Las Restingas

Sandbays, cliffs and ancient rock formations give place to the beautiful beaches of Puerto Piramides where Las Restingas Hotel Boutique is located. Declares a World Heritage site by the UNESCO in 1999, Peninsula Valdés receives the southern right whale year after year and invites you to meet an axtraordinary nature experience, lodged in an unforgetable hotel.



Las Restingas Hotel has 12 hotel rooms, all equipped with Queen and King Size beds and other facilities such as TV, DVD, mini-bar and laundry service. The 4 rooms located upstairs have a spacious balcony; whereas the rooms downstairs have a private terrace with access to the beach. The sea view makes each sunset unforgettable and each stay magical.



In the restaurant with its sea view, breakfast, lunch, dinner and cocktails are served both indoor and outdoor on the spectacular terrace. It accommodates a total number of 100 people, 50 indoor and 50 outdoor.



The Spa has a wide glass roof which allows natural light in, which reflected onto the indoor swimming-pool with its sea view turns this relaxing area into one of the most peaceful and harmonious places, thus preferred by all the people visiting Las Restingas. With hydrotherapy, sauna, a cute deck, and independent dressing-rooms, the fitness centre is fully equipped for guests to do any type of activity. The Solarium, situated on the 3rd floor, is the ideal place to spend a wonderful day in contact with the enchanting beauty of the natural surroundings.



LOCATION:

Leaving Puerto Madryn and heading towards the north, take motorway 1 and then take motorway 2. After a 77km-drive, you will arrive at Istmo Carlos Ameghino, you will be able to distinguish the San Jose and Nuevo Gulfs. From there up to Puerto Pirádmides, it is about 25km from the west to the east of the peninsula.



Distance from Puerto Pirámides to: 

- Buenos Aires 1430 km

- Com. Rivadavia 490 km

- El Calafate 1418 km

- Esquel 694 km

- Gaiman 185 km

- Puerto Madryn 104 km

- Punta Tombo 221 km

- Rawson 152 km

- Santa Cruz 1022 km

- Trelew 171 km

- Ushuaia 1829 km



NATURE:

On the Patagonian Litoral there is a wide range of natural reserves protecting different species of sea fauna. However, none of them offers such spectacular colonies of animals as the one in the Valdes Peninsula. Located 1400 km to the south of Buenos Aires, the Valdes Peninsula penetrates into the sea forming two gulfs where the Southern Right Whales harbour and meet every year to complete their reproductive cycle between May and December. There are more than 180 species, like the "gaviota Cocinera" (kind of gull), "Cisnes de cuello negro" (blanck neck swan), the "Garza Blanca" (White heron), or the "Pinguino de Magallanes" (Magallanes penguin). The "Isla de los Pajaros" (Bird Island) is an exceptional place for the conservation of all of these species. 



Fauna season: 

- Whales: From May up to December.

- Penguins: From September up to April.

- Sea Wolf: All the year.

- Sea Elephants: All the year.

- Birds: all the year. 



Ballena Franca Austral (Franca Austral Whale)

Every year, between winter and spring, in the water of the San Jose and Nuevo Gulfs, at Peninsula de Valdes, the principal group of whales gets together and concentrates searching safe places to mate and breed their young. Once the spring is over, in November, they leave this place to go deep into the ocean seeking krill, their principal food. This 12 meter long mammal can weight between 30 and 40 tons, it has been searched for hunting for a long time up to the year 1935. It was then when the International Convention for the Whales gave them total protection, and since then their recovery was slow. In 1934, Argentina declared them Natural Monument. Its head represents a quarter of its body and its big curved mouth stands out. They also have parts of their skin that are hardened and have different shapes and sizes, and are used by professionals to recognize one animal from the other.