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Alto Calafate Hotel is situated on a hill facing the 'Argentinean Lake' (Lago Argentino). This 4 star hotel, offers 103 well appointed bedrooms on 3 floors. The Hotel has rooms aimed at smokers and non-smokers as well as rooms to cater for disabled guests. All rooms have great views of El Calafate, you can choose a lake or mountain view
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If you stay at Alto Calafate Hotel, you will enjoy the views of Lago Argentino, Cerro Calafate and the surroundings of the city from any part of the hotel. This is a protected area of 600,000, covered by glacial mass. Among the 356 glaciers, Perito Moreno is the most impressive, the front side is 5 km and the height is over 60 meters above the water. The landscape is breathtaking.

It is a nice tourist village of a little more than 3,000 inhabitants, that nestles at the base of the cliff on the shore of the vast Lake Argentino (‘Argentine Lake’) and which offers very good and varied accommodation. It is surrounded by small farms that grow vegetables and fruit trees forming a belt around the small urban center. The city is crossed by El Calafate Stream, which divides the village in two. A few meters from the center of the city, a gravel road leads to Nimes Lagoon, near the lake shore, a small bird reserve which houses an important population of black-necked swans, flamingoes, ducks and upland geese surrounded by a dark sand beach. Some 8 km from El Calafate the Punta Walichu Cave which gathers some replicas of paintings made by the local aborigines more than 4,000 years ago. These reproductions of the original paintings helps visitors to understand a world unknown to them. El Calafate is the National Capital of the Glaciers and the most important city in the area. Traveling 51 km from El Calafate, you reach the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares (‘Glaciers National Park’), which protects an area covered by glacier tongues coming down from the Campo de Hielo Sur (‘Southern Patagonian Ice Cap’), relicts of the last glaciations in the Quaternary Period. Its core is in the Andes between the 40º and 51º parallels of southern latitude. This field adopts a longitudinal shape running from north to south with an extension of about 350 km and a surface of 14,300 km2 approximately. 47 major glaciers descend from this ice field, some of them belonging to the Atlantic basin, such as: Marconi, Viedma, Moyano, Upsala, Bolados, Onelli, Agazzis, Peineta, Spegazzini, Mayo, Heims, Ameghino, Perito Moreno and Frías. All of these spill over the Argentino and Viedma Lakes, which determines the particular turquoise color of their waters due to the sediments and minerals dragged from the rocky beds of these ice rivers on the mountain slopes, that remain in suspension in the waters since their specific weight is lower to the water's. This allows natural light to penetrate only to a certain depth. The most renown of all the glaciers is the Perito Moreno Glacier. Situated 80 km from El Calafate, it is the most easily reached among them. This is an imposing ice river, 3-kilometer wide and 70-meter high in its front wall, that descends from the Campo de HieloSur down to the lake, at Canal de los Témpanos (‘Icebergs’ Channel’), only 200 meters above sea level. It is the only glacier in the area which is considered to be in equilibrium, that is: not receding. It has always been the most important attraction of the region thanks to its spectacular beauty, but specially because of its unusual behavior. The glacier slowly advances down the mountain slope towards the lake, producing, as it spills down, thunderous noises and ruptures. Till a few years ago, the glacier used to grow till reaching Península Magallanes, on the opposite margin of the

If you stay at Alto Calafate Hotel, you will enjoy the views of Lago Argentino, Cerro Calafate and the surroundings of the city from any part of the hotel. This is a protected area of 600,000, covered by glacial mass. Among the 356 glaciers, Perito Moreno is the most impressive, the front side is 5 km and the height is over 60 meters above the water. The landscape is breathtaking.

If you stay at Alto Calafate Hotel, you will enjoy the views of Lago Argentino, Cerro Calafate and the surroundings of the city from any part of the hotel. This is a protected area of 600,000, covered by glacial mass. Among the 356 glaciers, Perito Moreno is the most impressive, the front side is 5 km and the height is over 60 meters above the water. The landscape is breathtaking.

If you stay at Alto Calafate Hotel, you will enjoy the views of Lago Argentino, Cerro Calafate and the surroundings of the city from any part of the hotel. This is a protected area of 600,000, covered by glacial mass. Among the 356 glaciers, Perito Moreno is the most impressive, the front side is 5 km and the height is over 60 meters above the water. The landscape is breathtaking.

If you stay at Alto Calafate Hotel, you will enjoy the views of Lago Argentino, Cerro Calafate and the surroundings of the city from any part of the hotel. This is a protected area of 600,000, covered by glacial mass. Among the 356 glaciers, Perito Moreno is the most impressive, the front side is 5 km and the height is over 60 meters above the water. The landscape is breathtaking.

If you stay at Alto Calafate Hotel, you will enjoy the views of Lago Argentino, Cerro Calafate and the surroundings of the city from any part of the hotel. This is a protected area of 600,000, covered by glacial mass. Among the 356 glaciers, Perito Moreno is the most impressive, the front side is 5 km and the height is over 60 meters above the water. The landscape is breathtaking.

If you stay at Alto Calafate Hotel, you will enjoy the views of Lago Argentino, Cerro Calafate and the surroundings of the city from any part of the hotel. This is a protected area of 600,000, covered by glacial mass. Among the 356 glaciers, Perito Moreno is the most impressive, the front side is 5 km and the height is over 60 meters above the water. The landscape is breathtaking.

Alto Calafate Hotel - Patagonia

Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito MorenoAccommodation:
Alto Calafate Hotel is situated on a hill facing the 'Argentinean Lake' (Lago Argentino). This 4 star hotel, offers 103 well appointed bedrooms on 3 floors. The Hotel has rooms aimed at smokers and non-smokers as well as rooms to cater for Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Morenodisabled guests. All rooms have great views of El Calafate, you can choose a lake or mountain view.

If you stay at Alto Calafate Hotel, you will enjoy the views of Lago Argentino, Cerro Calafate and the surroundings of the city from any part of the hotel. This is a protected area of 600,000, covered by glacial mass. Among the 356 glaciers, Perito Moreno is the most impressive, the front side is 5 km and the height is over 60 meters above the water. The landscape is breathtaking.

Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno13 glaciers on the Atlantic side break into huge ice towers which plunge into the waters of Lago Viedma and Lago Argentino. You can sail on the lakes to appreciate the glaciers' front, or you may go trekking and climbing on ancient blocks of ice.

Services and Facilities: Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno

  • TV.
  • Mini-Bar.
  • Heating.
  • Digital telephone & voice mail.
  • Safe Box.
  • Meeting Rooms for multiple purposes.
  • Laundry Service.
  • Major Credit Cards accepted. Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
  • Business Centre.

Local Attractions:

  • Glacier National Park (Parque Nacional Los Glaciares): this is a must see for anyone visiting this area. Throughout the year, ice towers detach from the glacier and plunge into the water as small icebergs.
  • Sports: Fishing, Polo, Snow, Golf and more.
  • Culture: Tango, Archaeological tourism, Ethnic tourism, others.

Location:
It is located at the entrance of the town, 20 km from 'El Calafate International Airport' (Aeropuerto Internacional de El Calafate).

Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno

Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno

Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno

Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
Alto Calafate Hotel Patagonia Argentina overlooking Lago Argentino near Perrito Moreno
 
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