Sophia's place was amazing just downtown Buenos Aires. The location is only a 2-minute walk from the WeWork office which was a bonus point for me. All weworks in Argentina are 24hrs as well. I really didn't like the 20-30 minute commute from Palermo every day so decided to rent this apartment for 2 months. Also, it was just super convenient and time-consuming to walk across to street to the apartment from wework and take a shower to head to Palermo on a night out or on a date. Leaving the apartment from downtown to go to Palermo can take 20-40 minutes after 5pm, so imagine you have to shower and get ready to go out which is a headache, that why this apartment is amazing. The downtown area is heavily secured with 20- 40 police officers, so you're extremely safe, to be honest, but still, be smart at the same time.
There are a lot of cafes and a few coworking spaces to work at in Palermo, but they are either small or super noisy. This is why i prefer working at WeWork downtown at 800 Corrientes, the 20th & 38 floor was the main floor but I always work on floors 27-35 in the lobby where people didn't go. But another super quiet wework is Ing. Enrique Butty which is a 10-minute walk to the office, or 3 minute uber ride or 2 dollars uber ride. The apartment also has netflix or you can hook up your PlayStation.
The apartment is only a 5-minute walk to Florida street where you can go exchange money for the blue dollar rate, just make sure your bills are fresh and crispy, and for Americans bring the BLUE $100 BILLS. I also love that rappi works really well to get food delivered to this apartment.
The apartment is only a 10-minute walk to the President's Pink House: Casa Rosada, 6. San Telmo and the National Historical Museum, and the markets. There are two gyms right next to the apartment, and cleaners that only cost $4 dollars to wash a load. The apartment has a washer but I'm just lazy to wash my own clothes.
The apartment most importantly has a guest allowed policy which was another bonus point for me! I would just recommend Sophia to buy an air mattress just in case 3 people wanted to rent this Airbnb. So many apartments in BA tend to micromanage and have a no guest allowed policy and I really hated that during my time in Argentina!
I went for a walk almost every night around Puerto Madero which is also only 5 minutes from the house, but its a nice walk around the water, cafe, and restaurants.
You tend to get cafe, bars, and parties in Palermo but you get more history and culture staying downtown. I usually would go to Palermo on the weekends and enjoy it, it's a nice 30-minute walk as well which isn't bad. I left the wework office every night at 2 am and would walk home alone and in the morning to the office at 5-6 am and always felt safe.
The apartment did get cold, but Sophia provided a super big heater, that gets the apartment really hot which was awesome! You do get some noise on the weekends because you're right in front of the main tango and concert theaters but it's pretty cool as well.
If you're looking to party and have fun every night I recommend you stay in Palermo. But if you want to get your life together, work in a good and productive environment, Get in shape, and not be around so much temptation every night this is the apartment for you. I saved so much money living in this apartment, because I know I would be spending so much money going out every day and night in Palermo. But nothing is more amazing than to be able to walk 2 minutes to your office and 2 minutes to your gym every day 7 days a week. My personal trainer was at FITTER GYM by the house his name was Felo and very affordable. I also had someone who cook my meals every week.
I honestly don't like giving reviews, because I don't like people to know about my hidden gems. But Sophia is a lovely person, so I'll do it this time around.
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