Park Hyatt Mendoza

The Hotel

Park Hyatt Mendoza opened on 28 January 2001 as Hyatt's flagship Argentine wine-region property — built on the bones of the 1932 Plaza Hotel Mendoza, the city's original grand hotel that had stood directly on Plaza Independencia (the city's principal civic square) since the post-1861-earthquake reconstruction. The architectural restoration preserved the original 1932 Italian-Renaissance facade — designed by Italian-Argentine architect Mario Buschiazzo, who later designed the Buenos Aires Provincia Bank — and added a contemporary 14-floor tower behind it for the principal guest-room inventory. The lobby and ceremonial-public rooms remain in the original 1932 Buschiazzo building, with the original marble flooring, the painted-ceiling ballroom, and the original cage-elevator preserved.

The 186 rooms — including 24 suites — are arranged across the building's 14 floors with the principal architectural decision being the Andean orientation: 75% of categories face west toward the Andes, with the upper-floor categories adding the line-of-sight to the snow-capped Cordón del Plata. Standard categories begin at 28 square metres; Premier categories at 36 sqm add the Andean view; the Presidential Suite at 195 sqm is the milestone unit, on the top floor with a private balcony and a wraparound salon-and-dining-room. Bathrooms are travertine; bath products are Le Labo, Park Hyatt's signature.

Bistro M is the principal restaurant — a contemporary Argentine-Mediterranean register opened with the hotel in the original 1932 dining room — running a Mendoza wine-pairing programme that includes 5 to 7 different Mendoza wines per evening, with deep verticals from Catena, Salentein, Pulenta and Achaval-Ferrer. La Bourgogne is the named French restaurant in the cellar (a separate operation under chef Jean-Paul Bondoux); Grill Q handles the asado-and-parrilla register on the rooftop terrace. The Park Hyatt Casino on the lower-ground level is the city's principal casino and is operated by the hotel under the Casino Mendoza license. The Park Hyatt Spa runs five treatment rooms with a Malbec-grape-marc programme; the indoor heated pool sits on the second floor; the rooftop pool faces the Andes.

The Plaza Independencia address is the booking proposition. From the front door it is 30 seconds to the Plaza Independencia, two minutes to the Mendoza Cathedral, four minutes to the Mercado Central (the city's principal market), six minutes to Avenida San Martín (the principal commercial-and-restaurant axis), and 25 minutes by car to Mendoza Airport (MDZ). The hotel runs daily winery shuttles to Luján de Cuyo (45 minutes south) and the Uco Valley (90 minutes). For travellers wanting the city-centre Mendoza booking — particularly for business travellers, family travellers, and those wanting to combine wine-country day-trips with a city-centre base — Park Hyatt is unambiguous. Cavas and The Vines are the wine-country alternatives.

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