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About Puerto Valle Hotel
Media: El Litoral
Date: 02/10/08
Ituzaingó: historical estancia turned into natural refuge for tourists
Day trips, fishing, horse riding, private beach, varied cuisine and comfortable facilities - set in a heavenly location—are part of the new hotel options in Corrientes.
EL DATO.- A mother and daughter from Switzerland were the first foreign tourists to visit Puerto Valle. Twenty-five kilometers from the entrance to Ituzaingó, a farming estancia built in 1868 was recycled to offer tourists an oasis equipped with all modern amenities. Since opening its doors, around the middle of last year, it also offers a number of additional services such as trips to Esteros del Iberá and the Ruinas Jesuíticas. The new boutique hotel from the N-A Town & Country Hotels held an exhibition of its services to a group of journalists invited by the Undersecretariat of Tourism of the province of Corrientes.
First a eucalyptus plantation, and then a line of bamboo canes, indicate the access to the Puerto Valle hotel. Thus, the urban hustle and bustle is isolated from the 8,000-hectare field where the tourist can enjoy being in touch with nature without giving up on comfort. A constant which is repeated in each space of the historic farming estancia now turned into a hotel.
Whether relaxing in the garden or the private beach, enjoying a dish from the varied menu, or simple looking through the big bedroom windows, the vegetation can be enjoyed, as the leaves caressed by the breeze appear to dance to the rhythm of birdsong. The buildings that make up the old farming estancia, with wide galleries and furnishings, are surrounded by natural resources.
The buildings that make up the old farming estancia, with wide galleries and local and tropical furnishings are surrounded by natural resources. A combination improved by telephone lines and air conditioning in each room. The duplex suite is equipped with additional services such as television and stereo. Those staying in Puerto Valle can also enjoy a special room in which to read, watch television, listen to music or access the Internet.
To enjoy a good wine and some anecdotes from the last century, the hotel offers the “Toro Mocho” wine cellar. As a message inscribed on the wall reads, there the “butler stored demijohns made of Paraguayan bamboo smuggled in the area.” The same writing also points out that “it is also believed to have served as a refuge for deserters, among which it is certain that the famous murderer Toro Mocho had been held, coming from a police commission on its way to the prison on the Martín García Island.”
This story, as well as several others told in the area, is part of a tradition which also forms part of gastronomy. As well as having an international menu, one of the most requested dishes has cayman meat as the main ingredient. In its ample fields, Puerto Valle also offers a pool, a beach, a cayman farm, a greenhouse, the “Los Monos" trail, a motorboat ride, horse and bicycle riding.
However, services for tourists are not limited to the nature surrounding the hotel. Tourists can also visit the Esteros del Iberá, the Las Marías Establishment, the Ruinas Jesuíticas, Saltos de Moconá, the Iguazú Falls and the Hydroelectric Dam Yacyretá. Those staying at Puerto Valle can enjoy the privacy and comfort offered by the old farming estancia in Ituzaingó without having to give up on other landscapes.
Approximately in 1868, Don Bernardino Valle bought lands from the government of Corrientes, where a small hut was first built, while the wood for the new country house building was being prepared on the hills near the coast. Three rooms where built that way, surrounded by galleries with Spanish tile roofs. After his death, it passed to one of his sons, Leandro Valle, who added an attic and another room, now known as the "Toro Mocho" wine cellar. Later, the establishment was bought by the Prat company, who changed the roof, built a house for the custodian, and even a landing strip used by some famous visitors, including the former Minister of Economy, Mr. Martínez de Hoz. After the company was dissolved, the estancia was managed by Héctor Santa María, who had the pool built and almost defined the building‘s penultimate appearance.
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