The description and reviews of this place could not be more accurate. Nora is by far the most welcoming of hosts. I stayed in the apartment for a month and felt remarkably at home! Any question I had was welcomed and attended to like she was my mother or best friend. So caring and honest and knowledgeable.
Things she told me that you should also know: Buy a "Sube" card at a Kiosco for all your local bus and subway transportation card is obtained for one price and then you put 50 pesos on it at most and you will be fine for days!) . Buy Seacat ticket (700 block of Av. Cordova) in advance to go to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay NOT a Buquebus ticket (which can cost twice as much, but you ride in same dang boat)
Amazing restaurants all over the neighborhood. My favorites were Don Ernesto on Carlos Calvo, Cafe Rivas on Estados Unidos, Petanque for French on Defensa, and THE BEST IS cafe San Juan (RESERVATIONS AT NIGHT a must) on Aveninda San Juan and it's sister restaurant "La Cantina San Juan" on Avenida Chile (across Independencia between Defensa and Bolivar). Great coffee inside Mercado San Telmo. (Coffee Town)
There are many wonderful neighborhoods in Buenos Aires, but this is THE one to stay in. Find your way to Recoleta, Palermo Chico, Palermo SOHO, Chacarita, Congreso and more for a taste of the city life but come home to San Telmo! and to Nora, who makes you feel right at home. Everything about the apartment is cozy and inviting. Gracias Nora!!