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The estancia was established in 1858 by the Basque Pedro Luro, a 19th century pioneer who owned vast tracts of land across the pampas. The farm has remained in the Elizalde family for 5 generations and the 1,500 hectares are used for the rearing of Shorthorns and Herefords. 40 hectares of parkland laid out by Charles Thays contain 50 tree species, a rose garden and artificial lake. In 1893 Pedro Luro's daughter, Augustina Luro de Elizalde, built the house as a summer residence to accommodate the stream of guests from Buenos Aires and it is here the current Elizalde family live with their four children. The magnificent library contains more than 3,000 volumes and the family has strong literary links. Past guests include the Spanish writers José Ortega y Gasset and Federico Garcia Lorca and the hero of Argentine gaucho culture, Ricardo Güiraldes, who wrote part of his masterpiece Don Segundo Sombra sitting on the terrace. The chapel is a replica of Nôtre Dame de Passy, commissioned by Augustina in remembrance of her daughter who was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1918. The chapel is consecrated and still used for summer masses and family weddings. Amongst the many European statues dotted around the estate are an amazingly intricate dovecote and a small museum to Pedro Luro's achievements.

The estancia was established in 1858 by the Basque Pedro Luro, a 19th century pioneer who owned vast tracts of land across the pampas. The farm has remained in the Elizalde family for 5 generations and the 1,500 hectares are used for the rearing of Shorthorns and Herefords. 40 hectares of parkland laid out by Charles Thays contain 50 tree species, a rose garden and artificial lake. In 1893 Pedro Luro's daughter, Augustina Luro de Elizalde, built the house as a summer residence to accommodate the stream of guests from Buenos Aires and it is here the current Elizalde family live with their four children. The magnificent library contains more than 3,000 volumes and the family has strong literary links. Past guests include the Spanish writers José Ortega y Gasset and Federico Garcia Lorca and the hero of Argentine gaucho culture, Ricardo Güiraldes, who wrote part of his masterpiece Don Segundo Sombra sitting on the terrace. The chapel is a replica of Nôtre Dame de Passy, commissioned by Augustina in remembrance of her daughter who was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1918. The chapel is consecrated and still used for summer masses and family weddings. Amongst the many European statues dotted around the estate are an amazingly intricate dovecote and a small museum to Pedro Luro's achievements.

The estancia was established in 1858 by the Basque Pedro Luro, a 19th century pioneer who owned vast tracts of land across the pampas. The farm has remained in the Elizalde family for 5 generations and the 1,500 hectares are used for the rearing of Shorthorns and Herefords. 40 hectares of parkland laid out by Charles Thays contain 50 tree species, a rose garden and artificial lake. In 1893 Pedro Luro's daughter, Augustina Luro de Elizalde, built the house as a summer residence to accommodate the stream of guests from Buenos Aires and it is here the current Elizalde family live with their four children. The magnificent library contains more than 3,000 volumes and the family has strong literary links. Past guests include the Spanish writers José Ortega y Gasset and Federico Garcia Lorca and the hero of Argentine gaucho culture, Ricardo Güiraldes, who wrote part of his masterpiece Don Segundo Sombra sitting on the terrace. The chapel is a replica of Nôtre Dame de Passy, commissioned by Augustina in remembrance of her daughter who was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1918. The chapel is consecrated and still used for summer masses and family weddings. Amongst the many European statues dotted around the estate are an amazingly intricate dovecote and a small museum to Pedro Luro's achievements.

 

The estancia was established in 1858 by the Basque Pedro Luro, a 19th century pioneer who owned vast tracts of land across the pampas. The farm has remained in the Elizalde family for 5 generations and the 1,500 hectares are used for the rearing of Shorthorns and Herefords. 40 hectares of parkland laid out by Charles Thays contain 50 tree species, a rose garden and artificial lake. In 1893 Pedro Luro's daughter, Augustina Luro de Elizalde, built the house as a summer residence to accommodate the stream of guests from Buenos Aires and it is here the current Elizalde family live with their four children. The magnificent library contains more than 3,000 volumes and the family has strong literary links. Past guests include the Spanish writers José Ortega y Gasset and Federico Garcia Lorca and the hero of Argentine gaucho culture, Ricardo Güiraldes, who wrote part of his masterpiece Don Segundo Sombra sitting on the terrace. The chapel is a replica of Nôtre Dame de Passy, commissioned by Augustina in remembrance of her daughter who was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1918. The chapel is consecrated and still used for summer masses and family weddings. Amongst the many European statues dotted around the estate are an amazingly intricate dovecote and a small museum to Pedro Luro's achievements.

The estancia was established in 1858 by the Basque Pedro Luro, a 19th century pioneer who owned vast tracts of land across the pampas. The farm has remained in the Elizalde family for 5 generations and the 1,500 hectares are used for the rearing of Shorthorns and Herefords. 40 hectares of parkland laid out by Charles Thays contain 50 tree species, a rose garden and artificial lake. In 1893 Pedro Luro's daughter, Augustina Luro de Elizalde, built the house as a summer residence to accommodate the stream of guests from Buenos Aires and it is here the current Elizalde family live with their four children. The magnificent library contains more than 3,000 volumes and the family has strong literary links. Past guests include the Spanish writers José Ortega y Gasset and Federico Garcia Lorca and the hero of Argentine gaucho culture, Ricardo Güiraldes, who wrote part of his masterpiece Don Segundo Sombra sitting on the terrace. The chapel is a replica of Nôtre Dame de Passy, commissioned by Augustina in remembrance of her daughter who was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1918. The chapel is consecrated and still used for summer masses and family weddings. Amongst the many European statues dotted around the estate are an amazingly intricate dovecote and a small museum to Pedro Luro's achievements.

The estancia was established in 1858 by the Basque Pedro Luro, a 19th century pioneer who owned vast tracts of land across the pampas. The farm has remained in the Elizalde family for 5 generations and the 1,500 hectares are used for the rearing of Shorthorns and Herefords. 40 hectares of parkland laid out by Charles Thays contain 50 tree species, a rose garden and artificial lake. In 1893 Pedro Luro's daughter, Augustina Luro de Elizalde, built the house as a summer residence to accommodate the stream of guests from Buenos Aires and it is here the current Elizalde family live with their four children. The magnificent library contains more than 3,000 volumes and the family has strong literary links. Past guests include the Spanish writers José Ortega y Gasset and Federico Garcia Lorca and the hero of Argentine gaucho culture, Ricardo Güiraldes, who wrote part of his masterpiece Don Segundo Sombra sitting on the terrace. The chapel is a replica of Nôtre Dame de Passy, commissioned by Augustina in remembrance of her daughter who was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1918. The chapel is consecrated and still used for summer masses and family weddings. Amongst the many European statues dotted around the estate are an amazingly intricate dovecote and a small museum to Pedro Luro's achievements.

El Ombú de Areco Estancia

  • El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package

    El Ombú de Areco, an historical estancia (ranch) just over an hour's drive from downtown Buenos Aires, is located in San Antonio de Areco, birthplace of the gaucho tradition. The Late-Colonial style mansion, built in 1880 by Lieutenant-general Pablo Riccheri, offers visitors a magnificent setting for an unforgettable stay.

  • Enrique Boelcke, grandfather of the present owner Eva Boelcke, purchased the El Ombú in 1934. Eva's father, Osvaldo, a renowned botanist, ran the estancia as a working ranch until his death in 1992. Her husband, Alberto Viaggio, an international businessman with a flair for authentic restoration, provided his expertise and support to renovate and modernise the original ranch house and outbuildings. Eva was trained as an agronomist, but since 1993 has expanded her role as farm manager to include local and international estancia tourism.

  • El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package

    El Ombú offers nine spacious, modernised bedrooms (6 doubles and 3 triples), with en suite bathrooms, large windows and an interesting array of period furniture. In winter, guests enjoy the warmth of central heating in every bedroom, augmented, if desired, with the friendly glow of the gaucho's typical wood-burning salamander.

  • El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation packageThe estancia's living room is now a spacious common room, in which guests can enjoy satellite TV or videos, a round of billiards, a game of chess or hand of cards. On the adjacent gallery, there is ping-pong and metegol (table football).

  • The main house is surrounded by a covered gallery typical of the late-Colonial period, with a richly tiled floor and cascaded steps that lead into the gardens of the park.

  • El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package

    Presiding majestically over the park is the estancia's namesake, the great ombú (Phytolacca dioca), a plant as characteristic of the pampas as the baobab is of the African savanna. Nearly as ancient as well: gauchos have been hitching their horses to the estancia's main ombú for over a hundred years.

  • Centennial oaks, araucarias (monkey-puzzle trees), palms, eucalyptus, casuarinas and magnolias adorn the four-hectare (ten-acre) park, tempting guests to stroll about and enjoy the scent of gardenias, roses and lime trees. The park and surrounding ranch land, with its natural lagoons and small water courses running to the Areco River offer a rich habitat to a large proportion of Argentina's 1000 bird species.

  • El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package

    El Ombú provides all the comfort required by the most demanding guests, together with a kind and personalised attention by professional staff, against the backdrop of the big-sky beauty and pastoral quietude of the Argentine pampas.

  • In the cosy and commodious dining-room, facing a large hearth, El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation packageguests are treated to a wide selection of international or creole cuisine served with local wines. No stay will pass without at least one asado, the typical Argentinean barbeque of the world's finest beef raised free-range on the estancia.

  • In the summertime lunch is served al fresco in the shadow of the great ombú. Drinks and snacks are available at any hour, and, of course, guests are always welcome to share the famous Argentine maté with Eva and her family, your friends and the gauchos.

  • Guests can choose from two types of visit: the Overnight Stay or the One-day Visit: The Overnight Stay can last from one to several days. This gives guests the chance to immerse themselves as much as they wish in the life of a working estancia, dedicated mainly to raising Hereford and Aberdeen Angus Stock.

  • El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation packageGuests are welcome to observe and take part in the various stock-rearing activities as they happen on the ranch: milking, driving cattle to harness, vaccination, ear-tagging, de-horning, branding, etc.

  • Guests can explore the 300-hectare (ca 750 acre) estancia on foot or, accompanied by seasoned gauchos, on one of the 38 horses that are part of the working drove. Horse drawn carriages are also available. Those that want to learn some of the thousand species of Argentinean birds are provided binoculars and guide books.

  • El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation packageOther recreational activities include: a swimming pool with solarium; ping-pong; metegol (table football); volleyball and football; bicycle rides; golf and tennis at a friendly country club only 15 minutes drive from the estancia.

  • Twenty kilometres from the estancia sits historic San Antonio de Areco, a picturesque pampas pueblo, with its museums, such as the famous Ricardo Güiraldes Gaucho Museum, silversmiths, leathercraft and wood workshops, a delightful little chocolate factory and frequent country auctions, all of which serve to keep very much alive the traditions of the gaucho culture.

  • The popular One Day Visit, on the other hand, offers a taste of any of the above activities - guided horse rides, an outing in a horse drawn carriage, the swimming pool, or strolls along the meandering Areco river, and so on - with the guarantee of a delicious asado (barbecue) served with fine Argentine wines.

  • El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation packageOptionally on special request, El Ombú offers gaucho folk dance troops, local music groups, as well as creole horse-back skill events, such as sortija races, horseback sprints, bullock lassoing and hog-tying.

  • 3 DAYS/2 NIGHTS PACKAGE
    Daily departures from Buenos Aires
    Experience life in the country, a combination of an English country house and a dude ranch, and you don't have to travel far from Buenos Aires. The estancia "El Ombu de Areco" is only 68 miles from the city in the town of San Antonio de Areco. You can
    totally immerse yourself into the daily routine of this 750 acre working estancia (ranch). You are welcome to observe and take part in the various stock-rearing activities (depending upon the season) as they happen on the estancia: milking, de-horning,
    branding, ear-tagging and vaccination. You can explore the estancia on foot, or on horseback accompanied by a gaucho cowboy). Other activities include bird-watching, bicycle riding, swimming at the pool (on property), golf and tennis at a nearby country club (15 minute drive from the estancia), and visiting historic San Antonio de Areco, a picturesque pueblo, with its museums and artisan workshops. Or you can just simply relax.
    Package includes:
    · Transfers from Buenos Aires hotel to the Estancia
    · 2 nights accommodations
    · Full board including soft drinks, wine and spirits
    · Activities at the Estancia
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
 
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
El Ombu de Areco Estancia in Argentina vacation package
 
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