We stayed here for three nights and part of me doesn’t want to write a review and to keep this place a secret to us in case we can’t book it again. But that would be unfair on Fernando, the manager, who has put his heart and sole into this very special place and went the extra mile to make sure our stay was awesome. A visit here should be on everyone’s bucket list. The location is stunning with only four bedrooms each of which are beautifully decorated in a quirky style and a private terrace and a stunning view. The quirky theme runs throughout the hotel. The dinning room is a mind blowing circular room at the top of a spiral staircase with a wrap around balcony and 270 degrees of floor to ceiling windows. Breakfast was cooked and served in this room using the finest ingredients. I can still taste the orange juice and eggs. There is a large open fire which Fernando lit for us each night and we played cards and drank fine Argentinian wine. The tea rooms in the garden are equally quirky. We opted for cheesecake and their house tea both of which were divine. Fernando you were brilliant - thank you for your hospitality and we hope to...
Read moreWe stayed here for three nights and part of me doesn’t want to write a review and to keep this place a secret to us in case we can’t book it again. But that would be unfair on Fernando, the manager, who has put his heart and sole into this very special place and went the extra mile to make sure our stay was awesome. A visit here should be on everyone’s bucket list. The location is stunning with only four bedrooms each of which are beautifully decorated in a quirky style and a private terrace and a stunning view. The quirky theme runs throughout the hotel. The dinning room is a mind blowing circular room at the top of a spiral staircase with a wrap around balcony and 270 degrees of floor to ceiling windows. Breakfast was cooked and served in this room using the finest ingredients. I can still taste the orange juice and eggs. There is a large open fire which Fernando lit for us each night and we played cards and drank fine Argentinian wine. The tea rooms in the garden are equally quirky. We opted for cheesecake and their house tea both of which were divine. Fernando you were brilliant - thank you for your hospitality and we hope to...
Read moreDear Raul greeted us personally on New Year's Day at his woodland Hosteria high above the town of San Martin de los Andes. It's a lovely spot this, with glorious views of the Lake below and personal patios from which to enjoy them. Raul tries hard, staying up late until his guests are home and personally offering tips and marked maps for sight seeing. His Tea House too is a wonder. Beautifully appointed, it's the original home of an intrepid Englishwoman who settled there in the 1930s and became instrumental in getting the site recognised as a national park. Old photographs of her adorn the walls beside the large stone fireplace and the house, including its bathroom, remain little changed since her day. All that said though, the Hosteria is expensive for its offerings. The breakfast is downright poor and the rooms small. The driveway needs work and generally the place could probably do with an injection of funds. But we'd support it again - because we slept so well in the woods and woke up to that stunning view and the friendly faces of Raul...
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