Start from 34 curated places around Mendoza, AR, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
1884 Restaurante Francis Mallmann
Celebrated chef Francis Mallmann's Mendoza restaurant in a historic Godoy Cruz bodega, cooking meats and vegetables over open fire and embers in his signature Patagonian style, in a candlelit courtyard. The headline open-fire Argentine dinner.
Azafrán
A downtown restaurant pairing contemporary Argentine cooking with a deep cellar, where a sommelier walks you through Mendoza wines to match each course. The polished in-city dinner with the best wine focus.
Trails & outdoors
Parque General San Martín
The vast 400-hectare park on the city's western edge, laid out with rose gardens, tree-lined avenues, a boating lake, and paths leading up to Cerro de la Gloria. The green lung of Mendoza and an easy, flat place to walk, run, or cycle for hours.
Cerro Arco
A bare precordillera hill on the city's western edge, hiked or biked up a switchbacking track to a summit cross with a huge panorama over Mendoza, the vineyards, and the snow-capped Andes. The accessible mountain hike right above the city, and a popular paragliding launch.
Things to do
Mendoza Wine Tour
A guided tour of the bodegas of Maipú and Luján de Cuyo, tasting Malbec and other varietals at family wineries and grand estates with the Andes as a backdrop. The defining Mendoza experience and the reason most people come.
Museo Nacional del Vino
A wine museum in a historic Maipú bodega tracing the history of Argentine winemaking through old presses, barrels, and tools, with tastings on site. A good grounding in the region's wine heritage before or between vineyard visits.
Landmarks & sights
Plaza Independencia
The large leafy square at the dead center of the city, rebuilt after the 1861 earthquake as the heart of Mendoza's grid, with fountains, an underground museum, and a weekend artisan market. The natural starting point for the city's four-plaza walk.
Plaza España
The prettiest of Mendoza's satellite plazas, decorated with colorful Spanish ceramic tiles, benches, and murals celebrating the ties between Spain and Argentina. A small, charming square that rewards a slow look at the tilework.