Sauce Chico Arrecifes - Buenos Aires Cell Phone: 15-57719942 E-mail - Website Description: Standing 200km away from downtown Buenos Aires, this cozy estancia opens its gates to rural tourism providing interesting programs to spend one day in the countryside or get away from the city and enjoy a short stay in the venue.
At Sauce Chico, guests may experience life in an agricultural venue, go for a walk and watch the birds or ride a horse around the area and enjoy the sunshine next to the swimming pool.
The polite assistance and the careful service turn this estancia into a comfortable shelter to relax and be relieved from daily routine and stress. Capacity: Activities & Facilities: Languages Spoken:
Villa María Máximo Paz Ruta 205 Km. 47.5 Telephone: 6091-2064 E-mail - Website Description: Estancia Villa María lies on Route 205, on the way to Cañuelas, in Máximo Paz. Its shell is one of the most impressive examples of Tudor architecture in the Province of Buenos Aires.
Villa María has 11 luxurious rooms located in its main shell. It has been specially conditioned to provide the best service to our guests, who will feel immersed in a kind of well-being they will only experience at Villa Maria. The hotel has a gourmet restaurant, a bar, a wine cellar, a cigar room, billiards & board games, as well as a private room.
All rooms are equipped with king-size beds or twin beds dressed with Egyptian cotton sheets and y L'occitane amenities. They also have a shower stall and/or bathtub. Some of the rooms have TV sets with LCD and satellite television.
The hotel offers room service, laundry and dry cleaning, massage on request, wireless Internet connection without any extra charges and a selection of 30 classic DVDs to be enjoyed at your room.
Moreover, there is a private room where business meetings may be organized. It is equipped with overhead projector, flip chart, screen, fax, video, broad band connection and WI-FI.
Some activities that may be enjoyed:
Riding carts
Horseback rides
Outdoor swimming-pool
Tennis and volleyball courts, soccer field
Billiards and table tennis
DVD library
Board games
Hikes around the lawn
Bicycles Capacity: Activities & Facilities: Languages Spoken:
Botánica Serrana, Posada y Cabañas Balcarce, Buenos Aires Calle 48 Nº 2477 - Balcarce a 70 Km. de Mar del Plata Telephone: (02266) 42-4485 E-mail Description: Only 10 minutes from the center of Balcarce and at the foot of the Barrosa Mountain Range, this classical lodging offers multiple proposals to approach the countryside.
Inside an 11-hectare area, its large lawn is full of gramineous plants, flowers and fruit trees, as well as a small wood at the foot of the mountain. Botánica Serrana offers guests a charming landscape.
Quietness spreads into the 4 rooms and the cosy interiors of the cabins equipped for groups of 3 to 5 people, with beautiful sights of the mountain range.
Beyond the traditional activities, the countryside inn offers bioenergetic relax programs and special diets for those who wish to forget about stress.
With the special assistance provided by its owners, Botánica tempts guests with homemade delicacies at any time at El Rincón de los Encuentros (The Meetings Corner).
Likewise, in the old stable and silo, asados and bonfires may be organized for groups. Capacity:
4 rooms and 3 cabins Activities & Facilities: Languages Spoken:
Don Silvano (Capilla del Señor, Buenos Aires) Ruta 8 km. 87,3 Telephone: (011) 4582-1832 E-mail Description: Only one hour from the City of Buenos Aires, this is a spot to enjoy the vastness of the Argentinian countryside and the gaucho hospitability. Inside its 380 hectares, the ancient shell in Victorian style lodges all those who wish to rest from the urban rhythm. In addition to the large house hall, the El Galpón restaurant and the Caballeriza restaurant were reconditioned and remodelled for organizing events. Besides the various rural activities in which visitors may participate, the traditional gaucho festival is held, which proposes one entire day in the countryside, barbecues, folklore and Creole skills. Capacity:
23 rooms Activities & Facilities: Languages Spoken:
El Ombú de Areco (San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires) Ruta 31 cuartel VI - Villa Lía Telephone: (02326) 492080 E-mail Description: Loyal to the Areco gaucho tradition, the estancia built by General Richieri in 1890 has belonged to the Boelckes since 1930. They assumed the task of restoring and preserving the Italian Neo-classic style shell to open its doors to tourism in 1993. A 4-hectare park floods the pampas atmosphere with the aroma of its jasmines, lime trees and roses. Devoted to raising Hereford and Aberdeen Angus cattle, those approaching El Ombú may take part in ranch activities, saddling some pingos and going for a ride on a sulky or getting some binoculars and watching Argentinian birds. On summer middays, lunch is served in the shade of a leafy ombú: a real pampa pleasure. Capacity:
9 rooms Activities & Facilities: Languages Spoken: