Estancia Villa Maria

La Estancia Villa María is a unique rural estate of 1.489 hectares, only 56 km away from Buenos Aires City. It was built by Vicente Pereda at the end of the XIX century, and was from the start a pioneer in the cattle growing area of Cañuelas. In 1919 his son, Celedonio Pereda decided to build a new house. The result is this magnificent three-floor Norman-Tudor neo-gothical mansion covering almost 3000 m2. 

In the main house, two white marble staircases lead to a maze of spacious corridors hung with big-name paintings, and to enormous bedrooms with masterfully inlaid wood floors and marble fireplaces.

On the ground floor, a piano room, a billiards rooms, two reading rooms, a large modern living room, a colonial dining room with 19th.century  The Estancia features 11 elegant suites, a gourmet restaurant, a private lounge, a bar, a wine cellar. An array of galleries and terraces connect the interior of the Estancia to 74 outstanding hectares of parks designed in 1917 by renowned landscape designer Benito Carrasco, an apprentice of landscape designer Carlos Thays.

Villa María guests laze in the princely blue swimming pool before lunch on the veranda can later opt for a stroll amidst the marble benches and statues. 

The rates include breakfast.