Argentina

The World’s Ten Best Sights from Balloon Rides

Looking for an exciting and different vacation? An excuse to go somewhere you’ve never been and see something you’ve never seen? Or perhaps the chance to see a familiar place in a new way, from high above the earth? Hot air balloon festivals take place all around the world, and are the perfect way to spend a family vacation, especially if you’ve become bored with the average fare

Buenos Aires Argentina

With roots going back some 500 years, Buenos Aires represents South America at its most sophisticated. From Spanish colonial buildings and French Belle Époque mansions to colorful flower stalls bordering narrow cobblestoned streets, wide boulevards and terrace cafés packed with fashionably dressed porteños (as the locals are called), the city reflects the best of both Gallic and Latin cultures.

Llao Llao Hotel, Bariloche Argentina

Llao Llao Hotel, designed by architect Alejandro Bustillo, was opened for the first time in 1938. Aſter a fire burnt the hotel down in 1939, it
was reopened with is present structure in 1940. The Hotel is located in the center of the lake district, within the Nahuel Huapi National Park, in
the heart of Argentine Patagonia, surrounded by Cerro López, Capilla and Tronador mountain peaks. It is only a two-hour flight from the City of Buenos Aires and 500 mts from Puerto Pañuelo, arrival from and departure to Cruce de los Lagos (Lake Crossing).

Alvear Palace Hotel Buenos Aires Argentina

The Alvear Palace Hotel is located in the most elegant area in Buenos Aires, surrounded by the best restaurants, antique shops, boutiques and cultural centers. All of the 197 guestrooms and suites combine European elegance and cutting-edge technology. The spa and fitness center offer well being in the most exclusive space in Buenos Aires. The fully equipped business center features all the comfort and technology of an office away from your company.

Argentina, Mendoza and Malbec wines a Perfect Vacation

400 years ago the Spanish came to Argentina and brought with them their love of wine. Catholic monks and priests began to grown produce wine for serving at communion and so the Argentine wine industry was born. It was in the 1800s, though, that European settlers arrived with wine expertise, more grape strains and, importantly, the railway. One of the arrivals was a seemingly insignificant dark grape from the south of France. This grape, called Malbec, found its true home in the foothills of the Andes and flourished.