20 keys at Honduras 5860 in Palermo Hollywood, Buenos Aires's contemporary-design quarter, with the founding 2005 mid-century-modern aesthetic that opened the Palermo design-hotel category, a courtyard pool, and the Home Bar that has held a position on Buenos Aires's most-considered hotel-bar list for two decades.
"20 keys at the founding 2005 Palermo Hollywood mid-century-design boutique, Buenos Aires's most-considered design-hotel, the property that opened the Palermo Hollywood luxury-design segment, and the smallest design-hotel in BA."
Home Hotel sits at Honduras 5860 in Palermo Hollywood, the contemporary-design-and-music quarter at the western edge of Buenos Aires's Palermo neighbourhood, between the Avenida Juan B. Justo and the Avenida Cabildo. The property is the founding 2005 Palermo Hollywood luxury-design boutique, opened by British music producer Tom Rixton and his Argentine wife Patricia O'Shea on a small residential lot that they restored and converted to a 20-key boutique. The Home Hotel was the property that opened Palermo Hollywood as a luxury-design segment, and the surrounding cluster of design-and-restaurant openings across 2007-2015 (Tegui, Una Bodega, Casa Cavia, Don Julio, Las Pizarras) built around the Home Hotel's anchor presence in the quarter.
The 20 keys are spread across the restored two-floor residential building. Categories are uniform-quality but individually-decorated, the rooms range 22-32 sqm with the property's signature mid-century-modern decorative vocabulary, Eames Lounge Chairs in every suite, restored Argentine-mid-century furniture, hand-loomed Argentine wool textile commissions, the property's signature Tom-Rixton-curated music programme (every room has a vintage turntable and a curated vinyl selection from Rixton's personal music-producer collection). The named Home Suite (45 sqm, the property's milestone unit) is the largest unit with private balcony facing the property's central courtyard pool.
Operationally Home Hotel runs the smallest-Palermo design-hotel scale at the founding-property register. The Home Bar, the property's lobby cocktail bar inside the restored ground-floor sitting room, has held a position on Buenos Aires's most-considered hotel-bar list since opening and runs an Argentine-craft-spirits-and-vintage-wine programme curated personally by Tom Rixton. The property does not run a fine-dining restaurant, guests dine at the surrounding Palermo Hollywood restaurant cluster (Tegui's contemporary-Argentine tasting menu is two blocks south, Don Julio's Argentine-grill is four blocks east, Una Bodega's wine programme is six blocks north). The central courtyard pool with the surrounding Argentine-tropical garden is the property's signature daily-routine asset.
What gives Home Hotel the considered BA design-hotel position is the founding-Palermo-Hollywood register at the smallest-property scale. The 20-key footprint is the smallest top-tier BA design-hotel; the Home Bar music-and-spirits programme gives the property a structural cultural register that the larger BA luxury alternatives can't replicate; and the Palermo Hollywood walking proposition keeps the property at the centre of the city's contemporary-restaurant-and-music cluster (within 6 blocks' walk of more than 50 considered restaurants). For a creative-industry solo retreat, an anniversary trip that values the Palermo Hollywood register over the Recoleta or Madero alternatives, or a multi-night BA stay that pairs Home Hotel with a Recoleta or Madero second leg, Home Hotel is the most-considered choice.
Home Hotel is the most-considered Buenos Aires design-hotel solo retreat. The 22-32-sqm rooms are competitively priced for solo bookings; the Home Bar music-and-cocktail programme gives a solo stay an obvious daily structure; the Palermo Hollywood walking circuit (Tegui, Don Julio, Una Bodega, the Calle Honduras restaurant cluster) gives the trip's culinary register; the property's vintage turntable-and-vinyl programme gives in-room cultural anchor.
The Home Suite, 45 sqm with private balcony facing the courtyard pool, is the milestone unit. Anniversary stays at Home Hotel are typically structured around two to three nights with a Tegui or Don Julio Argentine-tasting evening, a private Home Bar music programme curated by Tom Rixton (when in residence), and a Palermo Hollywood walking-tour day.
Honduras 5860
Palermo Hollywood, Buenos Aires C1414BNL
Argentina
Honduras 5860, Palermo Hollywood contemporary-design-and-music quarter, walking distance to Tegui (2 blocks) and Don Julio (4 blocks)
20 keys across restored 2-floor Palermo Hollywood residence
Uniform-quality 22-32 sqm rooms
Each room individually decorated mid-century-modern
Vintage turntable and vinyl curation in every room
Home Suite (signature): 45 sqm with courtyard balcony
From USD 220/night
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Founding Palermo Hollywood luxury-design property
Tom Rixton & Patricia O'Shea ownership; opened 2005
Open year-round; Buenos Aires Ezeiza EZE airport 35 min, AEP 10 min
Founding Palermo Hollywood luxury-design boutique (2005)
Smallest top-tier BA design-hotel (20 keys)
Home Bar music-producer-curated cocktail programme
Vintage turntable and vinyl in every room
Central courtyard pool with Argentine-tropical garden
Walking distance to Tegui, Don Julio, Una Bodega
Free WiFi throughout
From USD 220/night uniform across the 20 rooms; Home Suite from USD 480/night. Home Hotel books two months ahead for November-March southern-hemisphere summer high season; the May-September winter shoulder window carries substantially-lower rates.
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