Estancia Villa Maria

What a great place. A beautiful property in stunning grounds. All the staff were lovely, friendly and attentive. Nothing was too much trouble. The asado was a real feast. Our highlight was our horse riding with Joachim who went above and beyond to make our time special. I’d highly recommend!

I could tell this must be a great place and I want to like it. I really do. But unfortunately, we did not enjoy our stay. They were having such a bad mosquito infestation that we were almost eaten alive. In fact, the mosquito problem was so bad that: 1. After soaking ourselves with mosquito repellent, the mosquitoes smartly avoid any bare skin and bite through the clothes. No joking, we got bitten so many times through our shirts, pants, and socks that we had to quickly abandon our horseback riding to go back inside. 2. When swimming in the pool, we had to quickly ***** and jump into the water, and while in the water, backstroke is pretty much the only style you can do because the mosquitoes will bite your face and ears when you come out of the water to breathe. 3. While there are not as many mosquitoes indoors, there are no mosquito nets in the bedroom. We could tell there was still a lot of mosquitoes landed on the ceiling waiting for the night. I didn't know how we managed to get through the night. We had to cancel all other outdoor activities that we planned out just to stay inside, for example, golf, soccer, volleyball, etc. How to avoid the mosquitoes and how to alleviate the itch is pretty much a constant topic during our stay. We were told by the hotel staff that the mosquito problem is unusually bad this year but I could only write about my own experience. I hope others can avoid this and get to enjoy the estancia more. 🙁

English Country House experience in Argentina. Enjoyable. Golf is a stretch ( where was it?)but the Estancia team work hard to give a pleasurable experience. Food is one choice per course. Its a nice choice just to be different . I do think elderly or infirm would find this small property a struggle. Nonetheless BRAVO. Good Value

This is a beautiful property located in a rural area outside Buenos Aires. The hotel is the former home of the estancia owner and is an extravagant mansion in the Tudor style. The grounds are lovely, with many areas available to sit and enjoy the surroundings, including a nice pool. The room came with full board. The breakfast buffet was extensive with eggs cooked to order. Lunch was asado, freshly barbecued meats, chicken and sausage served on a sizzling platter. Dinner was a choice of salmon or chicken. Everything was delicious and the service was more than excellent. We felt spoiled and very well taken care of. Staying at Estancia Villa Maria was one of the highlights of our trip to Argentina. It was a very special experience.

We stayed at Estancia Villa Maria for 4 nights in December 2023 as a family. We had such a great time there. We loved the food, friendly service, beautiful nature, animals, and architecture/design of the property. We will definitely go back in a near future!

Villa Maria is a wonderful Estancia with lovely people. grounds and the food was wonderful. With golf, horse riding, biilards and games onsite there is plenty to do It is a bit quirky unlike a hotel its a set menu, has no bar, tea / coffee not available in the room, water turned off in the night, but that aside a wonderful experience

For the sake of quick reading, I’ve bulletpointed the main reasons for my poor review: - Poor greeting - no help with cases to our rooms and the main entrance was shut on arrival - Shabby to the point of dangerous. We’re from the UK, we know what faded grandeur is and this is not it! Missing curtains, chipped porcelain, light switches and sockets coming away from wall and loo flush button kept falling out. Both baths we’re just very grubby. -Staff seems confused about service and what good looks like. - Front Desk operated between 9am and 6pm. No one is on site overnight, which is health and safety issue. What if a gust is unwell? Or there is a fire in a room? - We were told we could ride horses the next day on arrival (we saw a group riding them and were told the hours available) No horses were there in the morning and when we asked, we were told it was not possible and could only travel round the grounds in the cart. The cart was dusty and uncomfortable. This was by far the biggest disappointment as the main reason we chose to stay here was to rise a horse! - No tour of the grounds on arrival or building so we were never sure where we were allowed to go - The estancia markets itself on their website as being near airport but the staff made it appears as though it was impossible to get a taxi to collect us out of hours to take us to the airport for a flight. They did not offer confidence and it took them hours to sort out with no guarantee - Food - not great quality and no choice of what to eat. - Pool was dirty and towels were threadbear All of my comments are based on what this establishment charges per night. This place needs investment in maintenance and staff training to warrant what they charge. The only positive was that the bed was comfortable. It’s not often I am baffled but I don’t understand how this place has so many good reviews. Perhaps we were just unlucky but I wish we’d chosen to stay elsewhere. We were happy to leave.

Absolutely stunning facilities and land. Incredibly kind service, with wonderful food and rooms. Truly a luxury experience.

Spent the day with our and my sister’s family. Very nice grounds to walk around. The kids and I enjoyed horseback riding (it was not busy so we went twice on the same day). We played ping pong sand foosball. The food was pretty good, we had to ask for meat as some people were celebrating Lent. The tea time was good too. We had a great time!