"The receptionist was very kind, and accommodated my late arrival and carried my luggage up the stairs.
However, I’m not familiar with that part of Buenos Aires, and in the dark it was a bit scary, especially as the hotel/hostel doesn’t seem to have a sign, other than a street number. My Uber driver must have thought it was sketchy, too, as he waited with me until the receptionist let me in.
The room was fine, and had been cleaned, but not recently—a spider had built a small web in the sink.
I wasn’t given a key to my room. I was shown in, and as soon as I was alone I turned the lock. In the morning I found the key stuck in the lock, on the outside. Nothing bad happened, but as a woman traveling alone, that’s very scary.
When I was ready to leave for an early flight, I couldn’t figure out how to open the gates. As it got later and later and I was still locked in, I called the receptionist for help, but nobody answered. Luckily, another guest was also up early and showed me the trick—apparently there’s a butter knife hidden in the greenery near the gate that you use to turn the lock???? It was scary to feel like I was locked in.
I’m an experienced and confident traveller, and having gotten a good look at the hotel in the light, I do think it is a safe place and probably a good option for families traveling on a budget. But as a solo traveller arriving in the dark, I didn’t feel safe. "
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