Let me put it bluntly – if anyone ever visit this exhilarating city and do not stay at this lovely apartment, they do themselves a great disfavour. Apart from having the best position in the entire city, the apartment has it all – style, cleanliness, brightness, safety, comfort and to top it all, a warm, friendly and very professional host in the person of Beatriz. After advising me to visit the Sunday Market at San Telmo, I actually bumped into her and her husband Juan Carlos (what a massive coincidence it in such a big city?) and enjoyed a cup of coffee together.
If one looks at all the pictures of the apartment and think it is great – wait till you see the real place! It is even more beautiful and spacious than the pics try to portray. And the apartment is equipped with nearly everything. (There were even plasters in the bathroom when I needed it).
Talking about being central. It is! Just across the street is the Galerias Pacifico, a magnificent and modern shopping mall with an enormous food hall on the lower level, hosting multiple food outlets like KFC, etc. For everyday needs there is a lovely little supermarket just round the corner.
Buenos Aires is a city made for walking. I literary have walked everywhere from this apartment - to Recoleta Graveyard, Palermo Hollywood and Soho, the Catholic University at Puerto Madero, San Telmo Sunday Market, Theatro Colon and even the Pope’s last congregational Cathedral. The only time I took a taxi was to La Boca and back and that only because of time constraints.
Finally, if you are in a party of two couples like we were, Beatriz has a second apartment one block away. It was close enough and we each had our own space. The real beauty is that choosing between the two apartments is as simple as tossing a coin. Both are fantastic.
Staying at Beatriz’s apartment in Buenos Aires was my first experience with Airbnb. It was absolutely wonderful!