Bed and Breakfast Plaza Italia — Attraction in Mendoza

We made B&B Plaza Italia our home base for 10 days while visiting Mendoza and the surrounding area. It was perfect for this because of it's central location and because if one needs transportation to remote activities (like horseback riding, wine tours, and the incomparable Termas de Cacheuta (hot springs) most of these offer transportation from the downtown area. The B&B is also within easy walking distance of numerous interesting shops plus literally hundreds of restaurants and wine bars, some with live music. The usual travel precautions apply anywhere of course, but unlike many cities worldwide today, we felt completely safe here when walking around, day or night.||The accommodations were spacious and impeccably clean, breakfast is provided for a good start to the day, which we then augmented with an enjoyable and leisurely espresso each morning at one of the nearby sidewalk cafes while we planned our day.||Javier and his mother Mercedes, as well as the staff were wonderful and provided us with all sorts of useful tips when we asked. And if you're looking for a premium wine tour, you will not go wrong asking Javier to take you. He has been doing these tours for years and knows all the best places. His tour for us was to the Valle de Uco where we visited 3 wineries and had a wonderful lunch. And because we had some more detailed questions about the wine business in Argentina, he arranged a special meeting for us the next day with a personal friend who is one of the preeminent winemakers of the region. Be sure to book early with him though. He's a right popular guy and his tour days fill quickly depending on the season!||All in all, a wonderful experience and introduction to Mendoza. This was our first time visiting, but it certainly won't be the last. And if you have any doubts at all about visiting Mendoza because of the news stories saying how bad it is in Argentina, don't worry at all. This is a fabulous country with great people, excellent food and wine and lots to see and do. There is a near complete disconnect between the news stories we read before going and the reality. We're sure that you'll enjoy your trip here it as...

We made B&B Plaza Italia our home base for 10 days while visiting Mendoza and the surrounding area. It was perfect for this because of it's central location and because if one needs transportation to remote activities (like horseback riding, wine tours, and the incomparable Termas de Cacheuta (hot springs) most of these offer transportation from the downtown area. The B&B is also within easy walking distance of numerous interesting shops plus literally hundreds of restaurants and wine bars, some with live music. The usual travel precautions apply anywhere of course, but unlike many cities worldwide today, we felt completely safe here when walking around, day or night.||The accommodations were spacious and impeccably clean, breakfast is provided for a good start to the day, which we then augmented with an enjoyable and leisurely espresso each morning at one of the nearby sidewalk cafes while we planned our day.||Javier and his mother Mercedes, as well as the staff were wonderful and provided us with all sorts of useful tips when we asked. And if you're looking for a premium wine tour, you will not go wrong asking Javier to take you. He has been doing these tours for years and knows all the best places. His tour for us was to the Valle de Uco where we visited 3 wineries and had a wonderful lunch. And because we had some more detailed questions about the wine business in Argentina, he arranged a special meeting for us the next day with a personal friend who is one of the preeminent winemakers of the region. Be sure to book early with him though. He's a right popular guy and his tour days fill quickly depending on the season!||All in all, a wonderful experience and introduction to Mendoza. This was our first time visiting, but it certainly won't be the last. And if you have any doubts at all about visiting Mendoza because of the news stories saying how bad it is in Argentina, don't worry at all. This is a fabulous country with great people, excellent food and wine and lots to see and do. There is a near complete disconnect between the news stories we read before going and the reality. We're sure that you'll enjoy your trip here it as...

We were two couples travelling together through Argentina for about a month. The B&B is ideally located just across the Plaza Italia – hence the name, and close by is the Independence Square and numerous other plazas.||Well-appointed and welcoming, this is a top notch B&B and the hosts Javier and his mother Mercedes were quick to respond to any of our queries. Both were extremely attentive and available to help guests with anything need without being intrusive.||There are numerous restaurants within walking distance as well as several excellent ice-cream shops (according to my husband as ice-cream is an important food group).||Both our bedrooms were very comfortable and amenities were provided in the bathroom along with large fluffy towels. Although there was a TV, reception was very poor and only Spanish channels were available. It would have been nice to stay current with an English news station, but I really appreciated the access to Netflix.||Breakfast was varied and plentiful, and Mercedes kindly arranged an early breakfast seating for us the morning we checked out as we had an early flight. ||There is a common room available to guests as well as a small courtyard. We enjoyed our morning coffee here as well as met up over a glass of wine to make our next day plans. Janvier also arranged a private wine tour that included lunch. Hugely enjoyable although I must admit we all drank too much wine. We all had to take a nap once we returned to the B&B.||Happy with our decision...