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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