I traveled to Buenos Aires with five friends and stayed at Lucy's house near San Telmo. This place lived up to our wildest expectations. It's an old mansion that at one point served as a boutique hotel. There is a lot to do in Buenos Aires, but it was a real treat having this place to come back to every day. Each of us were really pleased with our rooms (plus the fact that each bed room has a private bathroom!). Lucy and her husband were very responsive to our requests and questions. They gave us some excellent recommendations, including Aramburu (just two doors down), which is one of the very best restaurants in South America.

The only criticism I can think of is that it felt like it was almost too big for our group of six (two of the bedrooms were unoccupied because our group included two couples). The apartment is a ways away from Palermo (about 20 minutes), but cabs were inexpensive enough that it didn't really matter.