8 Best Hotels in Wine Regions, Argentina

The tall, elegant tower of this downtown hotel looks out on the Plaza Italia, and the rooftop pool gives you a view over the city center. Rooms are spacious, if a bit scruffy around the edges.

With only four rooms, this handsome bed-and-breakfast guarantees personalized service within walking distance of the city center, lots of restaurants, and Parque General San Martín. There are even free bikes to use if you want to explore the city on two wheels. It's a good option if you want to have a reasonably priced, relaxing refuge within the big city.

Set in a 19th-century mansion surrounded by vineyards and tall trees, Club Tapiz feels like a private villa; guests can lounge in the olive tree–lined garden and gaze at the Andes from the outdoor pool or indoor Jacuzzi before sampling the estate's wines at the informal evening tasting. Rooms are connected by a large inner patio (with varying views) and common spaces include the peaceful garden, spa area, reading room, and sparkling wine lounge. The nearby additional house, Casa Zolo, can offer more privacy for a large family. The inn’s eponymous restaurant ($$$, reservations essential), serves seasonal dishes that marry local ingredients (many from their own garden) with wine in a tasting menu; like the food, the setting is tasteful and the owner is an avid art collector. If your budget can't stretch to a night here, come for a wine tasting, Monday to Saturday. 

Light shines from a skylight four stories above the registration area, lobby, bar, and gathering spaces, and a third-floor glass bridge connects rooms by spanning the atrium, with a circular staircase winding around a glass cylinder down into the basement bar, restaurant, and casino. Breakfast is served in a sunny room by the pool. Polished hardwood floors, contemporary art, glass, steel, leather upholstery, and lots of light bring an element of creative luxury to San Juan.

Approaching Uspallata on Ruta Nacional 7, you’ll see this wood-trimmed brick building with a pitched tile roof by the roadside. Rooms are basic, with brick walls, minimalist furniture, and, in some cases, bunk beds; an open, airy living room has places to sit around a woodstove. Outside, a large glass-enclosed swimming pool is bordered by a lawn big enough for a soccer game.

This popular posada in the heart of Uco wine country has rustic chalets with sweeping views of the Andes, offering top value lodging near Tupungato’s wineries; each is equipped with a woodburning stove for the winter, plus a private patio looking out onto the property's own biodynamic vineyards. High on a hillside, the romantic lodge restaurant ($$) serves breakfast and dinner for guests only; however, it is open to the general public at lunch.

If you want to stay right in the city, but prefer to sidestep the big hotel chains, Villaggio is just one block from the main plaza with attractive guest rooms and two self-catering apartments.