Lugar Gay de Buenos Aires (Gay Hostal) is a hipster hotel in San Telmo in Buenos Aires. This place has 91 reviews and an average rating of 4.5 of 5. This is a great rating.
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Reviews from visitors:
A very clean and tidy modern hotel with a great roof top. The staff were very attentive and the hotel is situated in an excellent location close to the metro allowing you to explore the whole of Buenos Aires.
Loved this place!! The staff is very friendly and creates a nice, relaxing atmosphere. It's cool to meet guys from all over the world.
When staying in Buenos Aires, I wanted to stay at a gay place and El Lugar Gay is just that. While the location is not bad, and the amenities are ok, El Lugar Gay stands out for having an amazing friendly, helpful staff.
Located in the historic San Telmo neighborhood, the bed and breakfast hotel is next door to a Tango dance venue (there was also some tango in the bed and breakfast on the sun deck), and less than a half block away from a famous outdoor festival and music park and the street fair marketplace on weekends. Many young natives walk around with giant bottles of beer and marijuana. I have never seen so much musical celebration anywhere else in the world.
While I would stay there again for the people, and the location is convenient to some venues, the location is not as prime as some of the other gay hotels. With the subway located about 10 blocks away, and several flights of stairs to my room, I lost 5 pounds in my 8 day stay thanks to all of the walking. Although I was also watching what I ate, and eating moderately of the plentiful delicious food in Buenos Aires.
Of course, what earns Lugar Gay its 5-star rating from me is the friendly assortment of staff and handsome visitors from Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Columbia, U.K., Asia and U.S. that were there. The size of the building and number of guests was just right for making new friends. The choice of private and shared rooms, along with sun deck, fountain dipping pool, private and shared showers and lounges makes it easy to choose time alone or with new friends.
For safety and security, guests are discouraged from bringing local strangers into the hotel, but the staff does not balk if you sign in a visitor.
The free morning continental breakfasts were limited to coffee, tea, cereal, sweet rolls, apples and bananas.
Compared to the U.S., Argentina is definitely a 2nd-world country with many crumbling buildings, sidewalks and streets. But it is a beautiful cross between Mexico and Italy with plenty of fancy, historic architecture and some downright impressive parks, restaurants, sightseeing, night clubs and entertainment. Argentinians are largely of white Italian descent. Visitors will need to speak some Spanish to really get around comfortably as there are not many English speakers in Argentina.
I attempted several times to conduct some business in Buenos Aires, but largely failed in several attempts to see real estate and to trade Bitcoins for Argentine pesos. All real estate agents told me there were no properties for sale despite seeing several for sale signs, and all Bitcoin sellers told me they were too busy to see me (my poor Spanish was no doubt partly to blame).
The positive spirit of the Argentine people was powerful. While there are plenty of downtrodden, struggling families, I do not remember seeing a single individual angry or upset in this upbeat country. Along with an appreciate of tourists, Argentina has a very strong spirit of freedom, human rights, politeness, dignity and love.
Like most places on earth, Argentina still needs to make progress in economic reforms. An increase in free enterprise, a reduction in welfare and ending of harmful protectionism will some day allow Argentina to fully realize its potential wealth.
While I failed in my attempts to take part in real estate and Bitcoin transactions in the city, overall my stay was a memorable success thanks to the helpful staff and friendly guests at El Lugar Gay, and I hope that yours will be as well.
Fabulous! I had two amazing nights. Great and loving attention from Santo and Javi. I will return.
I love this place
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