We have fun Latin America and its unbelievable hospitality year-round at TPG.

But we’re particularly singing praises throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrating the affect and contributions of Hispanic Americans to the United States.

We have fun and laud all Latin American international locations for his or her ongoing affect world wide, and we additionally search for any excuse to go to those international locations to discover, make new buddies and indulge in a few of our favorite hotels on the continent.

Here are our favorite hotels in Latin America, whether or not you are on the lookout for a last-minute journey or planning forward for future travels.

Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo

Panama City, Panama

Panama’s lodge scene took a monumental step ahead this 12 months with the opening of the Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo. The sprawling waterfront lodge is the product of a mammoth historic refurbishment in the town’s most historic neighborhood. The service is pleasant and attentive, the vibe is cooler than cool and the visitor rooms and suites are decadent sufficient to make you by no means wish to go away.

This being Sofitel, breakfast is served in Caleta, a French brasserie-inspired restaurant (although we advocate ordering room service to take pleasure in out of your personal balcony at the least as soon as), whilst you’ll additionally wish to head upstairs for rooftop cocktails and bites at Ammi.

Guest rooms and suites characteristic a mixture of darkish wooden and shiny upholstery with French doorways that open to your balcony overlooking the water. (We liked our view that additionally regarded out on the Panama City skyline.) The large lodge pool is the perfect spot to chill off from the Panamanian solar (and revel in a glass of Champagne from the close by Pool Bar). But you will wish to e-book a therapy on the Sofitel Spa lest you want a therapeutic massage or facial to deal with possibly just a little too a lot enjoyable in the solar. We’re not judging.

Rates on the Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo begin at $300 per night time.

Copacabana Palace

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

We’ve all needed to be the woman from Ipanema, however being a visitor on the Copacabana Palace is not a foul comfort prize so far as journeys to Rio de Janeiro go.

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Rio’s most iconic lodge is a metropolis jewel with its pristine white facade (meant to resemble the resorts of Cannes) and has hosted international celebrities, dignitaries and royals because it first opened in 1923.

Its star might have briefly dimmed a couple of many years in the past, however the Copacabana Palace below Belmond’s affect is now as shiny as ever. The see-and-be-seen scene thrives on the Copacabana’s pool, the place sprawling again on a solar lounger with a cocktail is the last word in Rio rest. Guest rooms and suites are crisp and clear, and you will actually wish to request one with an ocean view.

If you are on the lookout for one thing just a little extra lively along with your keep, the rooftop tennis courtroom is an effective way to get some cardio in the solar. As for us, we’ll be having fun with the decadent Pan-Asian at Mee, a Michelin-starred restaurant serving the whole lot from omakase dinners to Malaysian curry. A bit of style of France in decor, just a little style of Asia in delicacies — all in the center of Rio. Somehow, all of it works on the Copacabana Palace.

Rates on the Belmond Copacabana Palace begin at $500 per night time.

The Singular Patagonia

Patagonia, Chile

Heading to the tip of the world doesn’t suggest sacrificing luxurious — so long as you verify in to the Singular Patagonia. The attractive lodge, tucked deep inside Chilean Patagonia, occupies what was the Puerto Bories Cold Storage Plant, making this as a lot a museum as it’s a place to atone for relaxation and rest.

The combine of commercial decor (and operations — a funicular whisks you from the check-in space to the principle a part of the lodge) and distant tranquility make a keep on the Singular one the place you will go away feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.

The property options visitor rooms and suites which are minimalist stylish: The image home windows overlooking Ultima Esperanza Sound and the mountains past are the principle attraction right here, in any case.

Following a day (or days) of climbing via Patagonia, you will wish to ensure you have a desk at El Asador, one of many lodge’s eating places that options wood-fired cuts of lamb steak or rib eye in addition to native greens. Fuel up earlier than making your option to the following climbing path.

Rates on the Singular Patagonia begin at $460 per night time.

Casa San Agustin

Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena’s Old Town neighborhood options Casa San Agustin, a lodge constructed with a nod to historical past (a 300-year-old aqueduct is on the heart of the lodge) whereas embracing serene Colombian model with wood accents and a calming coloration scheme.

Service is pleasant, and we love all of the methods you possibly can move time on the lodge, from the rooftop solarium to beating the warmth with complimentary tea or espresso in the library. Guest rooms are cozy with giant image home windows and cream tiled flooring, whereas balconies and loos are decked out in marble and painted tiles.

Ceviche at Alma restaurant is the last word native deal with, however so is a therapeutic massage on the Aurum Spa. Don’t neglect to unwind after a day of exploring and pampering with a cool glass of one thing on the blue-tiled out of doors pool in the center of the lodge.

Rates at Casa San Agustin begin at $464 per night time

Alvear Palace Hotel

Buenos Aires, Argentina

The first time I went to Buenos Aires, a taxi driver corrected me once I mentioned it was additionally my first time to South America: “You didn’t come to South America. You came to the Europe of South America,” he mentioned with fun. It’s evident it is a appropriate evaluation whenever you stroll into the European-influenced Alvear Palace Hotel in Buenos Aires.

The luxe property options furnishings impressed by Louis XV and contains facilities by French style home Hermes. Guest rooms and suites embrace Egyptian cotton sheets, plush carpeting, chandeliers and classical furnishings. Nestled in the luxurious Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, it is laborious to not really feel like a Louis (or some other royal, for that matter) whenever you slip between the excessive thread counts right here.

The Alvear Afternoon Tea served in L’Orangerie, the lodge’s atrium restaurant, is likely one of the extra coveted happenings in Buenos Aires. Don’t cry for me, Argentina, however we’ll actually be crying when it is time to take a look at right here.

Rates on the Alvear Palace Hotel begin at $550 per night time.

JW Marriott El Convento Cusco

Cusco, Peru

Luxe lodging meet historical past in Cusco, Peru, on the JW Marriott El Convento Cusco, a lodge TPG named the most effective Marriott hotels in the world earlier this 12 months. It may be a contemporary lodge, however the constructing it resides in dates to the sixteenth century, when it served as a convent. There are nonetheless design nods to its previous due to colossal wood entrance doorways, hovering ceilings and stone archways.

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The on-site pool, steam room and sauna are the proper place to unwind whereas the lodge additionally pumps in recent oxygen to visitor rooms upon request for these needing just a little additional acclimation to the excessive altitude. Glamorous rooms, which characteristic marble loos and deep soaking tubs, are an opulent sanctuary for rest earlier than venturing to the lodge’s Qespi restaurant, which provides Peruvian delicacies like Pachamanca.

Rates on the JW Marriott El Convento Cusco begin at $299, or 25,000 Marriott Bonvoy factors, per night time.

Sofitel Baru Calablanca Beach Resort

Bolivar, Colombia

It’s laborious to discover a extra picture-perfect seashore getaway than the Sofitel Baru Calablanca Beach Resort, lower than an hour from Cartagena. Consider this a resort meant to impress, as a ship voyage from the Cartagena Nautical Club is the very best — and buzziest — option to arrive on the resort.

Bright seashore vibes permeate the resort, visitor rooms and suites via a major lean into stone, concrete and brighter wooden in addition to a impartial coloration palette. All rooms and suites characteristic personal balconies or suites, however contemplate a splurge to 1 with a sizzling tub, too. The resort can be in style with households due to its Family Suites in addition to an array of regionally impressed actions, from visits to the nationwide aviary to espresso tastings and braid workshops.

The resort’s swimming pools are steps from the luxe, sandy shores of the seashore — mixing nature and an opulent place to unwind in probably the most decadent supply.

Rates on the Sofitel Baru Calablanca Beach Resort begin at $302 per night time.

Condesa DF

Mexico City, Mexico

Trendy al fresco is the secret at Condesa DF, a part of Marriott’s Design Hotels assortment and an elegant Mexico City mainstay in style with locals due to its out of doors eateries just like the Mexican-French fusion El Patio or the Japanese-focused La Terraza.

Located in the town’s European-influenced La Condesa neighborhood, Condesa DF options views of Parque Espana, and visitors ought to splurge on a room or suite with an outside balcony for extra indoor-outdoor vibes to go along with the breezy design aesthetic of shiny upholstery accented with the occasional wooden paneling.

One can not help however really feel like Condesa DF, which opened in 2005, might have been an inspiration for Ian Schrager’s Edition partnership with Marriott, which launched three years later. That’s not a foul factor for this buzzworthy property in one in all Latin America’s most bustling cities.

Rates on the Condesa DF begin at $400, or 41,000 Marriott Bonvoy factors, per night time.

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