Correntoso Lake and River Hotel

Located on the smallest river in the world, this great property is well worth a visit

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The Correntoso Lake and River Hotel is located right on the shores of the Nahuel Huapi Lake and offers a tranquil haven to rest and revitalise. Having been here for around 70 years, the hotel has a familiar feel to it, combining Beech and Lenga woods and plush leather and fabrics. The rooms have been recently refurbished and most offer outstanding views out to the beautiful lake beyond. Great food and excellent facilities…one of our favourites.

Set on the shortest river in the world, the Correntoso Hotel has a very Alpine feel to it with Beech and Lenga wood used throughout, giving it a warm and inviting feel.

The building itself has been here for around 70 years and so, each of the rooms has a different feel to it, but, most importantly, has direct views out to the Nahuel Huapi Lake beyond. The hotel is fairly large at around 50 rooms, and has all of the facilities of an international hotel such as indoor/outdoor pool, sauna, spa and, most importantly, views. On top of this, the Correntoso is also one of the only hotels that has a restaurant that sits right on the water’s edge which, in the summer time, laps right on the decking.

On the whole we really like this hotel with the views being utterly jaw dropping. On top of this, the service, food and rooms are outstanding and offer a high level of luxury while not taking away from the surrounding beauty. If there is one point that we would bring up it is that, somehow, even with its unique past and privileged position down by the water’s edge (this is the only hotel in the region that has been able to build right on the water due to its historical legacy), it lacks a certain feel. But this is a minor point and we highly recommend a stay!

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The spot is amazing, we really enjoyed it. Wonderful pool area (and heated which is great), good spa, the lunch restaurant on the water was lovely. We did some boat trips with the hotel and that was fabulous and the boat driver (Carlos?) was brilliant. However, given they are an SLH accredited hotel, I did think the service and restaurant weren’t quite up to the standard I’d have expected from an SLH hotel (i.e. 5 star boutique). Our room didn’t get serviced one day (albeit our timings were odd given we had a baby and she napped each day around 11, but every other hotel managed to clean the room in the day). Empty wrappers/rubbish weren’t cleaned up when they did clean the room, etc. Re the food in the main restaurant, it was perfectly good (not outstanding but good) however the menu was short (which I like) but did not change at all. Over 5 nights this became noticeable. All relatively minor points and I only mention as expectations were high given SLH affiliate (a friend owns SLH hence we have a view). But if we went again we’d probably go back there as the location is outstanding and overall the place is good.

- Jonathan and Caroline, December, 2014
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