Escorts in Puerto Madero
Puerto Madero is the newest and most expensive neighbourhood in Buenos Aires: the old port docks turned into glass towers facing the water. It is also the one our companions choose most, and the reason is practical. It holds the highest concentration of luxury hotels in the city — Faena, Alvear Icon, Hilton, SLS — all within a few blocks of each other and set apart from the dense grid of downtown. The docks have independent entrances, private garages and lobbies where nobody looks twice. For anyone arriving from Aeroparque it is fifteen minutes without crossing the city.
The area also works as a dining district: the restaurants along the docks allow a quiet dinner before going up, with no exposure. On the eastern edge, the Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve keeps the entire waterfront unbuilt, which explains the open views and a quiet that is unusual for central Buenos Aires. This is the neighbourhood of effortless discretion: everything happens behind closed doors, and the residential towers of docks 1 and 2 hold the private apartments where several of our companions receive.
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Where to stay
Puerto Madero holds the highest concentration of luxury hotels in Buenos Aires, which is why it has more companions listed than any other neighbourhood. The Faena occupies the old Bunge y Born grain silo, a 1902 building Philippe Starck reworked in a forty-million-dollar conversion that opened in 2004: eighty-eight rooms plus eighty residential units, with its own cabaret hosting the Rojo Tango show.
The Alvear Icon stands at Aimé Painé 1130, thirty-two floors facing the river. The Hilton, at Macacha Güemes 351, is the largest of the four with four hundred and seventeen rooms and has operated since January 2000. The circuit is completed by the SLS, at Juana Manso 1725, and the Hotel Madero, at Rosario Vera Peñaloza 360.
For a meeting, the advantage of this perimeter is practical rather than aesthetic: all five sit within a few blocks of each other, set apart from the dense grid of downtown, with the riverside avenue as direct access. Our companions based here move through that circuit every week.
Where to have dinner first
The neighbourhood's dining scene has shifted considerably in recent years, so it pays to stick to the certainties. Cabaña Las Lilas, at Alicia Moreau de Justo 516, remains the benchmark steakhouse on the docks: Argentine beef, open grill, a long wine list. It is expensive and it is touristy, but it delivers.
The more predictable alternative is dining in the hotel itself. The Faena has its cabaret with dinner and tango; the Hotel Madero has the Red Resto Lounge and the White Bar; the SLS adds a restaurant and bar with a view. If the plan is not to leave the building, the option exists and it is a good one.
The logic of the area helps: you dine on the docks and go up afterwards, no taxis involved, no crossing the city.
Getting around
Puerto Madero is laid out across four docks numbered south to north, following the order in which they were built in the late nineteenth century. The western side holds the recycled brick warehouses along Alicia Moreau de Justo avenue, where the restaurants and offices are. The eastern side is the one with the new towers, right against the River Plate, and that is where the most expensive square metre in the country sits.
The Puente de la Mujer, by Santiago Calatrava, crosses dock 3 and connects the two sides. It opened in December 2001, measures one hundred and sixty metres, is pedestrian only, and its central section rotates to let sailing boats through.
From Aeroparque it is about nine kilometres: fifteen to twenty-five minutes depending on traffic. From Ezeiza, roughly thirty-one kilometres, between thirty-five minutes and a little over an hour at peak time. For someone arriving on a domestic flight who wants to settle the evening without crossing the city, this is the most efficient neighbourhood in Buenos Aires.
What kind of neighbourhood it is
The conversion of the old port formally began in 1989 and the first warehouses were recycled in 1994. It is by some distance the most expensive neighbourhood in the city: new-build property runs at around seven thousand two hundred dollars per square metre, more than double the third-placed district and well above Palermo or Belgrano.
It covers barely two square kilometres and houses just over ten thousand residents, which makes for remarkably low density in a central area. There is little foot traffic and most movement is by car. One detail that surprises newcomers: every street is named after a Latin American woman.
On the eastern edge, the Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve keeps three hundred and fifty hectares unbuilt between the towers and the river, which explains the open views and a quiet that is unusual this close to downtown. It opens Tuesday to Sunday, free of charge; Mondays it is closed.
Preguntas frecuentes
- Do companions come to hotels in Puerto Madero?
- Yes. This is the neighbourhood with the most profiles in the circle and the circuit they know best. Coordination is direct with her over WhatsApp, from her profile.
- How long does it take from Aeroparque?
- Fifteen to twenty-five minutes depending on traffic, around nine kilometres. From Ezeiza, between thirty-five minutes and a little over an hour.
- Can you walk between the docks?
- Yes. The Puente de la Mujer is pedestrian only and connects the warehouse side with the tower side. Distances within the neighbourhood are short.
- What is the difference between Madero Este and Madero Oeste?
- The west is the recycled warehouses along Alicia Moreau de Justo, with restaurants and offices. The east is the residential towers facing the river, home to the most expensive apartments in Argentina.