Cordoba, Argentina, spelled as Córdoba in Spanish, doesn’t get a complete lot of overseas vacationers, although it’s the second-largest metropolis in Argentina. It does have one flight per week from Chile and is lower than 500 miles from Buenos Aires, however few vacationers have the town on their to-do record.
It’s a nice mid-sized metropolis to spend a while in although, with one of many oldest universities within the Americas and a big Jesuit monks complicated joined by different Spanish Colonial buildings within the historic heart.
Till just lately we solely had one luxurious lodge in Cordoba featured, the 15-room lodge Azur Actual Boutique, in the midst of the motion within the metropolis. One in all our correspondents just lately acquired into what is absolutely probably the most luxurious property round, nonetheless, a sister lodge to the stunning Home of Jasmines Estancia outdoors of Salta.
So listed here are the 2 luxurious motels in Cordoba to contemplate, one within the coronary heart of the town, one on the outskirts with plenty of land.
Estancia El Colibri
As with Home of Jasmines, El Colibri is a rustic hacienda become a lodge. It sits on a 250-acre farm with a complete managerie of animals, from polo ponies to quail. Right here’s the opening paragraph to what our correspondent skilled when getting there:
The ultimate leg of the journey to Estancia El Colibri took me by way of a bucolic countryside scene of grassy fields and grazing livestock. On the façade of the lodge—which glowed within the afternoon gentle and appeared to have been freshly painted for my arrival—employees members greeted me because the lodge’s fluffy brown free-range llama roamed the grounds close by.
You actually gained’t be roughing at this property although: the rooms vary from 516 sq. toes to 1,130 sq. toes and all have fireplaces, bathtubs, hand-painted partitions, and radiant warmth flooring. Most have some type of out of doors house.
The meals and wine listed here are definitely worth the journey too, with an inviting well-stocked wine cellar and La Desk restaurant that has made the lodge a part of the Relais & Chateaux group since 2016. The present chef labored at a restaurant in France (the place the house owners are from) at a 3-star Michelin restaurant and your meals right here shall be memorable ones, together with breakfast.
There’s additionally a spa on web site providing a jetted tub, a dry sauna, a moist sauna, and a therapy room for massages. You’ll be able to loosen up on the out of doors pool or get pleasure from actions like connoisseur cooking lessons, croquet, horseback driving, and bicycling across the property.
This distinctive lodge is a splurge, with charges beginning at $590 per night time, however most company discover it to be definitely worth the journey into the countryside for a couple of days.
See our latest detailed overview of Estancia El Colibri in Cordoba, Argentina.
Azur Actual Resort Boutique Cordoba
Housed in a constructing greater than a century outdated that was initially a moderately utilitarian faculty, this boutique lodge emerged from a five-year renovation challenge by the house owners to grow to be a trendy small lodge. Classroom numbers are nonetheless above the doorway for most of the rooms, whereas others are duplexes added later to the highest flooring.
From right here you possibly can stroll to a lot of the sights within the heart of the town and it’s a brief cab trip to nearly wherever else you could go. Once you return, you’ll loosen up in a room outfitted with robes and slippers, capsule espresso machines, and within the duplexes, massive whirlpool tubs. Or head as much as the roof.
The lodge’s rooftop open-air lounge is snug and alluring and the hotter temperatures in Córdoba imply that company can benefit from the house just about year-round. The roof deck additionally has a small plunge pool and loads of lounging furnishings, together with day beds. This is a wonderful place to benefit from the lodge’s nightly visitor joyful hour with regional salami, cheese, and wine.
After our overview went up, administration added a spa space to the basement stage that has whirlpools lit by candlelight and you may schedule a therapeutic massage or different therapy.
Charges are $200 to $480 relying on the time of yr, demand, and which room possibility you select. See our full overview of Azur Actual Resort Boutique in Cordoba.
Article by Timothy
Timothy Scott is the founder and editor of Luxurious Latin America and has been protecting the area as a journey journalist because the mid-2000s. He has visited every nation we cowl a number of occasions and relies in a UNESCO World Heritage metropolis in central Mexico, the place he owns a house. See contact info right here.