I stayed here for 1 month. It’s a nice apartment in a very “local” neighborhood named Villa Crespo. This area is not extra fancy, but is next to arguably the most famous/“cool” neighborhood, named Palermo. How close? About a 10 min walk to Córdoba, which is the street where Palermo begins.
Villa Crespo felt safe to me… despite not being as “cool” as Palermo. I walked around a LOT in the evenings, and due to more of an evening culture here, there were always people out, including young girls and older women. I often use this as one of the indicators of safety… it’s not perfect, but if young girls and old women are walking around at night, and aren’t looking over their shoulder all the time, then I feel the area is probably more on the safe side.
Convenience is high in this location:
There are two Subte stops and this apartment is almost perfectly between them… one is “Malabia” and the other is “Dorrego.” This subway is the Red “B-Line” and it takes you all the way to the main downtown center in about 15-min. You’ll have a 7-8 min walk to the “Malabia” stop… and then you can get all the way to “Carlos Pellegrini,” which is the famous, eponymously-named Obelisk, or “El Obelisko.” With the short walk to the subway station, it’s about a 22-25 min total trip time.
You can also ride the final 2 stops of the Red B-Line, to where it junctions with the Purple E-Line. Very convenient for going north or south… or heading back west.
There are endless supermarkets and mini-markets within a 1-5 min walk from this AirBnB. Also endless cafes, bars, convenience stores (“kioskos”) and everything else.
The wifi inside my apartment worked well… very well. With some SpeedTests (using that app) I got 100 mbps down and 25 mbps up. That’s amazing for an AirBnB!!
My place came complete with an in-unit A/C-Heat unit, which worked well. Also, a small tv with remote. A fridge, single burner for cooking and a fairly well-stocked kitchen, with pots, pans, dishes, cups and silverware.
Because of my 1-month stay, even weekly fresh linens and towels were provided. Very cool!!!
Finally… the best part?
The host: Cristian
He is EXTRA nice and EXTRA helpful.
He knows Spanish (obviously) and also English… very good person and knows how to handle AirBnB guests. I recommend this place… for the easy experience, the location and the ability to live in a “real” (but up-n-coming) neighborhood, rather than the fully gentrified Palermo