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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.
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
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
In 1917, when Italian pioneer Primo Capraro erected a wooden lodge in the wilderness of north-shore Lake Nahuel Huapi, the only guests brave enough to sail from...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
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