Buenos Aires hotels come in many forms, but right now staying at a boutique hotel is a special treat.  One such is is Home Hotel, opened in 2005 by a local paired with a Brit.  They make a great team:  Home Hotel was one of B.A.’s first boutique hotels, and their collection of mid-century furniture and vintage wallpapers is wonderful.  The interiors are eclectic without being outrageous, and quietly underscore the pair’s love of collecting modern furniture from the 1950s.

The building has many strong elements of glass and cement, forming the perfect backdrop for the mid-century modern details of the hotel.  There are twenty rooms in all, and vintage wallpaper permeates the strict harsh lines created by the glass an concrete.

Home Hotel has a pool and garden, and there are two rooms with kitchens and lofts.

What exactly is an estancia? It’s Spanish for something like a small country estate, or a country retreat with perhaps a farm or ranch. There are several lavish twenty-first century estancias in Cordoba and in other country provinces of Argentina which open their doors to guests. If you stay at one of these havens in Cordoba or elsewhere, you will be pampered with lavish, uniquely Argentine specialties such as dining on the freshest food possible, grown on site on a biodymanic farms, or sleeping in an antique four-poster bed in a room decorated with Argentine antiques.

Argentina Estancia living is the best way to experience the Argentine countryside.  The province of Cordoba is just a little bit northwest of Aargentina’s capitol city, Buenos Aires. This province is known for it countryside panoramic beauty and natural settings, and has some of the finest Argentina estancias in the country. 

 El Colibri

House of Jasmines

Estancia Colome

Posada La Caldera

Lodging in Patagonia, Argentina
By far the best way to get close to nature and absorb all that wonderful Patagonia, Argentina has to offer, is to stay in an estancia, which is small ranch that offers accommodations to travelers, run like a small hotel or B&B. Here’s a sampling of some of the best small inns and estancias across Patagonia.
Estancias
Please read up on Estancias on our estancia page.
Hosteria El Faro
Located in Villa La Angostura, this hotel looks like a lighthouse on a lake. There are only twelve rooms and three suites, which makes it an intimate lakeside experience. The suites are up in the lighthouse tower area, with 360 degree views of Lake Nahuel Huapi and beyond. The regular rooms are built for the views as well, with floor-to-ceiling windows facing the Lake. Villa la Angostura is about fifty miles north of Bariloche. Town is just a fifteen minute walk away from the hotel, and offers charm, cafes, and great little restaurants.
Hotel Aldebaran
HOtel Aldebaran is located outside of Bariloche, on the peninsula of San Pedro. It’s rocky and picturesque out here, and the hotel was actually built right into the rocks and the trees around it. I