Best Western in Buenos Aires: Where to Stay and How to Book
Buenos Aires is a large, spread-out city, and where you base yourself changes how much time you spend getting to meetings, museums, or dinner. In this catalogue, Best Western's presence in the city is Hotel Madero Buenos Aires, WorldHotels Elite, set in Puerto Madero, the redeveloped waterfront district along the Rio de la Plata. This guide focuses on that neighborhood, who it suits, and how to get the most out of a direct booking.
Choosing your neighborhood: why Puerto Madero
Puerto Madero is a former dock area converted into a business and residential district, with brick warehouses turned into offices and restaurants along the water. It sits apart from the older, denser Microcentro and from residential areas like Palermo or Recoleta, which means it feels calmer and more modern, with wide promenades and newer buildings.
Hotel Madero Buenos Aires, WorldHotels Elite is located in this district, so staying there puts you closer to the financial and corporate offices that have moved into Puerto Madero over the last two decades, rather than to the tango halls and antique shops of San Telmo or the boutiques of Palermo Soho.
If your trip is built around sightseeing in the historic center (Plaza de Mayo, the Cabildo, the Teatro Colón) or nightlife in Palermo, you will likely take taxis or the Subte to get there, since Puerto Madero is a short ride from both rather than a walk.
Compare this to staying in Recoleta or Palermo, which put you closer to parks, embassies, and a wider spread of independent restaurants, but further from the riverside business corridor. Neither is objectively better — it depends on whether your days are structured around meetings and the ecocological reserve, or around museums and neighborhood walking.
For business travelers
Puerto Madero has become one of the city's main corporate districts, with headquarters of banks, law firms, and multinational companies occupying the converted dock buildings and newer towers. Staying at Hotel Madero Buenos Aires keeps you within that district rather than commuting in from a residential area each morning.
The neighborhood is generally quiet in the evenings compared with Palermo or San Telmo, which matters if you need rest between meetings rather than nightlife. It also has a reputation as one of the safer, more orderly parts of the city for walking at night, though you should still apply normal city precautions.
Wi-Fi, meeting space, and business-floor amenities vary by property and by date, so confirm current facilities and any business-traveler rate when you check availability directly on the hotel page rather than assuming standard chain features apply everywhere.
Getting around
Buenos Aires has two airports: Ministro Pistarini (EZE), which handles most international long-haul flights, and Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP), used mainly for domestic and some regional flights. From either, the practical options into the city are a taxi, a licensed remise (pre-booked car), or a rideshare app; public transport from EZE in particular is not a convenient option with luggage.
Once in the city, the Subte (subway) is the fastest way to cross town during the day, though Puerto Madero itself is not directly served by a Subte line, so you will typically combine a short walk or taxi ride with the subway, or just take a taxi door to door.
Puerto Madero itself is very walkable along the docks and the ecological reserve, but for reaching the Microcentro, Recoleta, or Palermo you should plan on a taxi, rideshare, or bus rather than walking, given the distances involved.
Traffic can be heavy at peak hours, so building in extra time for cross-town trips, especially to and from the airports, is worth doing regardless of which transport mode you choose.
How to book the best rate
Rates for Hotel Madero Buenos Aires, WorldHotels Elite change with demand and season, so rather than relying on a number you saw elsewhere, check the current rate directly on the hotel's page on this site before deciding on dates.
Booking direct, as this site is set up to do, avoids the extra steps and potential fees that come with third-party intermediaries, and gives you a direct line to the property if your plans change.
If your travel dates are flexible, compare a few nearby date ranges on the booking page, since even a day's shift can land on a different rate tier.
Look at what's included with each rate option shown at booking — breakfast, cancellation terms, or late checkout can vary between rate plans even at the same hotel.