Don't know exactly what it is but having a view from a hotel room is crucial for my sense of wellbeing. On waking I really enjoyed opening up the shutters to my room in BA, and looking out over the rooftops toward a schoolyard with kids boisterously playing soccer, all watched over by the formidable presence of Palacio de Aguas Corrientes (Palace of running waters ?).
Hard to imagine that architecture so ornate and beautiful could simply have been used for something as prosaic as purifying and storing water. Or was it only masquerading as such...