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La Bamba de Areco
San Antonio de Areco, Argentina · Independent · High Luxury
This ochre-red estancia began around 1830 as a post house on the Camino Real outside San Antonio de Areco, one of the oldest colonial ranch houses on the Argentine pampas. Eleven rooms, each named for a famous polo horse, look onto two practice fields used by the estancia's own international team. A Relais & Châteaux member, it still keeps the old pulpería as a sitting room, and the bedrooms have no televisions.
- 11 rooms
- Opened 2009
- Rooms from 226 sq ft (21 m²)
About La Bamba de Areco
- The main house was a Camino Real post house around 1830 and later a working cattle estancia on the pampas northwest of Buenos Aires.
- Each of the eleven rooms is named after a famous polo horse, including Mariposa, Lalabai, and Jabalina.
- The property has two polo fields and fields an international team that guests can watch at practice.
- The old pulpería on the grounds, once a gaucho gathering inn, is now a reading and wine room.
- Entry-level rooms start at 226 sq ft (21 m²).
History
La Bamba de Areco traces its origins to around 1830, when the main house served as a post house (posta) on the Camino Real trade route near San Antonio de Areco in the Argentine pampas. The distinctive ochre-red estancia building is one of the oldest in the region and long functioned as a working cattle ranch.
The estancia began welcoming guests in a limited way in the 1980s, but it was fully renovated and relaunched as a high-end estancia hotel in 2009. With just 11 rooms and membership in Relais & Châteaux, La Bamba de Areco offers an intimate luxury experience centered on gaucho culture, polo, and traditional pampas hospitality.
Amenities
- Pool
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