Park Hyatt Mendoza

Attended the NSF-sponsored PASI workshop (http://www.ciara.fiu.edu/pasi/index.php) in Mendoza. I stayed at the Park Hyatt Mendoza for the duration of the workshop (5/15 to 5/21), but moved around the block for the remaining couple of nights. Highlights ...

Attended the NSF-sponsored PASI workshop (http://www.ciara.fiu.edu/pasi/index.php) in Mendoza. I stayed at the Park Hyatt Mendoza for the duration of the workshop (5/15 to 5/21), but moved around the block for the remaining couple of nights. ...

... total of £9 per person. All with tastings. So what of it, that the battered mini-bus that collected us from the 5-star Park Hyatt – the most expensive hotel in town – was pre-filled with the rest of the tour group picked up from their ...

... ....ah well!  I'm a Simon & Garfunkel fan anyway!    The next day we explored the gigantic park that Mendoza has created - Parque General San Martin.  In this park there is a football stadium in which the games were played ...

... . The meal was really nice and we then walked through the plazas of Mendoza, stopping only to use the toilet facilities in the Park Hyatt Hotel and to check out the Harley-Davidson festival in the main square. The following day we did a cycle ride through ...

We made it! Jeff and I arrived at the Park Hyatt in Mendoza city for the night before heading south to Maipu to experience more relaxation and wine tasting. We would visit Mendoza city more properly after our voyage south. We rented another car (Jeff ...

... a few phone calls to friends and family back home and checked into our new hotel. The hotel we“re staying in is the Park Hyatt Mendoza a 5 star havan of pure luxury and for 2 nights we decided to live it up. A sort of Christmas present and end of trip ...

... Helen slept really badly and got bitten even more so she got up at 2pm to make up for the lost sleep. We walked to the Mendoza park which is bigger then central park and ambled around the lake, taking in the scenery and having ice creams. In the evening, ...

... of our travels, and marked something of a milestone. Throughout our wobbly weavings across the South American continent, we'd discussed Mendoza in far off terms, a distant point of reckoning that never seemed to draw any closer. And yet here, suddenly, ...

... the biggest room she had, that's where we stayed. We felt bad until we learned that this is apparently a big thing in Mendoza called "residenciales." When the town has big conventions or holiday weekends (we hit it on both counts), people open up their ...

... of 4 songs. The people were all seriously obsessed with this band and were wildly jumping around and singing along. When in Mendoza......I was jumping right along in no time and singing Spanglish, which really was just la-la-la type gibberish. The DJ ...

Another slow day. Lunch at the Hyatt's highly rated restaurant, Bistro M. The afternoon seems to drift away on the terrace, watching the world go by. My attempts to find hiking books of Chile and Arg continue to fail. Trekking stores only carry info ...

... in a dorm room for 13 in a hostel so we decided to give ourselves a break and a christmas present and upgrade! We checked into the Park Hyatt hotel on the main square which came with a pool, spa and air conditioning! After  the last few days of bush ...

After a hectic few weeks we thought we would treat ourselves to a bit of luxury & booked into the Park Hyatt in Mendoza for a few days where we chilled by the pool, visited a few wineries & sampled the local wines.  On our last night we ...

... information to establish the best places to experience wine tasting and a parilla (grill restaurant specialising in steak). The Q Grill in the Park Hyatt Hotel was listed as one of the best so we headed over there to check it out. We discovered that the ...

... to go and do some wine tasting before visiting any of the vineyards. As we were walking through town we spotted the Park Hyatt where the Vines of Mendoza is located, and went in to ask about the wine tasting. However, it turns out that the Vines of ...

... Vines which has an amazing selection of boutique wineries. I had an amazing Torrontes from Salta.  After we went to the PARK HYATT (not where we stayed)  to go to an affiliated wine store to purchase said amazing Torrontes.  (Mounier ...

Our last day at the hotel. After giving my bed a big hug and stealing a few miniature bottles of shampoo and shower gel. (didn't have room for the bathrobe) we headed down to the bus station. We had found out the night before that our mate Shane had just ...

... the coronation of the Mendoza wine queen.  Before the festival begins, each of the 18 communities that comprise greater Mendoza elects a wine queen.  Then, during the Fiesta de la Vendimia, the overall Mendoza wine queen is chosen from among ...