Accommodation at Suipacha Suites is designed around the practical character of an apart-hotel: generous sleeping space, private bathrooms, seating and dining areas, air conditioning and heating, free Wi-Fi and flat-screen televisions with cable channels. Six categories are available, from compact studios to one-bedroom apartments, all within the same central Retiro building.
The differences between them come down to separation rather than standard. Studios keep everything in one room; the apartments give the living and sleeping areas their own space, which is what most guests on longer stays end up wanting.
The largest of the apartment layouts, with distinct areas for sleeping, sitting and eating. Guests have a private bathroom, kitchenette facilities and a dining table, along with air conditioning, heating, free Wi-Fi and a flat-screen television with cable channels.
It is the natural choice for longer stays in Buenos Aires, where an apartment rhythm matters more than hotel formality and where having a proper table to work at stops being a luxury somewhere around the second week.
An efficient open studio where sleeping and living space share one calm room. It includes a private bathroom, a seating area, kitchenette facilities and a dining table, so short city breaks and solo work trips run comfortably.
Nothing here is paid for and left unused. The studio suits travellers who spend their days out in the city and want a quiet, well-equipped room to come back to rather than square footage to walk around in.
A studio with a little more room to spread out, arranged so that the seating and dining areas keep their own place alongside the sleeping space. Air conditioning, heating, free Wi-Fi and a flat-screen television with cable channels are provided, as in every category.
The extra floor area shows itself most on stays past a week, when the difference between eating at a table and eating on the edge of a bed becomes the difference between visiting and living.
A separate bedroom, closed off from the living area, which makes a real difference for families and for guests who keep different hours. The living space carries the seating area, dining table and kitchenette facilities, and the apartment has its own private bathroom.
It is the layout most often chosen by two people travelling together for several weeks, because a door between the rooms turns out to be worth more than any amount of decoration.
A straightforward apartment layout with the essentials handled properly: private bathroom, seating area, dining table and kitchenette facilities, plus air conditioning, heating and free Wi-Fi.
A dependable base for exploring central Buenos Aires on foot and coming back to somewhere calm, with enough separation in the living space to keep an evening from happening entirely on the bed.
A one-bedroom apartment with the most generous living space of the separate-bedroom categories. Guests have a private bathroom, seating and dining areas and kitchenette facilities.
The layout holds up well over a stay of several weeks rather than several nights, which is exactly what it is intended for, and it gives two people room to keep out of each other's way on a working day.
These are provided across the categories, whichever layout you choose. Kitchenette and dining facilities are included, though the equipment varies by accommodation, so please contact the property in advance if a particular arrangement is important to your stay.
Every category has its own bathroom, so nothing is shared with other guests at any point in the stay, whatever the size of the apartment.
Both are provided, which matters in a city with humid summers and short, damp winters that catch visitors out more often than the guidebooks admit.
Wireless internet runs throughout the property at no charge, and it is the connection guests work from all day rather than a lobby convenience.
A television with cable channels is provided in each accommodation, for the evenings that stay in after a long day of walking the centre.
Somewhere to sit that is not the bed, and a table you can actually eat or work at rather than balance a plate on.
Bedding, towels and basic toiletries are supplied on arrival, along with a hairdryer in the bathroom, so the first evening needs no shopping trip.
If you are weighing a studio against a one-bedroom apartment, think about how long you are staying and how much separation you want in the evening. Both share the same standard of provision, and both sit in the same building a few streets from Plaza San Martín.
Write or call with your dates and describe how you plan to use the space, and the desk will tell you plainly which category fits.
