Alvear Icon Hotel, Buenos Aires
Aime Paine 1130, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Location
Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires
A thirty-two-floor tower in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires' newest and most cosmopolitan district, on the Rio de la Plata and within a kilometre of Plaza de Mayo — the international-arrival base before the domestic hop to Ushuaia.
Transfer
The pre-cruise city night
The Buenos Aires gateway for South-America-routed Antarctic cruises, before the flight south to Ushuaia for embarkation, set on the city's modern waterfront in Puerto Madero.
Villas
159 rooms and suites
159 contemporary rooms and suites, bright and ample, with Carrara-marble baths and Jacuzzis and panoramic city and river views over Puerto Madero and the Rio de la Plata.
Best For
Who it suits
Cruise guests wanting a polished pre- or post-expedition city night, and travellers exploring Buenos Aires from its most modern waterfront district before sailing south to Antarctica.
Board Basis
Bed and breakfast
Bed-and-breakfast, with multiple dining venues and the thirty-second-floor Crystal Bar for skyline and river views over the city.
Overview
The Buenos Aires gateway to Antarctica
Alvear Icon Hotel is a contemporary tower in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires' newest and most cosmopolitan district, on the Rio de la Plata — the Alvear group's modern sister to the Recoleta grande dame. Its 159 rooms and suites are bright and contemporary, with Carrara-marble baths and panoramic city-and-river views, and the hotel adds two heated pools — a nineteenth-floor indoor pool with a retractable roof and an outdoor pool and solarium — a full wellness spa, and the thirty-second-floor Crystal Bar for skyline drinks. The setting is the city's modern waterfront: Puerto Madero's restored docks and steakhouses lie at the door, Plaza de Mayo and the historic centre are within a kilometre, and the cafes, tango halls and antique markets of San Telmo and Recoleta are a short drive. A polished gateway base for the city before flying south to Ushuaia to join an Antarctic expedition, it is the international-arrival hotel for South-America-routed polar voyages. Distinct from the group's Recoleta palace.
Accommodation
Rooms and suites
159 contemporary rooms and suites are bright and ample, with Carrara-marble baths, Jacuzzis and panoramic city and river views over Puerto Madero and the Rio de la Plata. Modern and polished, they make a comfortable gateway base for a night or two in Buenos Aires before the flight south to Ushuaia, the city's most cosmopolitan district spread out below. The higher floors take in the sweep of the Rio de la Plata and the city skyline, the suites adding separate living areas and the city's most modern district laid out below.
Entry
Superior or Deluxe Room
Sleeps two. A contemporary room with a city or river view and a Carrara-marble bath with a Jacuzzi.
Carrara-marble bathCity or river view
Suite
Junior Suite
Sleeps two to three. A larger suite with a sitting area and a city or river view.
Sitting areaCity or river view
Top
Suite
Sleeps two to three. A premium top-floor suite with skyline and river views.
Top floorsSkyline and river views
Food & Drink
Dining
Multiple venues run from all-day contemporary cuisine to a lobby lounge for coffee and light bites, capped by the thirty-second-floor Crystal Bar with its skyline and river views. It is easy city dining, the rooftop bar a fine first or last taste of Buenos Aires before or after the expedition. Buenos Aires is a steak-and-wine city, and the kitchens lean Argentine, the Crystal Bar a fine perch for a Malbec as the river catches the last of the light.
Signature
Crystal Bar
Crystal Bar, on the 32nd floor, with skyline and river views.
Restaurant
All-day dining
All-day dining, contemporary cuisine.
Lounge
Lobby lounge
Lobby lounge, coffee and light bites.
Wellbeing
The wellness and beauty spa
A wellness and beauty spa brings a sauna, steam room, hammam and a Scottish shower, two fitness suites and a hot tub, alongside the two heated pools — a nineteenth-floor indoor pool with a retractable roof and an outdoor pool and solarium. It is a full city wellness floor, a calm reset before or after the long flights and the days on the ice. The nineteenth-floor indoor pool with its retractable roof swims open to the sky in summer, the spa a welcome reset after the long flights to and from the south.
A wellness and beauty spa
A wellness and beauty spa, sauna, steam and hammam.
Two heated pools
Two heated pools, one with a retractable roof.
Two fitness suites
Two fitness suites, and a hot tub.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
Buenos Aires from its modern waterfront, before sailing south, defines a stay — wander Puerto Madero's restored docks, take in Plaza de Mayo and the historic centre within reach, and drink on the thirty-second-floor Crystal Bar over the skyline. The tango halls and steakhouses of San Telmo and Recoleta, and the pre-cruise night before flying to Ushuaia, round out the city before the expedition.
Puerto Madero
Puerto Madero, the city's modern waterfront district.
Plaza de Mayo and Recoleta
Plaza de Mayo and Recoleta, within reach of the historic centre.
The 32nd-floor Crystal Bar
The 32nd-floor Crystal Bar, skyline and river views.
The pre-cruise night
The pre-cruise night, before flying south to Ushuaia.
Tango and steak
Tango and steak, the flavours of Buenos Aires.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Ushuaia for embarkation
To Ushuaia for embarkation, the domestic flight south after arrival in Buenos Aires.
In the city
Puerto Madero
In Puerto Madero, on the Rio de la Plata, within a kilometre of Plaza de Mayo.
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Good to Know
Good to know
A gateway hotel
- A gateway hotel, the pre-cruise Buenos Aires base, not an Antarctic property.
Distinct from the palace
- Distinct from the palace, the group's modern Puerto Madero sister to the Recoleta grande dame.
Bed and breakfast
- Bed-and-breakfast, with the 32nd-floor Crystal Bar.
Getting there
- In Puerto Madero, central Buenos Aires.
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