L'Adresse Hôtel Boutique

All the staff were exceptionally friendly and helpful and went out of their way to make our stay easy and enjoyable. Breakfast was excellent. Highly recommend. Great location for getting around the city. Hotel staff helped us arrange outings.

I'm a huge fan of anything that has personality, and this place has it in spades. Fantastic service by the staff, a great breakfast, and overall a place I just really enjoyed spending a couple of days in. Perfect for walking around to get the flavor of the area, plenty of attractions and great little bars and restaurants to relax in too.

Get ground floor room if you don’t like stairs. Bring lots of $100 bills. $50, $20, $10 get less. Argentina has a complicated and convoluted exchange rate system: Here is an illustration per 1 US$ Blue rate 900 Visa credit card 800 Official money exchangers 750-780 Master Card 350, then refund 450 a few days later Amex 350 Official government rate 350 ATM (any foreign credit debit) Exchange them every couple days or so, usually at restaurants or some shops. Best is a shop on Florida Street 860, local 113. Lots of touts on Florida Street too if you want to deal with them. Don’t pay hotel bills in US dollars. It is calculated on the official rate. Pay in peso in cash. Problem with Western Union is you have to find them, and they are not 24x7.

L'Adresse is in the heart of the hip and recovering San Telmo neighborhood, and indeed seems to embody its virtues: understated, unpretentious, and even inconspicuous. Its youthful staff tend the breakfast service even as they keep their eye on the reception desk in the first couple hours of the morning. I had arrived past 1 in the morning, and was grateful that the staffer that night was not only awake when I arrived, but insistent on carrying my suitcase up to the room -- it was up two long flights of stairs. The room was adequate to my needs, with a comfortable bed, hot water in the shower, and WiFi throughout. The morning staffer steered me to a casa de cambio where I could exchange my (cash) dollars for pesos at a rate of 675 to the dollar. (I later passed others in the same neighborhood that offered as much as 700.) During Argentina's current economic crunch, the visitor does well not to take the 10% discount on a prepaid booking, which is calculated at the "official" rate of exchange (350 pesos=1US$); rather, book the reservation to pay the full amount, in pesos, when the visitor checks out -- and convert your dollars to pesos once you're in town. The L'adresse's most distinctive asset is its location in San Telmo, where B.A.'s youthful energy is. It's a short walk from Plaza Dorrego, the informal "heart" of the district, and for that matter is a perfectly walkable distance from Plaza de Mayo and the city's historic center. If you're not desperate for luxuries, and like walking up stairs, it's a great find.

This quiet, homey hotel on a narrow San Telmo street is a short walk to the weekend street fair at Plaza Dorrego, the Parque Lezuma, the San Telmo market (entrance off Defensa & others), and many antique shops. The hotel is secure - the front door is always locked; ring the doorbell for prompt entry. The vintage building has ornate tile floors, high ceilings, and mid-century furnishings. Note that there is no elevator. We took a long flight of marble stairs to reach our room. Rooms have tall wood doors and shutters with an old-world feel. Everything is clean and comfortable. The included breakfast is average but the coffee is excellent. The staff is minimal - not including housekeeping we generally saw just one person who checked people in. There is a place to leave luggage and a restroom if you arrive early. Despite the hotel listing English as a language I called ahead with a question and reached someone with no English. Despite our lack of Spanish, everyone was welcoming and helpful. We enjoyed our stay and the neighborhood feeling of old Buenos Aires.

Hôtel simple et très agréable situé dans un quartier central et animé. Le personnel est sympa et attentif. Literie confortable. Bon petit déjeuner avec des crêpes ultra fines et délicieuses. Deco années 50 plutôt chouette. Allez y en toute confiance.