Welcome to Bed & Breakfast Bonito Buenos Aires, San Telmo.

Seven exclusive rooms and beautiful terraces in a refurbished big old Art Nouveau house located in the historical San Telmo neighbourhood.

Maintaining the atmosphere, style and excellent service that we so proudly inherit from The Cocker, we invite you to enjoy this lovely place. You can read, relax or work in the original antique living-room with three large windows and balconies; cook in our spacious and equipped kitchen; have an argentinian asado on our highest terrace with city view; or just have a drink and relax looking at the stars from our beautiful garden-terraces designed with jasmines, roses, azaleas, palm trees and eucalyptus.

BONITO San Telmo gives you the chance to feel at home along with the warm and personalizad service that you deserve.
Tasty and abundant breakfast is served at requested time. Each room is intervened by a different artist who reinterprets its essence by giving a unique value to it and inviting the guest to become a part of a singular micro-universe.

About us

If you find yourself here, it is not by chance. Most likely, our link was not the first of the list retrieved by your search, and you must have taken a few minutes to do some research on what there is beyond the usual. And, most likely, we have something in common…
We like to live our own experiences, we love to be fussed over, we like our room not to be the same as the one next door, we find pleasure in little details, we take care of what is ours and value what belongs to another, we don’t like to be lied to and overcharged, we’re not equally pleased with everything, we don’t need the walls to be at a 90 degrees angle if spaces are better shaped differently, we don’t usually do what others do, we prefer noble and pure shapes and objects to pretentious luxury, we appreciate art, we enjoy a good film, we somewhat avoid watching television so that we can peacefully read a good book before falling asleep or have a nice chat or simple hug the one we love.

So BONITO is inviting you to enjoy as much as we do. You’re invited to breathe and gaze out of the window into a distinctive view of Buenos Aires, to wrap yourself in a fluffy towel, to take your time to enjoy a tasty breakfast and have fun pouring water into a little cup with a little chair inside of it, to lay in the bathtub looking at the stars…

BONITO is managed by its owner Yanina Szalkowicz, a travel, art and culture lover.

“I was born and raised in Buenos Aires. I love this city, its tireless activity, its immensity. Since I was very young I’ve had the good fortune to fulfill one of my dreams, which was to travel all over the world, wandering about different places and admiring their diverse cultures. The pleasure of being in contact with foreigners led me to create Bonito. This was also possible thanks to my mother’s support
I think it’s interesting to create from a less conventional perspective a pleasant and comfortable enviroment for the traveller by showing them the best and most pleasurable face of Buenos Aires.”

Yanina Szalkowicz

BONITO Montserrat & San Telmo Contemporary Art.

see pictures of all interventions

A placed carried out with such dedication is stamped with its owners’ mark.
BONITO proposes a commitment to space.
Each room is tackled by a different artist who reinterprets its essence by giving it a unique value and inviting the guest to become a part of a singular micro-universe.
Instead of just hanging a picture on the wall, the idea was to merge the artwork with the new architecture, achieving full potential of its features, visual paths, colours and spaciousness.

The artistic side of BONITO is about being an alternative place for exhibition, available for argentinian artists to create freely within the concept of the hotel.

“To coexist with art affects the mood, opens perspective to different experiences, provoques unusual sensations and inspires search and expresion.”

Every three months approximately we celebrate the presentation of a new room intervention. We take no reservations for that night so that the rooms are also party stage, available for our party guests can get to know them. Another excuse for partying is usually the introduction of projects that we find interesting, such as a fashion show of a new clothing brand, the launch of a new magazine, a live drawing workshop, live readings of a new book, a exclusive vintage clothing fair, live projections of different artists, etc. There’s always an interesting band that plays live and a live DJ set. Of course, bartending as well. And we draw lots for free stays at BONITO!

Owner:
Yanina Szalkowicz

Reformation:
7ymedio Arquitectura
Pablo Larramendy +54 11 (15) 5961 7989

Artists:
#01 DGPH
#02 Juan Sebastián Bruno
#03 Juliana Iriart
#04 Anabella Pappa
#05 Cecilia Szalkowicz
#06 Mundo Dios
#07 Juan Tessi
#08 Hernán Paganini
#09 Mariano Grassi
#10 Irana Douer
#11 Geraldine de San Bruno (Cherry)
#12 Daniel Joglar
#13 Pablo Cabrera
#14 Ariel Mora
#15 Dani Umpi
#16 Yanina Szalkowicz

Photograohy:
Guadalupe Gaona, Yanina Szalkowicz, Juan H. Maggi and Gabriela Larramendy.

15 Litros' Art Gallery curation:
Cecilia Szalkowicz

Web design:
lagrannaranja