Anna Bistro

Essential Experience

Owned by French partners, this attractive bistro brings a little touch of French cuisine to traditional Argentine flavors.

Azafran

Essential Experience

This upscale restaurant is now one of the most popular in Mendoza and the focus is still very much on using local, quality produce.

El Mercadito: Friendly & Fresh

Essential Experience

Appropriately named, this bistro is both friendly and fresh. It's also a nice change from some of the heavier fare served in most of Mendoza's great restaurants.

Bute

The restaurant is reliable for any meal of the day, including breakfast, lunch, coffee break, work meeting, dinner, and even cocktails.

Ocho Cepas

In a beautiful old house in the city center, this small restaurant creates a great sense of privacy and offers large furniture you can curl into with a glass of wine. The menu incorporates many Argentine classics including rich pasta, large grilled s…

Pirca

One of the newest closed door restaurants on the circuit, Pirca is owned by Azafran’s Chef Pablo Ranea and his architect partner Alejandro Cohen.

Discover the Andes

Essential Experience

Discover the Andes is all about exploring the mountains and participating in excursions and activities ranging from expeditions in Maipu Volcano, crossing the Andes by foot, valley trekking and wine tours at the foot of the Andes too.

Uncorking Argentina

Essential Experience

Uncorking Argentina are experts in creating fantastic customized tours for small groups. They have been in business for over seventeen years and have long standing relationships with many wineries and restaurants and a great deal of expertise in maki…

Ampora Wine Tours

Ampora Wine Tour's specialty is creating the best custom wine experience to fit your wine taste and interests.

Gonzalo Cuervo Art Tours

The owner of Ituzaingo restaurant is happy to arrange art tours for you directly. Gonzalo, a gregarious artist himself, has close relationships with many of the artists, so this is an experience sure to provide a unique level of access to art not see…

Mendoza Wine Experience

Offering wine tours in the Uco Valley, Maipu, and Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza Wine Experience is a fabulous option for those who seek a pre-set tour that is adventurous, educational, and often less expensive than other tours.

Tasting Mendoza

Tasting Mendoza specializes in organizing upscale gourmet wine tours, focused on gastronomy and vacation. They can arrange fabulous excursions for small or large tour groups, creating personal itineraries to suit all interests.

Mendoza Wine & Bike Tour

Bike through the Uco Valley or Lujan de Cuyo with Mendoza Wine & Bike Tour. If you choose to venture out with the Uco Valley tour, you can bike to the prestigious Andeluna or Salentein wineries.

Rbike's

Rbike's is a bike rental company based in Mendoza city. Rental options can be supplemented with activities such as kayaking, rafting, horseback riding, rappeling, canopy (ziplining), and trekking.

Rio Aventura

Kaua Spa

Kaua Spa, located in the Park Hyatt on Plaza Independencia, offers a range of unique Thai massages, facials, vinotherapy treatments, and salon treatments for both men and women.

Vertientes (Pueblo del Rio)

Vertientes Spa & Aesthetics, run by Pueblo del Río, is a space for wellness. This exclusive spa, now in the in Villaggio hotel as well as in the original Portrellos location, is a great spot for relaxation.

Palmares Open Mall

Essential Experience

Palmares Shopping Mall is located 15 minutes south of the city of Mendoza. With 10 movie theaters, 120 stores (primarily authentic Argentine brands), and many restaurants, most notably the quintessial Argentine steakhouse, Don Mario.

Brillat Savarin

The best thing about this bakery is that you cannot help but smile when you walk in. As soon as you open the door, sweet ladies at the counter are smiling at you waiting to offer you cakes, tarts or delicious breads.

Cueros Armando

Cueros Armandos is a women’s clothing store on Las Heras, the city of Mendoza, known for getting great bargains on purchasing leather jackets. Traditional leather is available as well as bright and bold colors.

Las Viñas

On Las Heras in the city of Mendoza, this shop is a great spot for tourists looking for gifts to bring back home. T-shirts, ponchos, and ornate mate gourds abound.

Mendoza Plaza Shopping

Located in the Guaymallen area, Mendoza Plaza Shopping is 10-15 minutes outside of the city. If you are seeking a shopping mall in Mendoza, this is the place to go.

Perin

Perin ice cream, for many of us, is the most enjoyable ice cream experience in Mendoza city. The sun hits the bright silver building in the early afternoon when it’s hottest, and the old fashioned building might remind you of a great diner.

"Alta Gama" Fine Wine Tasting at the Sheraton

The Sheraton Hotel in the city of Mendoza will host the second edition of the "Alta Gama," a tasting of Mendoza's fine wines, from April 22 through 24.

Astroturismo Takes You Out of This World

Astroturismo is brand new excursion that takes you to a perfect observation point to gaze into each of the region's skies and learn about the stars, constellations, planets, moon, sun and other celestial bodies.

Catalan art at the MAMM

A collection of Miro originals and prints in the Municipal de Arte Moderno de Mendoza (MAMM) has certainly been one of the artistic highlights of the year in the city with the modern art space hotly attended by locals and tourists during the month-lo…

Join in and celebrate Carnaval Maravilloso!

Celebrate Carnaval Maravilloso with costumes and folk dancing: anything goes!

Thursdays in March: Music & Wine in the Garden

The City of Mendoza hosts its sixth annual Summer music and wine series that combines prestigious Mendoza artists, the best wine varieties and the wonderful view from the Terraza Jardín Mirador.

What To Do and See at the Vendimia Festival 2014

The first week in March marks the beginning of the National Grape Harvest Festival, Fiesta de la Vendimia.

ECELA Spanish School

ECELA is a Spanish school in Mendoza specializing in helping foreigners to learn the language. Intensive programs as short as one week, and as long as four months are available.

Espacio Contemporaneo de Arte

The cozy theater hosts cultural events on weekends, featuring music and dancing. Government sponsored, this museum includes expositions from artists from Mendoza and other provinces.

Espacios del Monte

Owner Pablo Lavoisier is a great artist who focuses on wood. He has a fabulous landscape exhibit in this space of mountaings. Annually, there is a three day exposition of work from more than 50 artists from Argentina.

Federico Arcidiacono

Federico Arcidiacono is a sculptor living in Guaymallen. He comes from a very artistic family, with his father a well-known photographer, and his brother a musician. He is most famous for his work with wood grain art.

Julio Melto - Artist

Julio Melto, a sculptor born in San Luis, studied art at National University of Cuyo in Mendoza, has sculptures and drawings that are periodically displayed throughout the city, including in the Park Hyatt Mendoza.

Quintanilla

This is one of Mendoza's main artistic centers, featuring music, theater, dance, and even puppetry and multimedia shows. Its purpose is to share the local culture and arts with the world.