The 11 Best Resorts in Argentina

A Patagonian estancia-style lodge holding a Michelin 2 Keys distinction, EOLO sits on a sprawling ranch in the La Anita valley, well clear of El Calafate's glacier-tourist scramble. Suites mix antique vanities and plush beds with deep soaking tubs and picture windows over the windswept steppe. The restaurant runs traditional Argentinian fare, which lands well after a day on horseback or hiking near Perito Moreno, though the bathtub-with-Malbec option is apparently competitive.

Dome-shaped cabanas with private plunge pools, sitting on one of the largest wine estates in the world, with the snowcapped Andes as the backdrop. This intimate resort earns a Michelin Key, and the scale of the surroundings does most of the work: a thousand Mendoza wineries within reach, plus horses, mountain bikes, and a chef who handles the asado while you handle the Malbec.

Perched between two Patagonian lakes with the Andes behind it, this grand mountain lodge resort was built in the style of Canada's great railway hotels, all cypress timber, stone fireplaces, and Norman tile roofs. Golf, skiing in July, fishing, rafting, and condor watching keep guests occupied. Standard rooms are comfortable and well-appointed, and nearly every one looks out at water or snow-capped peaks, which does most of the decorating for them.

A concrete-and-glass wine resort poised beside a reflecting lake in the Uco Valley, with Andean peaks as backdrop and organic vegetables growing on the roof above your head. Rooms run from blonde-wood standards with mountain-view daybeds to suites whose terraces seem to float over the water, up to standalone villas with rooftop hot tubs. Horseback rides, a cedar sauna, and late steak dinners fill the gaps between bottles. It holds a Michelin Key.

Tucked into the Uco Valley on 1,500 acres of Andean vineyard, this modern resort holds 22 rustic-chic villas with private decks, stone bathrooms, and views of the mountains that make alarm clocks feel rude. Some have plunge pools or rooftop terraces; the two-bedroom comes with an outdoor clay tub facing the peaks. Francis Mallmann's open-flame restaurant is on-site, gauchos lead the horseback rides, and the infinity pool handles the rest. Getting here takes some doing, which turns out to suit the mood perfectly. The resort holds a Michelin Key.

Getting here means a van to the dock, then three hours by boat across Lago Argentino and up into its glacial arms, mountains rearing on every side. The reward is a remote Patagonian lodge, earning a Michelin Key, where four cottages hold twenty rooms, each anchored by a picture window facing the peaks. Treks to the Upsala glacier or on horseback fill the days; raw wood and warm textures handle the evenings. Everything but the drinks is included, which feels like the right priority.

Horses graze past the communal breakfast table at this working farm turned boutique hotel in the Buenos Aires pampas, which holds a Michelin Key. Guest rooms keep their original wood-beamed ceilings, afternoon tea moves to a sunny patio, and family-style dinners lean on local produce, with an Argentine barbecue if timing is on your side. The artist owner's paintings hang throughout, which gives the whole place a lived-in ease that most rural retreats spend years faking.

An old Argentine estancia an hour north of Córdoba, set in the Sierras Chicas foothills on land that once served as a presidential summer retreat. The luxury resort spreads across historic ranch buildings with brick ceilings, canopied beds, and chandeliers, all looking out over gardens laid out by French landscape architect Charles Thays. Polo fields, a golf course, and several bars and restaurants round out what is, quietly, a very serious amount of property to wander.

The nine-hole golf course sits inside working vineyards, which tells you immediately what kind of person Algodon Wine Estates is designed for. This Mendoza wine-country resort splits between an antique adobe villa and a newer lodge, both with fireplaces in every room and stone-tiled bathrooms stocked with wine-therapy products. The restaurant pulls in outside guests too, pouring Malbec and Bonarda grown on the property alongside an organic regional menu.

The nine guest rooms here have hand-painted murals touched up annually by the original artist, which tells you something about how this estancia in the Córdoba hills operates. It's a small, ranch-style Relais & Châteaux property an hour from the city, with fireplaces, wood floors, and views of open grassland and horses. The kitchen runs on an open fire and draws supplies from the farm next door.

A resort on the Beagle Channel just outside Ushuaia, which puts the Patagonian wilderness directly outside every window and makes the interior design feel beside the point. Rustic materials meet clean lines in the rooms, but guests mostly use the place as a very comfortable base camp for the surrounding national parks and waterways. A full-service spa and serious kitchen are on hand for the nights when the end of the world can wait.