This is a beautiful, elegant and spacious apartment arranged around an open-sky courtyard that is shared with a family with a baby and a young child right upstairs, so life starts every day at about 7AM with the very loud sounds of children laughing and crying. You get a real taste of reality here for people living in the crowded inner city district of Once, which is known for severe social problems and crime. The apartment is surrounded on every side by neighbors, and some of them have kids that scream at any hour of the day and night. Others have stereos that blare all day. I appreciated staying here because it gave me a real sense of what life is like in a neighborhood that most people in Buenos Aires warn visitors to avoid at night.