2019, is the Theater, named after Argentina’s most famous tango
The Alvear Palace Hotel, the city’s grande dame, only hotel planned for Madero Harbor, with 125 guest- singer of the 1920s and 1930s, offers dinner and a
has a magnificent Belle Époque atmosphere and rooms and 30 residences. Guests will enjoy proximity 90-minute show sure to impress even the most jaded
5-star amenities. Opened in 1932 in Recoleta, it offers to a shopping center with 120 retail outlets, restaurants, traveler.
207 spacious guestrooms decorated in Empire and nightlife, cinemas and a heliport. esquinacarlosgardel.com.ar

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