It is not just about looking for a comfortable place to sleep while a destination is known. In certain hotels, experience also lives inside. This happens with special emphasis on Thematic lodgingsa concept that begins to expand with great grace and adherents.
Of culture and Argentine
About May Avenue, May Tango It’s a boutique hotel dedicated to this representative genre of the country. Because in addition to being a type of music that Argentines love, special cause among foreigners. Thus, in a 1913 building built by the Italian architect Fausto Di Bacco, who knew how to be the Singer factory, this hotel opened in 2015 that seeks to combine the history and present of Buenos Aires. It has 59 very bright rooms, and its decoration, thought of miracles subtracts, invites you to enter a continuous period scene: its original checkered floors, its high ceilings and its large windows are combined with details of be Buenos Aires fillet made by hand by a Buenos Aires artist. In addition, each floor is honored with paintings from the essential tango, From Astor Piazzolla and Aníbal Troilo to Carlos Gardel and Susana Rinaldi.
And the story does not conclude in the decoration: the hotel also has the Zorzal restaurantin reference to Gardel’s nickname, where they make tango dinner evenings every so often. In addition, it is common for guests who want to learn from this world and choose to soak out the theme from the same lodging. “We currently have a group of Japanese who come to enjoy the experience of learning to dance tango and meet Buenos Aires. They stay with their teacher and guide,” they tell from the hotel.
Also in line with local culture, Mythical legacy It has branches in Salta and Buenos Aires, and in both it is proposed to provide a “very Argentine” lodging. In the Buenos Aires version, History and art They unfold in rooms inspired by emblematic characters of politics, sport, music and literature.
For example, the suite “The First Lady” tributes Evita From a series of black and white photographs that preside over the bed, as “the Argentine pole” decorates the space with tacos and hung helmets, baskets with bowls and a palette of colors and materials that evoke the stables. Other rooms have tributes to Manuel Belgrano, José de San Martín, Benito Quinquela Martín, Victoria Ocampo and José Hernándezdividing between the categories of luxury, superior and classic suites, but always with distinctive details.
And if it is about culture, it cannot be ignored when Alvear Art Hotelwhich opened its doors in 2013 seeking to pay tribute to art in every detail “and without losing the essence of the Alvear experience.” Therefore, while his older brother, Alvear Palace, stood out for the restoration of his iconic 1932 building, the Alvear Art Hotel was conceived as a contemporary proposal in a 17 -story building. Here the selection of works by renowned Argentine plastic artists is exhibited together with photographic representations of Buenos Aires and contemporary sculpture pieces. For example, there are works by Antonio Berni, Vicente Forte, Cleto Ciocchini, César Fernández Navarro and Edigio Cerrito and also photographs of the Black and White City of Facundo Zuviría, all exposed in the different public areas of the hotel and also in the rooms.
“In addition, contemporary sculptures and landscaping details – such as a forest of iron profiles that evokes the dance of nature and compositions of ivas on glazed panels in the lobby – create a visual atmosphere that stimulates and excites,” they complete from the chain.
Of passions
Another aspect that works very well when thinking about themes are passions. Therefore, the inauguration of Undici suites, in the mouth and in tribute to Boca Juniors, It was received with great enthusiasm. In fact, already a difference from the common lodging, here the origin of guests is mostly of premises (70%), both from the city and the interior of the country. The remaining 30% is divided between Brazilians, Colombians, Paraguayans, Uruguayans and also Europeans.
Just steps from the court, from any of its rooms and common spaces it is possible to appreciate its immensity. In fact, “the previous ones” are organized on its terrace, in which a giant screen transmits the game without the need for sound, since it arrives directly from the stadium. “Normally it is filled on weekends, when Boca plays, but there are also tourists who come to live the complete experience. That is why we like to say that this neighborhood is visited, but in Undici you live,” says Aníbal Ratibel, communications and strategies director.
The building also offers other spaces related to football passion, such as “El Tunnel”, a passage set with the sounds of the fans and thematic works of art that rotate over time. And in a comfort plan, they are proud to have the only hotel pool that has a sun all year, given its location on the terrace. “The proposal is 360. It is not only to come to stay a top hotel, but also a thematic experience related to a neighborhood like the mouth and a club like Boca Juniors,” Ratibel synthesizes.
For its part, The Boutique Casa Boutique Hotel puts an ecological and sustainable look. Here the focus is a “green policy” that is highlighted in the most diverse features, from the plants that surround the building and act as a filter, contributing to the thermal balance and energy saving, to the woods and papers used, of FSC certification, the energy consumption control system or the woven wallpapers on tissue, which ensure less trees. They are also adhered to the “Friends of Sustainable Mobility” program and offer guests bike bikes, recycle the kitchen oil, separate waste and use electricity activation cards in the rooms, promoting energy saving, among other actions that not only ensure a comfortable stay, but also friendly with the planet.
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