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.

La Barra

Essential Experience

In a city with some of the beat meat in the world, it's difficult to stand out from the crowd. La Barra does this effortlessly.

Orégano

Essential Experience

Francis Mallmann and Vanina Chimeno's hot new pizza joint in downtown Mendoza.

Al Pasillo

Part of the growing set of private dining establishments in Mendoza, Al Pasillo is a closed door restaurant in Mendoza city. Chef Angelo and his wife, Claudia, invite you to the intimacy of their home for a unique dining experience.

Bute

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

Don Claudio

If you are looking for the perfect, most authentically Argentine spot, for the famous Argentine lomo, look no further. Don Claudio offers up the simple meat and french bread sandwich a variety of mouth-watering ways, with the owners Don and Claudio a…

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.

Alpataco

Alpataco specializes in wine, leather, creole silverware, wine accessories and mates and pots. Located on Sarmiento in central Mendoza, right off Plaza Independencia, you can also participate in wine tastings from time to time.

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.

Prûne

Often compared to the US brand Coach, Prune is considered superior due to the reputation for great Argentine quality leather. Prune offers leather goods in spades – from handbags to shoes to belts – at fairly reasonable prices.

Via Civit

Via Civit is a great bistro with a large selection of coffee drinks, fruity blends and special coffees. To accompany your coffee, one of their many specialty pastries is a must.

Winery

Winery is Argentina’s largest chain of vinotecas (wine shops) with stores throughout Buenos Aires. Winery's Mendoza store has a fabulous selection of hard to find liquors, bar accessories in addition to quality wines.

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…

Celebrate Malbec World Day Globally, the Mendoza Way

Celebrate Malbec World Day with tango and jazz events in Mendoza city.

Prepare Your Palate for the Megadegustación

This year's harvest Megadegustación offer fine wines and sparkling wines from the best wineries in the province.

Vendimia

Mendoza is a great place to come for festivals, and the most important one each year is Vendimia. This huge event celebrates the year’s grape harvest - primarily focusing on the wine regions, but also including all other harvested fruit. The festivit…

Wine Talks in the City

The City of Mendoza is proud to sponsor the "Wine Talks in the City" Event Series, a program that brings educational workshops and wine tastings to Mendoza´s plazas and parks.

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.

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.

Instituto Intercultural

The Instituto Intercultural offers classes in Spanish and English, but also many additional languages that might be helpful for business leaders. These include Portuguese, German, Italian, French, Russian, Japanese and Chinese. There are also many ty…

MAMM

Located beneath Plaza Independencia, this is a intimate museum displays local art from all types -- from students to famous artists. There are often music and dance exhibits here as well.

Nave Cultural

Located in the magnificent 16-hectare Parque San Martin in the heart of Mendoza's city, Nave Cultural is a vital link that unites all people in the community

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.