Hotel Touring Club, Historical hotel in downtown Trelew, Argentina.
Hotel Touring Club occupies a lot acquired in 1890 in downtown Trelew, on Avenida Fontana. The building was enlarged in 1924 and inaugurated in 1926 with a large ballroom with balconies over the avenue, the confitería and dining room, and fifty rooms. Its mayólicas, mirrors and granites arrived by ship to Puerto Madryn and then by rail to Trelew.
The site was bought in 1890 by the Compañía de Tierras de Sudamérica from the Ferrocarril Central del Chubut for a hotel called Hotel Globo; the neighbouring Hotel Argentino burned down. In 1906 Agustín Pujol acquired both properties and built fifteen rooms and the confitería of the Hotel Martino. The Touring Club opened officially in 1926 after a 1924 enlargement, with fifty rooms, hot and cold running water and bidets.
The hotel's confitería has long been a traditional gathering place for Trelew society, and the building housed the local Rotary Club for a period. Its name comes from the Touring Club, and the 1924 expansion added a large ballroom with balconies facing Avenida Fontana.
The property sits on a semi-pedestrian street with easy access to shops and dining options nearby. Guests enjoy complimentary breakfast and wireless internet in common areas, plus parking space on the premises.
The hotel's confitería has been a traditional gathering place for Trelew society since the building's early days. It was here that projects such as the Florentino Ameghino dam, Aluar, the Futaleufú hydroelectric complex and Canal 3 were conceived, alongside political parties and clubs.
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