Termas Villavicencio Mendoza

Villavicencio, nestled in the Andean precordillera above Mendoza city at 1,750 metres elevation, is internationally famous as the source of Argentina's most consumed mineral water, whose distinctive hotel-label design has been a household image in Argentina for generations, though the grand historic hotel itself closed in 1979 and the springs now serve the bottling industry. Termas Villavicencio draws on naturally effervescent bicarbonate and calcium mineral waters from the volcanic geology of the Mendoza Andes, whose combination of natural carbonation and crisp mountain air has made these springs renowned since colonial times within a long tradition of mineral water culture. The spectacular Caracoles del Villavicencio mountain road with its 365 hairpin curves ascending 1,600 metres, the condor sanctuary on the slopes above, and the vineyard panoramas of the Mendoza wine valley below make this a destination of extraordinary scenic grandeur in the Argentine wine country.