Coming up today, the NH Collection Centro Histórico in Buenos Aires.
If you are considering booking any of the NH Collection properties in Argentina,
I suggest you watch this first. The full tour starts in 15 seconds.
Hi there and welcome to this quick tour and review from my last night in Argentina. For more specific
info about my rate and booking method, what I think a fair price for my room would be and my
roster of videos in queue for the weeks coming up, please check out the pinned comment below.
While the hotel is really well situated just off of Plaza de Mayo,
the entrance is a bit wonky. Just here. I didn’t notice it and walked right by to be honest.
I ended up going into the entrance of the normal NH hotel which is attached-
even though the small standee sign outside said NH Collection when I attempted to check in here,
my hopes and dreams were crushed and I was told to go next door. I’ll note that first
impressions of this part of the hotel were actually pretty decent.
So, I went back to the street and finally found the entrance that I was looking for. Before we
head inside, let’s take a quick look at the area. This neighborhood goes by around seven different
names, so I’m going to stick with Microcentro- which of course means it’s smack in the middle
of the downtown area of the city. The hotel is around a ¼ block away from Plaza de Mayo itself
which is of course where you’ll be able to find Casa Rosada- the Argentine presidential palace.
Just a few blocks in the other direction is the expansive 9 de Julio Avenue- which you may already
know is the widest avenue in the world and the primary north south artery in the downtown area.
Ok, continuing into my fancy NH hotel. Now, to be clear, this was my last night in Buenos Aires,
I had a 6:00am flight the next morning, I chose this hotel for the price and the location-
the fact that it has a great view from the roof was a bonus.
I also wanted to try out an NH Collection. There are multiple of them in the city and
while I’ve stayed at an NH property in Europe before, which I have favorable memories of,
I’d never experienced a Collection property. As you can see already- from the other normal NH
to here is a bit of a Jeckyl & Hyde going on. For some reason the “nicer” hotel feels a bit dingier.
So, let’s head up to the roof at least to get some fresh air. Would you be surprised to know,
the rooftop pool is on the roof of the other hotel? So, we take the elevator up to the 5th
floor and walk to the end of the hallway where we will find the nice sized fitness center and
then get in another elevator and we’re going to take it down to the ground floor. I’m not joking,
I swear. Now, we are in the other hotel so we are going to walk across the lobby and take another
elevator to get to the top floor where we are deposited into the middle of the small spa area.
While the pool itself was a bit shabby,
the view and vantage point up here was the high point- no pun intended of the hotels.
If we look across, this green and white beauty is our actual hotel, which has 67 rooms.
Speaking of which, reverse that journey and go take a look at the room I stayed in.
The room itself is a funny little design, but I don’t think I’m mad at it. For the footprint of
the room, the central desk and open bathroom works and made repacking and working very convenient.
There are plenty of outlets throughout
the room and surprisingly some also integrated into the headboard itself.
The mini bar was not exactly exciting but I was happy to have my one Nespresso capsule-
which you could buy more of in the lobby if you’d like. Then we have perhaps the quirkiest part of
the room, the closets. I still for the life of me cannot figure out the benefit to having them
all as separate units like this- but they’re certainly unique. Overall the room was ok and
we’re talking about like $60 per night with a good exchange rate. No one is expecting the Mandarin.
The bathroom was well laid out and most importantly clean.
Last up on this quick tour we have the view from the room itself.
Similar to from the rooftop, but just set back from the street a bit more.
Because my stay here was so short, I didn’t even have a chance to try out any of the food on offer-
but I’m just going to guess that it was something like a seven.
Let’s get into The Flip Flop Score. If you’re expecting a premium hotel, you’re going to be
disappointed. If you just need a clean place to lay your head near Plaza de Mayo this- or
one of the many other NH Collections might be for you. The lowest point for me was the condition of
the room. Nothing major, but lumpy pillows, dinged furniture, scratched tables- you get
the picture. All of those little things add up. The location though, if you want to be central,
it can’t really be beat. Overall, a 76/100. It might not be the most exciting hotel I’ve reviewed
but it served its purpose and I hope you found the video helpful. If you did, please give this
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up we have my Business Class flight on Aerolineas Argentinas from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro.