Alvear Icon, Buenos Aires: Pre-Cruise Hotel Review

The verdict

The Alvear Icon is the view. An outdoor pool and a heated indoor one, a wellness center and the Crystal Bar on the 32nd floor, per the hotel.

At about 3.1 km from the terminal by our map, it’s the furthest city hotel we ranked — and the site leaves out check-in times, parking and pets. Call before you book: +54 11 4114 0900.

Book it if

You want a drink 32 floors up the night before
You want a pool indoors and out

Look elsewhere if

You want to sit nearer the terminal
You need parking or pet terms in writing

Sail Morning

Your night before, from here

From check-in to the gangway, using only what Alvear Icon publishes and our own map estimates.

Evening

Check in and settle

Restaurants and bars, including the Crystal Bar on the 32nd floor — which the hotel calls the tallest bar in the city.

Before bed

Line up your morning

No ride to the ship is listed, so plan on a taxi for the roughly 3.1 km to the terminal — a straight line by our map, not a route.

Sail morning

Breakfast

Included in packages, per the Alvear Icon. Otherwise check your rate.

Heading out

To the quay

The terminal is about 3.1 km away in a straight line, so book the taxi. Check-in time comes from your boarding documents.

While you sail

Your car

The Alvear Icon’s site doesn’t mention parking.

Score

Night-Before Score: 29 of 100

29No. 10 of 11

Distance to the ship20/30

Getting to the ship0/25

Parking while you sail0/20

Free breakfast0/10

The evening before9/15

Every point comes from the Alvear Icon’s own site; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.

To the Ship

Getting here, and on to the ship

By our map estimate Alvear Icon is about 28.3 km from Ezeiza in a straight line, and about 3.1 km from the terminal. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.

Leg 1 · Ezeiza to the hotel

Not stated

No airport transfer is mentioned on the hotel’s site.

Leg 2 · Hotel to the ship

Shuttle not stated

No ride to the ship is listed, so plan on a taxi for the roughly 3.1 km to the terminal — a straight line by our map, not a route.

From EZE without a hotel shuttle

Holland America puts Ezeiza about 42 km and 50 minutes from the pier, traffic allowing, with taxis, Uber, Didi and Cabify all on hand, and gives about ARS 35,000 for the ride; an April 2026 report saw ARS 50,000 on Taxi Ezeiza’s stand sign. Tienda León’s bus runs to its Carlos Pellegrini terminal for ARS 16,500 a person. The airport page has the fares.

Leg 1 · Drive in and park

Cruise parking unconfirmed

The Alvear Icon’s site doesn’t mention parking.

Parking for your stay: Not stated.

Leg 2 · Hotel to the ship

Shuttle not stated

No ride to the ship is listed, so plan on a taxi for the roughly 3.1 km to the terminal — a straight line by our map, not a route.

Flying in the morning you sail? Flying in the morning you sail? A delayed flight has nowhere to go, so the airport page recommends coming the day before, and has the landing check: the airport page has the landing check.

Which quay

the terminal

Ships embark at the Quinquela Martín terminal on Av. Ramón Castillo, inside the working Puerto Nuevo port zone. Alvear Icon is about 3.1 km from our pin for the terminal in a straight line, and about 950 m from Plaza de Mayo. That’s a taxi, not a walk. No source publishes the terminal’s exact position; the Buenos Aires cruise guide has the rest.

Source: hollandamerica.com

Distance

~3.1 km, straight line

About 3.1 km from the terminal in a straight line between our map pins. That’s a ride, not a walk.

Airport bus

Not stated

The hotel doesn’t say where the airport bus stops.

Source: alvearicon.com

Parking

Parking while you sail

Cruise parking

Cruise parking unconfirmed

The Alvear Icon’s site doesn’t mention parking.

In town

No public parking at the pier

There’s no public parking at the pier, per Holland America, and we found no published cruise-parking rate anywhere near the terminal. Some hotels publish garage rates for your stay, but none says you can leave a car for the cruise. Come by taxi.

The Night Before

The evening and the morning

The evening

Food or bar on site

Restaurants and bars, including the Crystal Bar on the 32nd floor — which the hotel calls the tallest bar in the city.

Breakfast

Depends on the rate

Included in packages, per the Alvear Icon. Otherwise check your rate.

Address

Aimé Painé, Puerto Madero

Aimé Painé 1130, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires
Hotel website

Fact Sheet

The fine print, in one place

Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, as Alvear Icon publishes it. We couldn’t confirm check-in and check-out times, parking, a gym, pets, so ask when you book.

Check-in and check-out

Check-inNot stated

Check-outNot stated

Breakfast

Included in packages, per the Alvear Icon. Otherwise check your rate.

Parking for your stay

Not stated

Pool

An outdoor pool and solarium and a heated indoor pool, per the hotel’s offers.

Pets

Not stated on the pages we read.

Food and drink on site

Crystal Bar32nd floor

Rooms

159 rooms and suites with city or river views, per the hotel.

Accessibility

Alvear Icon’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.

On site

GymNot stated
Sauna or spaYes
Family roomsNot stated
Pets allowedNot stated

Also worth knowing

Early check-in at 12:00 or late check-out at 14:00 in a breakfast package, subject to availability
Phone +54 11 4114 0900
No Booking.com page we could confirm, so the button searches by name

Worth Knowing

Before you book

Worth knowing

Breakfast in packages only.
Early check-in or late check-out in some packages.
No check-in times published.

What we couldn’t confirm

Check-in and check-out times
Parking
A gym
Pets

Every hotel fact here comes from the Alvear Icon’s own site, read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins.

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