Llao Llao Hotel - Nahuel Huapi

The Llao Llao Hotel is located in the tourist resort of San Carlos de Bariloche within the Río Negro, Argentina. This famous hotel is situated in the foothills of the Andes on a hill between the Moreno Lake and Nahuel Huapi lakes.

The original hotel, designed by Alejandro Bustillo, was made almost entirely of wood and was destroyed by fire soon after its completion in 1939. A year later Bustillo built a new hotel out of reinforced concrete and stone, with the assistance of the German landscaping architect Hermann Botrich. It closed in 1976 due to lack of funds for maintenance. While it was closed, the hotel was exposed to robbery, vandalism and overall neglect. It was then renovated and reopened in 1993. The mountain in the right background is Cerro Lopez (2076 m).

See PiP for overview! - scanned slide, Minolta X700