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Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina · Four Seasons · Grand Luxury
La Mansión, the French Renaissance Belle Époque wing, was built by Scottish architect Robert Russell between 1916 and 1920 as Félix Alzaga Unzué's wedding gift to Elena Peña at the height of Buenos Aires as the Paris of the South. Madonna chose those suites while filming Evita. The tower opened as Park Hyatt in 1992; Four Seasons took over December 1, 2001. A $49 million renovation finished in 2013, and Elena restaurant, named for the mansion's first mistress, now draws Michelin and Latin America's 50 Best attention.
- 165 rooms
- Opened 1992
- Neighborhood: Recoleta
- Rooms from 430 sq ft (40 m²)
- Architect: Robert Russell
About Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires
- The hotel pairs a twelve-story contemporary tower with the historic mansion suites for 165 rooms including 49 suites.
- Event rooms finished in Palissandro marble, Makassar ebony, and bronze nod to tango's angular lines after the 2013 works.
- Rooftop Nuestro Secreto and the glass-lined Cielo Spa arrived with that same renovation program.
- The stone-façade mansion remains one of Recoleta's most architecturally significant private palaces converted to hotel use.
- Retiro and Recoleta put guests within a short walk of Recoleta Cemetery, Bellas Artes, and Teatro Colón.
History
The property traces its origins to La Mansión, a Belle Époque mansion built between 1916 and 1920 by Scottish architect Robert Russell as a wedding gift from Félix Saturnino de Álzaga Unzué to his bride Elena Peña — at the height of Buenos Aires's era as 'the Paris of the South.' When Madonna resided at the hotel while filming Evita in the 1990s, she chose La Mansión. Originally opened April 1992 as the Park Hyatt Buenos Aires, Four Seasons assumed management and renamed the property December 1, 2001. A $49 million renovation completed in 2013 transformed the rooftop into Nuestro Secreto and added the glass-lined Cielo Spa, with event rooms finished in Palissandro marble, Makassar ebony, and bronze referencing the angular movements of tango.
The setting
Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires occupies Posadas 1086/88 at the refined boundary of Recoleta and Retiro, pairing a contemporary tower with La Mansón — a Beaux Arts private palace built between 1916 and 1920 as a wedding gift within one of the city’s most coveted aristocratic families. The address places guests in a proven luxury enclave alongside several of the city’s landmark hotels. Recoleta Cemetery, Argentina’s most celebrated necropolis, is an eighteen-minute walk, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes nineteen minutes on foot, and Teatro Colón twenty minutes away — connecting the hotel to the full arc of porteño cultural life while Retiro’s rail and bus hub sits just minutes north for swift onward connections across the city. 32 km from Ministro Pistarini International Airport.
Restaurants and bars
- Elena — Restaurant · Steakhouse · Chef Juan Gaffuri
- Nuestro Secreto — Restaurant · Argentine
- Pony Line — Restaurant
Amenities
- Garden with Sunday barbecues and tango lessons
- Seven meeting and event rooms
- Cooking classes and gaucho experiences
- La Mansión — historic seven-suite Belle Époque wing
- Sauna
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN Two Keys (2026)
- Forbes Travel Guide — Star Rated (2025)
- Elena — 101 Best Steak Restaurants in the World (2024)
- Elena — Michelin Guide Selected (2024)
- Elena — Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants (#34) (2021)
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