Alvear Palace, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Alvear Palace, Buenos Aires

The Alvear Palace in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, is truly a palace, and widely considered to be the leading hotel in South America. Nearly 82 years after its polished brass doors first swung open, this 197-room neo-classical palace retains all the glamour and luxury of an older era. It is imposing and established: the foyer […]

Llao Llao Hotel, Resort, Golf & Spa, Patagonia, Argentina

Llao Llao Hotel, Resort, Golf and Spa

Here is the perfect destination for all who wish to discover a glorious mountain, lakeside and forest retreat amid some of the world’s finest, most inspirational scenery. The resort is the Llao Llao Hotel, Resort, Golf and Spa, and the setting is Argentine’s Patagonian Lake District. It is wild and majestically beautiful. But this is […]

Remota Patagonia Lodge, Chile

Remota Patagonia Lodge, Chile

Less than three hours’ drive from where the Cape Horn cruise embarks lies Remota Patagonia Lodge—and chance for sporting flyfishers to fish the clear mountain streams, rivers and lakes for the renowned wild brown trout of Patagonia. These fat, muscular, hard-fighting trout offer superlative fishing in pristine waters—but, even beyond fishing, the magic of the […]

The Singular Hotel, Patagonia, Chile, South America

The Singular Hotel, Patagonia, Chile

The insides of an old sheep processing plant make an unconventional foyer for a Leading Hotel of the World—but this is merely the opening scene in an almost art-gallery installation of industrial art married to five-star luxury in the rugged beauties of Chilean Patagnoia. This, the Singular Hotel, is an extraordinary five-star establishment created by […]

Jungle Experiences, Amazon Cruise, Peru

Jungle Experiences, Amazon Cruise, Peru

The Amazon is a 4,400-mile river with thousands of tributaries. A 2,600,000-square mile basin, it drains rivers and streams in eight countries (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname) as well as French Guiana. Its broadleaved forest is the largest on the planet and its biome—the forest combined with the savannah, floodplains and […]