My wife, her parents, and I stayed at Bellini Esmeralda for a week after staying at a nearby Airbnb for about a week and a half. We decided to “upgrade” our stay for our last week in Buenos Aires. For reference, the previous Airbnb was about 1/4 the cost. We chose this Airbnb because of the location and because of the views. The views from the apartment did not disappoint! The floor to ceiling windows provided a great view at any point of the day. The sunrise view was really neat to see, so were the sunset and night time views. The balcony was also fun to look over and watch the city underneath us. We didn’t use the pool, but it is really cool and has plenty of lounge chairs all around it. Also very private.
As frequent travelers to BA, we knew what we were getting with the location. It is close to obelisk, entrances to the subte and some really cool nearby architecture. Plenty to eat, see, and do in this part of town. No complaints with the location.
The cons are, for paying 4 times as much as the Airbnb right before it, we were quite disappointed with the quality and contents of everything inside the apartment. They were far below what we had at a much cheaper place. Some airbnbs are places other people live and have a lot of charm, character, and nice contents within them because of that. Others are commercially managed and feel less like a home and more like a hotel. Some airbnbs are listed by their owners who give you great one on one help and take great pride in their place, others are a business operation with a lot of policies (like charging $12 for an extra towel as this place does). This one definitely has a commercial feel, which some may prefer, which I can understand.. The shower water pressure here is really poor. The towels, cookware, dinner table, bedroom furniture, couch are all very cheap (think ikea but much cheaper quality). The apartment has just barely enough of the essentials to consider it fully equipped (you get only what you absolutely need, nothing more). You need a key fob to enter the building and we received 1 between 4 people- highly inconvenient. I try not to be high maintenance, but this place needs a little bit more to consider it worth the cost when you consider how many airbnbs there are in BA.