Originally Posted by justind
Phew...........I just finished ALL 45 pages in one sitting !!
A few days opened up for two of us to make it down to Buenos Aires, April 9 to 15. I feel alittle guilty seeing how much advance planning others have done and hopefully can benifit from all your hard work, and will try and limit my questions.
We'd love to try and make it to Iguazu, the bus sounds pretty nice, from what I gathered, comfortable and travels all night; Is it possible to do that, spend the day at the falls and return to Buenos Aires the same evening ? Or is that asking for trouble ?
I've read some favorable reviews about the Hotel Ibis (and the rates seem almost too good to be true), What's the neighborhood like ? How far from Recoleta ?
Thanks in advance, I really appreciate the amount of tips and knowledge shared on this thread. Both of us are looking forward to our first trip to Argentina.
I stayed at the Ibis in October. Nothing special about the neighborhood. Interesting to look down on the Congreso park. But you're staying here for an incredible value in hotel, not the location. And the hotel is a great value. But bear in mind the walls are very thin, the rooms are small, and the HVAC was not working very well when we were there. But the beds were very very comfortable. It kicks ... for US$27 a night. Yes, you can walk to Recoleta, and we did lots of walking. But for US$3 you can get almost anywhere in a taxi.
We had such a great time on our first trip that we're taking a second visit in just over a week. Not staying at the Ibis this time. A few days at Bobo hotel in Palermo Viejo and a few days at NH Latino. We stayed at Latino last time. We liked it. Big room. Big bathroom. Very modern. All a great value at $65US. Come to think of it, just about everything in BA is a great value if you're paying with US dollars. Probably explains why we're going back to Argentina so quickly instead of Europe.