Finca Valentina
Contemporary casa de campo
Andean outback
Petite and perfectly formed, Finca Valentina hotel is a rustic, refined ranch just outside Salta in the grape-strewn foothills of the northwestern Andes. Play pampered patrón as your eponymous hostess and her Andean staff saddle up the steeds and prepare the parilla. Or just enjoy the white-linened, warm-wooded interiors and chill out with a glass of fruity Argentine red.
Food & Drink
Top Table
In summer, ask for a garden dinner a deux for your very own specially prepared parilla.
Dress Code
Neutral linens to match the colour scheme; native shawls with big brooches for Mrs Smith.
Hotel Restaurant
Meals are mostly taken at the large wooden table in the finca’s living room, a serene, intimate space of deep white sofas, hide-strapped chairs, and carefully placed gaucho artefacts. Candlelit at night and open-fired in winter, this is sophisticated country eating at its best. Breakfast is a cornucopia of cereals, croissants and, rather disconcertingly, absolutely scrumptious sponge cakes.
Hotel Bar
Valentina and Fabrizio are Italian, so their love of wine equals their passion for food. The bar itself is ‘pop-up’; at the table with cigars, in front of the fire, out on the veranda counting the stars.
Last Orders
Folk turn in early in the country, so plan to eat before 9pm.
Room Service
Valentina and her staff are happy to bring anything to the rooms, except perhaps in the dead of night.
