Departures: Grande dames get a facelift
Two historic hotels undergo restoration in Buenos Aires and Montevideo
Queen of industry
Gordon Bennett. The drinking saloon of 2014 has just opened. Part café, mostly bar, Victoria Brown is going to show local boozers a thing or two.
The Expat: Jonathan Evans
A decision to leave behind a career in IT and a life in efficient Switzerland saw Brit Jonathan Evans travel around South America. That was four years ago. Living in…
Sipping Colchagua Valley
Where to sip, savour and stay in the Dionysian valley of Colchagua in Chile.
Centurion: Marcelo Pino’s Chilean wines
Although he cut his teeth – as well as plenty of raw fish – as a sushiman at Santiago de Chile’s Ritz-Carlton, Marcelo Pino made a professional about-turn in 2007…
The Uruguay files (3)
A legend’s a legend and it’s hard to improve on that, isn't it, La Huella?
The Financialist: Latin America’s Hippest Peninsula
While the northern hemisphere shivers its way through winter in bulky coats, the gloves are off south of the equator in Uruguay, where summer is in full swing.
The Expat: Sarah Smith
After four years living in Andalucia, US translator Sarah Smith and her family decided it was time to move to her husband’s homeland. Mother to teenage twins, Sarah writes a…
The Real Argentina: Meat and Greet
A guide to the best steakeries in Buenos Aires
The Uruguay files (2)
How to sip up soup in fancy places in Uruguay and other stories...