About this hotel
General information
Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires brings together two very different buildings in Recoleta. At its heart is La Mansión, a Belle Époque palace completed in 1920 as Félix de Álzaga Unzué’s wedding gift to his bride, Elena Peña. Listed as part of the city’s cultural heritage, the mansion keeps its French oak floors, Italian marble, gilded boiseries and crystal chandeliers. Behind it rises the twelve-storey Tower Building, with bright contemporary rooms and long views over the city.
Beside the mansion lies a landscaped garden with a heated pool. The hotel has 165 rooms, 49 of them suites, with the grandest suites set inside La Mansión. Contemporary art hangs throughout, while the food and drink lean firmly on Argentine tradition: dry-aged beef at Elena, garden asado at Nuestro Secreto and cocktails at Pony Line, a bar styled around polo.
Location
The hotel stands at Posadas 1086/88 in Recoleta, the neighbourhood with some of Buenos Aires’ finest European-style architecture, a few minutes from the business centre. The upper floors of the tower look out over Avenida 9 de Julio and the Obelisk. Ezeiza International Airport is 36 km away, about 40 minutes by car, and Aeroparque Jorge Newbery domestic airport 7 km, around 15 minutes; the concierge arranges transfers.
Spa
Cielo Spa is a quiet city retreat with private treatment rooms, hydrotherapy, a sauna, a steam bath and relaxation rooms looking over the city. The signature Tango Porteño pairs a gentle exfoliation with a hot stone massage choreographed to tango music. Facials use Germaine de Capuccini products, couples can book Time for Two with a warm candle wax massage, and there is a hair and nail salon as well as express treatments.
Sports & leisure
The 700 m² fitness centre is open around the clock to hotel guests and overlooks the garden and the mansion, with personal training and group classes on request. The concierge arranges tango lessons, a polo clinic, horse riding, urban cycling and running tours, a city tour, a ranch day in San Antonio de Areco, a private boat trip through the delta and helicopter flights over Buenos Aires. Food-minded guests can join an Argentine meat and asado lesson, an empanada and dulce de leche pancake cooking class, a wine tasting or a session with the barista.
For children
The Kids For All Seasons programme covers a welcome gift, child-size bathrobes and toiletries, nappies, bottle warmers and pushchairs, plus babysitting and family itineraries around the city. Children under 13 stay free in their parents’ room (space permitting); an extra bed is added for guests aged 13 and over.
Restaurants & bars
The hotel’s restaurants and bar are built around Argentine cooking and a wine list drawn from every corner of the country.
- Elena — a two-storey steakhouse inspired by the old houses of San Telmo and named after Elena Peña Unzué: dry-aged beef, brasserie dishes, charcuterie and regional wines; breakfast is served here too
- Nuestro Secreto — asado cooked over open fire in the hotel garden
- Pony Line — a lively polo-themed lounge bar known for its creative cocktails and burgers
In-room dining runs 24 hours, and early-morning tea and coffee are served in the lobby.
Swimming
There is no beach. The heated outdoor pool sits in the middle of the garden beside La Mansión — the only outdoor pool in Recoleta — and food and drinks are brought to the loungers.
Pets
Dogs and cats weighing under 11 kg are welcome.
Rooms
The 165 rooms and suites are split between two buildings: contemporary rooms with leather headboards and city views in the tower, and high-ceilinged suites with chandeliers, antiques and marble bathrooms in La Mansión. The E-Lounge categories occupy the tower’s seventh and eighth floors and include access to a private lounge with drinks and snacks through the day.
Marble bathroom with a deep soaking tub and rain shower, bidet, down duvets and pillows, bathrobes and slippers, Nanda toiletries, espresso machine, minibar, safe, complimentary Wi-Fi and Apple TV on request.
Mansion-View Room
A bright tower room looking over La Mansión and the garden, with views of Avenida 9 de Julio and the Obelisk from the upper floors. King or two twin beds, a work area and a marble bathroom; sleeps three adults, or two adults and a child.
City-View Room
A contemporary tower room with panoramic city views and a leather headboard beneath a convex sunburst mirror in antique gold leaf. King or two twin beds and a marble bathroom with soaking tub and rain shower; sleeps three.
E-Lounge Room
A high-ceilinged room on the seventh or eighth floor of the tower, with polo-inspired furniture and sliding leather doors to the bathroom; views of the mansion and garden or of the city. E-Lounge access; sleeps three adults.
La Mansión Ambassador Suite
A second-floor suite in the mansion with tall ceilings, French classical décor and antiques; the living area faces the garden and pool or the Jockey Club and Calle Cerrito. King bed; sleeps three.
E-Lounge One Bedroom Suite
A corner suite on the tower’s seventh or eighth floor, with a living room entered through Roman columns, French doors to the bedroom, a powder room and a double-sink bathroom. Views of La Mansión or Recoleta; E-Lounge access; sleeps three.
Mansion-View One Bedroom Suite
A corner suite in the tower with separate living and sleeping areas, a walk-in closet and a powder room, looking onto the mansion and garden and, from higher floors, Avenida 9 de Julio. King bed; sleeps three.
City-View One Bedroom Suite
A corner suite in the tower with wrap-around windows over the city, a living room closed off from the bedroom by a sliding door, and a powder room. King bed; sleeps three.
E-Lounge Studio Suite
A light-filled studio suite on the tower’s seventh or eighth floor, where a console with two televisions divides bedroom and living area and two floor-to-ceiling windows face La Mansión. E-Lounge access; sleeps three.
Mansion-View Studio Suite
A generous studio suite in the tower with space to work and relax and two floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the mansion. King bed and a marble bathroom; sleeps three.
La Mansión Presidential Suite
A first-floor suite in the mansion furnished in 18th- and 19th-century French style, with antiques, Slavonian oak floors and three crystal chandeliers. Living room, dining room for ten, kitchenette, dressing room, a terrace over the garden and a marble bathroom with 18-carat gold taps; sleeps three.
La Mansión Royale Suite
Two individually styled first-floor suites in the mansion, one in green and gold, the other in deep red with black and gold. Each has a light-filled living room with a fireplace, a dressing room, crystal chandeliers and a marble bathroom; sleeps three.
Owner Suite
A one-off suite on the tower’s twelfth floor facing Avenida 9 de Julio and the Obelisk, with hand-carved mirrors, Andean textiles and furniture accented in crocodile leather. Large living and dining areas, a two-person soaking tub and an in-mirror TV in the bathroom; sleeps three.
La Mansión Two-Bedroom Suite
A second-floor suite in the mansion under sloping mansard ceilings, with two bedrooms (king and two twin beds), two marble bathrooms and a living area with a desk. Made for families: up to six guests, including up to four children.
La Mansión Alzaga Unzué Suite
An especially spacious second-floor suite in the mansion, mixing vintage pieces with modern furniture under grand ceilings, on original oak floors from 1920. A bright living room, a double-sink bathroom and views of Calle Cerrito and the Jockey Club; sleeps three.
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