Awasi Mendoza

Style

Best cellar

Setting

Peak wine country

Resting in 55 acres of twisting vines at the foot of the Andes, wine stay Awasi Mendoza offers nature-wrapped opulence by the barrel-load. Capacious villas and lodges, designed in earthy tones to reflect the cinematic views, all have private terraces and plunge pools. A farm-to-table restaurant and secluded spa both make use of the region’s finest export, with wine baths and tastings both on the menu.

Facilities

Rooms

17, including three suites.

Checkout

Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.

More Details

Most rates include an à la carte breakfast, served in the restaurant or in your room, return airport transfers and a tasting experience. All-inclusive rates also include all food, drink and laundry service.

Also

One of the Luxury Rooms at Awasi Mendoza is wheelchair accessible, with an access ramp and an adapted bathroom. There’s ramp access to the main entrance and restaurant, and communal spaces are all situated on the ground floor. If you have some mobility, the spa and pool are also accessible, but are not equipped with grab rails.

Fitness Center

Free Internet Access

Laundry

Pool

On-Site Restaurant

Room Service

Spa

At the Hotel

Bicycles to borrow within the grounds, and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: indoor and outdoor fireplace, private terrace, plunge pool, coffee machine, tea-making kit, minibar, free bottled water, bathrobes, slippers and custom organic bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

The natural curves of every adobe-inspired lodge conceal grounding decor, gigantic beds and luxurious bathrooms, so you can’t go wrong. The Two Bedroom Villa is a splash-out expansive sanctuary, with its large plunge pool and fireplace-toting roof terrace.

Poolside

Quiet afternoons spent beside the main pool, overlooked by snow-capped peaks, are best paired with a glass of chardonnay. If you prefer a more secluded dip, your lodge’s private plunge pool is all yours.

Spa

Through carved double doors, the courtyard spa beckons. Treatments make use of the plentiful local crop, with top billing going to the couples’ Bonarda Bath – a polyphenol-rich soaking in the region’s ubiquitous grape. Those who prefer their wine in a glass can choose from an extensive list of facials and massages. Or ease horseback-riding-weary muscles in the sauna, Jacuzzi or plunge pool. If it’s toning up you’re after, the hotel has a small gym.

Packing Tips

Riding boots to let you live out your gaucho fantasies; upscale swimwear for days in the sun; and layers for star-spangled evenings.

Also

The culinary team lead open-air classes cooking empanadas and rib-eye on the parrilla, and wine tastings uncork every day at 7pm. Book early for Vendimia harvest events (February to April), where you can pick and tread grapes and join the festivities.

Children

Kids under 14 will need alternative plans – Awasi Mendoza is all grown up. Outdoorsy older teens will love the adventures on offer and extra beds are available for an additional fee. A Two-Bedroom Villa is your family-friendly option.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

Under a light-draped pergola and surrounded by olive trees, the vineyard tables make the most of the sierra scenes.

Dress Code

Gaucho chic, and a warm jacket for evenings alfresco.

Hotel Restaurant

Helmed by Awasi Iguazú-alum Samanta Lugo, the restaurant’s traditional Latin American cuisine uses fruit and veg grown steps away. You can almost see the kitchen garden through the storied dining room’s arched doors, framing postcard-worthy mountain vistas. Following the curated philosophy of the rest of the hotel, seasonal menus are tailored to your tastes, and can be adapted to be vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free. Naturally, wine plays a starring role. The sommelier’s picks from Argentine producers sit beside the Awasi vineyard’s own vintages in the 500-bottle cellar.

Hotel Bar

Tipples can be taken pretty much anywhere at Awasi Mendoza. Swap tasting notes with fellow wine lovers in the sumptuous living room, in the restaurant, or on the terrace. Or take a seat on the steps of the open-air theatre to watch dancers tap out salidas and ochos in scheduled tango shows. Wherever you perch, the wine list is unsurprisingly extensive, so collar the sommelier for the lowdown on terroirs and tannins.

Last Orders

Breakfast hours are 7am until 10.30am; for lunch, it’s 12.30pm until 3.30pm; dinner, 7pm until 10pm. An all-day menu is available 11am until midnight.

Room Service

Breakfast can be served in your room from 7am to 10:30am. Then you can order from the all-day menu between 11am and midnight.

Planes

Mendoza International Airport El Plumerillo is 50 minutes’ drive away. It has regular flights from South American hubs such as Panama City, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Lima and São Paulo, where you can connect to major North American and international routes. The hotel will arrange transfers, which are included with your stay.

Automobiles

You're unlikely to need a set of wheels at Awasi Mendoza, where transfers are included and, with fully hosted rates, each room or villa comes with its own 4x4 and personal driver.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Days at Awasi Mendoza are easily whiled away strolling through the vines, soaking in the spa or completing lazy laps of the pool between sips of vino tinto. On-site activities like cooking classes, wine tasting and cycling also pull focus. But it’s worth venturing out to the nearby wineries, either in your designated car, on bike or even horseback. The hotel can arrange tastings and lunches with the experts at local bodegas such as Finca Decero and organic winemaker Ojo de Agua in Agrelo. Sailing and kayaking with Potrerillos Explorer offer a novel way to soak up the Andean scenery; daredevils can also try white water rafting. Hiking here is hard to top. Ask the hotel to curate an itinerary for you that, based on your appetite for adventure, could take you along the Condor Lookout Trail, via Mount Vallecitos or the Aconcagua Provincial Park. A trip into Mendoza City offers a shot of urban contrast, with art galleries, boutiques and restaurants in abundance.

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