Argentino Hotel, Belle Époque hotel and casino in Piriápolis, Uruguay
The Argentino Hotel is a six-story building on Rambla de los Argentinos featuring white facades and ornamental details from the 1930s. The property includes over 300 rooms, a casino, two indoor pools, an outdoor pool, and tennis courts.
French architect Pierre Guichot designed the building at the request of Francisco Piria, and it opened on December 24, 1930. The hotel marked the beginning of a new era of tourism along the Uruguayan coast.
The hotel's name comes from the Argentine guests who filled it in its early years. Its ground floor housed seawater thalassotherapy baths, Swedish gymnastics and hairdressing salons, and Piria furnished it with Italian linen, German crockery, Czechoslovak glassware and Austrian furniture. The Salón Dorado now hosts book presentations, lectures and concerts, and the Salón Acuario serves as the main dining room with a confectionery open to the public.
The building sits directly on the Rambla and is easy to locate with clear visibility from the street. Visitors can find parking nearby and explore all facilities on foot.
The hotel's architecture encodes Francisco Piria's alchemical and esoteric beliefs in its layout, proportions and symbolic elements. Classical and mythological sculptures flank the entrance and surroundings, conceived as guardians of the place.
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