B
uenos Aires is often dubbed the Paris of South
America, and no building is more evocative of a hotel particulier
than the Palacio Duhau-Park Hyatt. This neoclassical palace,
designed by architect Leon Dourge, commissioned by the
Duhau family in 1932, lay empty for some thirty years until
developer Juan Scalesciani, in partnership with the Hyatt
Hotels Group, breathed new life into it as a luxury hotel,
opening it on July 12, 2006, along with a new annex which
houses 115 rooms and 27 suites. The original building, with
its inlaid black, white and red marble floors, opulent crystal
chandeliers and torchieres, and elaborate iron work, encloses
eleven rooms and twelve premium suites. The Palacio Duhau
complex is a place of both elegant repose and entertainment,
with several distinctively decorated restaurants and bars. As
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