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Argentine Patagonia hotels
Choosing the right hotel in Patagonia can be a minefield. Service is sometimes shockingly poor and prices exorbitant, and even the most exclusive properties may be marred by mediocre food and an overdeveloped taste for flowery bedspreads. Many visitors to rural Patagonia opt to stay in estancias, ranches built by 19th-century European immigrants. A large number of these ranches remain in the hands of their founding families, who help offset maintenance costs by accepting paying guests. Only a handful of estancias and country lodges get it right, though. Choose wisely, and you'll enjoy an unparalleled view of Patagonian culture, authentic country cuisine, and a chance to cast for monster trout and salmon or gallop into the sunset across the mythical steppe. Urban centers, too, offer a broadening selection of new and newly refurbished hotels, ranging from boutique properties to revamped classics. Go to our Chilean Patagonia guide to view Patagonia hotels across the border, and see the Fact Sheet for overall orientation.
In a large oasis in the underexplored Patagonian plateau, former peach orchards are being transformed into vineyards. This 18-room hotel has been ingeniously...more
Perched on a steeply sloped lakeside lot a mile from Villa La Angostura's chinked-log cabins and gourmet food stores, the eight-room Luma overlooks some of the...more
A single night at Casa Los Sauces costs three times the average monthly wage of an Argentine worker—ironic, considering the hotel is owned by the country's...more
Overlooking a forest of Oregon pine, a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, and the north face of Mount Chapelco, this gable-roofed property may be set amid the...more
Anticipate "a lush landscape"—Nahuel Huapi National Park—and "fabulous, joy-inducing vistas" of mountain and lakes. Constructed with cypress, hemlock,...more
Set on beech-carpeted slopes two miles above Ushuaia, Las Hayas affords sweeping views of the city, the Beagle Channel, and the mysterious peaks of Chile's Isla...more
Situated on the fir-lined banks of Lake Nahuel Huapi's north shore, Villa La Angostura is unashamedly twee, its main street lined with wooden boardwalks and...more
El Calafate is a dusty Patagonian steppe town on Lake Argentina, close to the three-mile-wide Perito Moreno glacier, one of 13 that flow into Argentina's...more
The village of El Chaltén is one of Argentina's hiking capitals, located at the northern end of Los Glaciares National Park and at the base of Patagonia's...more
A dusty Patagonian steppe town fronting Lake Argentina, El Calafate survives entirely on visitors to the Perito Moreno glacier, 50 miles to the west. Observing...more
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