Best Luxury Hotels in Recoleta

In the elegant Recoleta district, Recoleta Grand, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, offers 142 guest rooms and six distinctive suites within the historic Palacio Mihura. The building’s early 20th-century façade opens to a bold, design-led interior shaped by local designer Lucas Gashu, blending porteña heritage with French-influenced elegance through layered textures, curated art, and bespoke details.

Literature infuses the hotel’s character, with bilingual books in each room and vintage collections displayed throughout its communal areas. Executive Chef Maximiliano Matsumoto leads the dining programme, from the literary-inspired Café de Prensa to The Atrium’s local flavours and the immersive, author-driven Mansión Mihura, a restored heritage space designed by EDG Interior Architecture + Design. Award-winning mixologist Ignacio Maggio crafts cocktails rooted in Argentina’s landscapes and traditions.

Also enjoy a rooftop terrace, Floralis Spa, a fitness centre, an executive lounge, and 3,700 square feet of event space. Cultural programming includes rotating art installations, literary pop-ups, and curated collaborations, offering an authentic connection to Buenos Aires’ creative spirit.

First opened in 1932, this was the first European style luxury hotel to land in Argentina and it was named as a Historical Monument in 2003. Evocative of its heydey, a stay here will take you back in time, to an era of swanky grandiose elegance, replete with chandeliers, antiques, gilt-framed oil paintings and cut crystal. Those preferring a modern vibe should request a room on the top floor, which received a refurb in 2016. Also on the top floor is a new spa, pool area and funky rooftop bar with amazing city vistas. Dinner is served all the way down in the basement, where a French menu by Relais & Châteaux chef Jean-Paul Bondoux is presented – and tea in the atrium is a charming way to spend a post-sightseeing afternoon.

Palacio by name, palatial by nature, this grand affair from the Park Hyatt group can also be found in Recoleta. Neo-classical architecture and dazzling 1930s interiors give an air of glamorous refinement here, where the hotel is divided into the original mansion house and a new contemporary wing linked by a colourful floral boutique. Palacio Duhau’s delights include a subterranean grotto pool, three restaurants, in-house tailor, charming outdoor terraced garden and a sumptuous spa reserved for those with very deep pockets. The hotel’s 165 rooms are comparatively minimal, in calming, restful palettes and with dedicated butler service.

This unusual hotel has no formal reception, instead, the emphasis is placed on understated discretion, offering a personalised bespoke service for guests staying in the 11 spacious rooms. The colour scheme is suitably muted, bar a colourful roof terrace, with climbing vines and plump scatter cushions. Despite being small in terms of room numbers, the hotel has its own restaurant, bar, laundry, sauna and fitness centre. Dine on Nueva Cocina Argentina (new Argentine cuisine) at Tarquino and enjoy drinks in the sophisticated bar. Hub Porteno is best suited to adult visitors, although families with children over 12 are also welcome.