1884 - Francis Mallmann

Essential Experience

An institution in Mendoza because of the inventive fire-based cooking style, this restaurant is regularly cited as the best in Mendoza by top travel publications around the world, from Departures to the New York Times.

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.

Don Mario

Essential Experience

One of the ‘must dos’ while in Argentina is without a doubt is eating the famous steak. Don Mario is hands down our top pick for a steakhouse in Mendoza.

Antares

This is one of the first places in Mendoza to serve great quality homebrew beer.

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…

Dun Ken

Like most cafes they don’t only offer café but a variety of delicious pastries and some filling snacks. At Dun Ken you will find all the pastries out for viewing, making your selections much easier.

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.

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.

Trout & Wine

Trout and Wine offers visits to a wide range of Argentine wineries. From tours and tastings at wineries from old to new, modern technology and old-fashioned equipment, Trout and Wine has many options.

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.

Granja Benedetti

At Benedetti, a Mendoza meat store, there are many options at a great price and with great variety. If you plan on cooking true Argentine asado during your stay, it is a great stop.

Mercado Central

Grocery shopping in Mendoza can be an exciting adventure to witness, especially if you go to Mercado Central (central market) in downtown Mendoza where fresh meats of all kinds are on display, and authentic foods are available for sampling.

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.

Sugar Cupcakes

Think of any color ... Sugar Cupcakes has cupcake sleeves full of it, plus many decadent combinations to choose from, from Dulce de leche to Cookies & Cream.

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…

Easter Weekend Classical Music Schedule

This Easter weekend, pair your wine with classical music at select wineries where the final performances will take place for this year’s Classical Music for the Wine Roads Festival.

May 25 - Holiday Wine Options

On Argentina’s most patriotic holiday, May 25th, Argentina’s wine regions will participate in a event designed to support local charities and to add a twist to the usual wine tourism.

Pair Your Wine with Classical Music

Mendoza's Classical Music Festival provides visitors a window into an important aspect of Mendoza's artistic culture while enjoying its more well known art form, wine.

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.

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.

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…

Ituzaingo Restaurant - Art Exhibit

Set inside the home of Gonzalo Cuervo, Ituzaingo is firstly a restaurant but also a wonderful display of paintings and sculptures.

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

Roberto Rosas' House & Sculpture Workshop

Roberto Rosas' House & Sculpture Workshop is a unique place in Mendoza where art and architecture are integrated to be contemporary and functional. It features sculptures and art of all types, both his own and from other artists.