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The Faena Hotel + Universe is decadent wonderland boasting ultra-luxurious suites, a stunning pool, a rejuvenating spa and Turkish bath, two top notch restaurants and two intimate theatres offering award-winning live shows. Blending the city’s storied past with its vibrant present, the Faena is housed in an historic former granary in Buenos Aires’ dynamic waterfront district: Puerto Madero. The unique and convenient location marries breathtaking skyline views with immediate access to the city centre, the popular San Telmo colonial district, the Government House, Plaza de Mayo, and Florida Street.

Recreation and Health
Live shows and music every evening in El Cabaret, El Teatro, The Library Lounge and Pool Bar. Steps from the hotel, guests can explore the antiques and tango district of San Telmo, jog or cycle in the nature reserve.
Looking for complete relaxation, harmony and spiritual serenity the GYM SPA HAMMAM offers a wide variety of massages, treatments, Pranic healings, day spas, bath menus, seminars, spiritual programs, and superlative La Prairie treatments. A fully equipped gym for fitness training. Outdoor heated pool.

Restaurant
El Mercado offers classic Argentine fare in a relaxed atmosphere filled with antiques and local memorabilia. El Bistro ushers guests into a fantasy world that recalls the splendor of Europe’s grand cafes. Recognized as the best dining experience in town, offers innovative cuisine and proudly houses Argentina’s most extensive and exciting wine cellar.

The architectual remains of the Greek baths and the balnea inspired the smaller and more modest hammams of Islam. However, not until Muhammed himself enthusiastically recommended sweat baths around 60O AD did the Islamic hammam begin to proliferate.
Muhammad believed that the heat of the hammam enhanced fertility, and the followers of the faith should multiply. Until the hammam caught Muhammed’s fancy, the Arabs used only cold water and never bathed in tubs, which was considered as bathing in one’s own filth. But when the conquering Arabs encountered Roman and Greek baths in Syria, holy men immediately adopted the pleasure of hot air bathing.
The hammam gained religious significance and became an annex to the mosque, used to comply with the Islamic laws of hygiene and purification. The hammam developed into a quiet retreat–an atmosphere of half-light, quiescence and seclusion. Architectually, vaulted ceilings shrank as the buildings became smaller and modest.

> FAENA HOTEL+UNIVERSE is located in the El Porteño Building in the heart of Buenos Aires, Puerto Madero Este, a stone’s throw from the Costanera Sur, the city’s riverside promenade.

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