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Old Sep 3, 2006 | 4:40 pm
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Park Hyatt Buenos Aires

OK so I know there have been a couple threads of this one, but a little more about this great hotel won't hurt. Mad4miles and I checked in on Friday (after AA finally got us there, they had cancelled the DFW-EZE flight that night.) We each had the intro rate, US$314, and used a cert for the one night free on a two night stay, offered to UA flyers. Mad4Miles got the Park Suite-Palace Bldg, as shown on the hotel website, room 208. Actually a very large room with king bed, high ceilings, large bathroom and very ornate. I got room 307, another Park Suite, with a separate bedroom, smaller bathroom and lower ceilings. Still excellent. The Palace building is an older structure about 5 stories tall and impressive. The new tower is connected by a walkway under the patio and grounds between the two buildings, with an art gallery as you walk thru. The new tower appears to be a modern somewhat sterile building and we were glad to be in the Palace. The manager offered to show us that building as well, but he recommended the Palace rooms. The DIA breakfast is in the new tower, with the usual buffet, fruit, cereals, ham, cheeses, and pastries. I added the omellette this morning which is only AR18 more. Used the fitness center each day, which is a bit small, but has a good selection of modern upscale machines, with the TV monitors built in. Rarely more than 1 or 2 other people using the fitness center, though it may have been the time (about 10 or 11 AM.) Showers, jacuzzi, sauna but no steam in the locker rooms. The pool is an indoor "lap" style pool. The Spa is accessed through a door near the women's locker room. Mad4Miles had a 90 minute oil/aromatherapy massage for AR250. Not bad by Hyatt standards, but still pricy by BA standards, as one should expect. The butler service was excellent, with 2 items pressed per day for free. Barbara, my butler, was able to get my clothes pressed quickly, as my bag finally arrived at 6PM and the COW DO II Friday nite dinner was at 9PM. In fact, the staff is excellent, as they followed up with LAN (had to fly AA to SCL and then LA to EZE) and kept us informed on the status of delivery of our bags. Had drinks in the Oak Bar in the Palace. The taxi drivers still don't seen to know where this PH is but it is easy to get to from either Palermo or Microcenter. And they have to call cabs as there is no queue. Ave Alvear had quite a few driving by so not a problem, except on Fri nite as it was 8:30PM and raining. Checkout was good, other than the fact that they had a charge for the breakfast (removed upon request, guess they need to work on that,) and Mad4Miles' free night cert wasn't automatically in the record, but corrected quickly. Overall, one of the nicest stays in BA, compared to the Park Towers. And with the free night and intro rate, definitely less expensive. Otherwise, a bit pricy (US$314 intro rate to about $400 regular rate-plus 21% tax,) by BA standards.
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