Argentina is not short on iconic images: gauchos, the tango, Iguazú Falls, and snow on top of the highest mountain south of Alaska.
For travel to Argentina, the country is more than the sum of its well-known icons, however, and luxury travelers find plenty to like. South America's second-largest country stretches from the desert canyons in the north to the tip of artic Tierra del Fuego in Patagonia (and luxury cruise ships depart from Argentina for Antarctica). In between are the pampas—where Argentina's fine beef is raised—the wine country districts of Mendoza, and the electric city of Buenos Aires.
Buenos Aires gets some 80 percent of the foreign visitors who come to Argentina, which is a shame. Not a shame because the city doesn't deserve the traffic: it's a lively cultural metropolis with plenty to occupy any visitor for weeks. It's a stylish place where the 5–star hotels are dazzling, the food is a delight, and the leather shopping is hard to beat anywhere else in the world. But in a country with so much else to see and do, you don't want to stay holed up in the capital.
Here we present the best luxury hotels and we will continually be adding new stories about upscale Argentina travel tours and the best places to invest in vacation or retirement real estate. From luxury estancias (ranches) and fly fishing, to wine lodges and tours, to stunning city hotels, here you will find the best of the best for luxury travel in Argentina.
El Chalten Hiking With A Luxury Hotel Base
A Multi-day El Calafate Tour: Perito Moreno Glacier and a Farm Stay
An Epicurean Symphony of Wine and Food in Mendoza, Argentina
Adventure Excursions in and around Iguazu Falls
A Tailor-made Tour of Argentine Patagonia's Lake District — Patagonia, Argentina
Divine Wine Along Cafayate's Ruta de Vino
From Argentina to Antarctica with Quark Expeditions
Getting Pampered in the Spas of Argentina
Red Tango / Rojo Tango — Buenos Aires, Argentina
The 9 Best Ski Resorts in South America: Argentina and Chile
Touring the Best of Mendoza Wine Country in Argentina — Mendoza, Argentina
Touring the Salta Countryside in Northern Argentina
Wild Landscapes and Wine in the Salta Province of Argentina
At Home in a Vibrant City: Buying Real Estate in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Owning a Vineyard Lot or Home in the Mendoza Wine Region of Argentina