Mine Hotel

Facilities

• Dining: The deli-style café serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and afternoon tea, and room service is available from 7.30am to midnight. There are countless bars and restaurants nearby
• Communal areas: There's a guest lounge, plus a garden with a decked terrace, loungers, outdoor sofas and a small pool
• Internet Access: Free WiFi throughout, plus a guest computer
• Swimming Pool: Small heated pool (7m x 3m), more ornamental than for doing laps
• Spa Treatments: Massages can be arranged on request
• Recreational: There's an extensive DVD library (all rooms have DVD players), plus detailed guest information folders with lists of highly recommended restaurants, bars and tango shows
• Weddings and Celebrations: Not suitable
• Meetings/Functions: Not suitable
• Disabled Access: The hotel has disabled parking at the entrance, plus an access ramp, an elevator with Braille signs, Braille menus, and 1 room with an accessible bathroom (roll-in shower and handrails) and a special fire alarm
• Pets: Not accepted
• Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese

Also...

• 24-hour reception

Environmental Policy

Mine Hotel is fully committed to helping the environment. Measures include a towel re-use programme (avoiding unnecessary daily washes), electricity activation cards (resulting in important energy savings), bulk dispensers for toiletries (reducing packaging), motion sensors in corridors and stairwells, and waste recycling. Used slippers and old sheets and towels are donated to charity, and used cooking oil is given to local authorities to be re-used for fuel production. Durable and biodegradable items are used wherever possible, and food is largely organic.

When to go?

October to April, if the spring/summer is what you're after, though January is almost unbearably hot and humid (Porteños who can afford it desert the city and head to cool Punta del Este in Uruguay). Winter (May to September) is usually pretty mild.

Author's tips

Carry wet wipes with you. The amount of professional dog walkers you will come across in BA’s streets is mind-boggling, and cleaning up after their furry clients isn’t common practice, so chances are you will eventually step into a pile!

Features include:

• Restaurant
• Room service
• Bar
• Organic produce
• Vegetarian menu
• Walk to restaurants (offsite)
• Garden
• Terrace
• Guest lounge
• WIFI internet
• Guest computer
• Heated Outdoor Pool
• In room treatments available
• DVD library
• Disabled access
• Airport Transfers