Where to Stay in Bariloche — Best Hotels on Lake Nahuel Huapi
Curated by Our Guild Explorers · Updated August 2026
Bariloche gives you a straight choice. The town centre, around the stone-and-timber Civic Centre, puts restaurants, chocolate shops and the lakefront within a few flat blocks — no car, no taxi, no planning. Avenida Bustillo runs west along the shore of Lake Nahuel Huapi for twenty-five kilometres, and the further out you go the better the view and the more dependent you become on a car or a taxi for every meal. At the far end sits the Llao Llao, one of South America’s famous hotels. Below are our picks by style, each with an honest note about how far out it is, and a Book Me link straight to Trip.com.
Luxury
Lake views, and the grandest hotel in Argentine Patagonia.
Llao Llao Resort, Golf-Spa
The famous one — a great timber-and-stone lodge at the far end of the Circuito Chico, from about US$232. Trip.com lists a lift, a stair-free main entrance and accessible rooms, along with indoor and outdoor pools, a full spa, a private beach and a golf course. Be clear-eyed about the distance: it is twenty-five kilometres from town, so a car or taxi is essential and dinner in Bariloche is a thirty-five to forty-minute run each way. The grounds themselves are large and sloping. Pets are not accepted.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Design Suites Bariloche
A four-star from about US$130 on the lake road, close enough to town for a five to ten-minute taxi. Trip.com lists a lift, a heated indoor infinity pool and an outdoor pool, a spa, and Jacuzzis in some rooms, with lake views throughout. It is walkable to town only if you are a strong walker. Pets are not accepted; children of all ages are welcome.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Boutique
Smaller lake hotels with real character — and real distances.
Alma del Lago Suites & Spa
The closest of the Bustillo hotels to town, and our pick of them: a five-star from about US$110 with a lift, a heated indoor pool, a full spa, sauna and gym, and lake-view balconies on many rooms. Trip.com lists accessible rooms and handrails on the stairs. Town is a fifteen to twenty-minute walk on relatively level ground, or a very short taxi. Pets are not accepted.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Aldebaran Hotel & Spa
A small, highly rated hotel out on the Península San Pedro, with indoor and outdoor pools, a spa with massage and sauna, and long views over Nahuel Huapi. It rates 9.4 out of 10. Two honest cautions: Trip.com lists no lift and gives no accessibility information, and on a peninsula site you should assume slopes and steps. A car or taxi is definitely needed for dinner in town.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Budget & Value
In the centre, on the level, for a fraction of the lake-road prices.
Hotel Tirol
For readers who want the least possible fuss, this is the address: a three-star on Libertad, steps from the Civic Centre and the town beach, and one of the very few Bariloche hotels where Trip.com lists both a lift and a stair-free main entrance. Lake views in some rooms, no pool, from about US$131. No car needed at all.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Hotel Nahuel Huapi
The cheapest hotel we can vouch for here, from about US$65 — a 78-room three-star that opened in 1938, five minutes’ walk from the Civic Centre. There is a lift, and Trip.com lists accessible rooms, though one guest review notes the lift does not reach the fifth floor, which is worth asking about. No pool or spa. Everything you need is a few flat blocks away.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Family-friendly
Pools, space, and — in one case — the best accessibility in town.
Sheraton Bariloche Hotel
On San Martín, steps from the Civic Centre, and listed by Trip.com as opened 2024 and renovated 2025. It has the strongest accessibility of anything we verified in Bariloche: a stair-free main entrance, accessible rooms, handrails on the stairs, a pool ramp, and wheelchairs available. Add a lift, an indoor heated pool with a view, a spa, and lake views from many rooms, and a flat walk to the restaurants. From about US$158.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Huinid Bustillo Hotel & Spa
A quiet garden hotel just outside the centre, with a lift, an indoor heated pool, a spa with massage and sauna, a playground and children’s meals, and lakeside rooms looking over Nahuel Huapi. Trip.com lists accessible rooms and braille signage. Town is a short taxi, or a walkable stroll along Bustillo in daylight. From about US$223.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Adults-only
We could not confirm a single adults-only hotel in Bariloche, and we would rather say so than invent one. Every property we checked states that children of all ages are welcome; the one well-known candidate, the Charming Luxury Lodge, does not appear on Trip.com at all, so we cannot verify its policy or link you to it honestly. If a quiet, grown-up stay is what you are after, Alma del Lago and Aldebaran above come closest. Browse the current listings below.
Browse Bariloche hotels on Trip.com ›Pet-friendly
Bariloche is better than most of Argentina for dogs: two central hotels state plainly on Trip.com that they accept them.
NH Bariloche Edelweiss
The clearest pet policy in town: Trip.com states cats and dogs are welcome for about US$25 per pet per night. It is a four-star on San Martín from about US$130, with a lift, an indoor heated pool with a view, a spa at extra charge, accessible rooms and lake views from many rooms. Note the children’s policy is worded cautiously — children can stay in some rooms, not all. Restaurants are a flat walk away.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Hampton by Hilton Bariloche
A modern 105-room hotel on Libertad that opened in 2019 — predictable and easy, which suits a first visit. Trip.com states pets are allowed and asks you to call ahead about fees and restrictions; service animals are permitted. There is a lift and accessible rooms with handrails, no pool on site, and spa services next door. One caution from a guest review: lower floors do not really see the lake.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Spa & Pool
Where the weather turns — and in Bariloche it will — these are the ones to be in.
Cacique Inacayal Lake Hotel & Spa
An 83-room four-star right on the lakeshore in town, from about US$119, with a lift, a heated indoor pool, a full spa and sauna, a twenty-four-hour gym, and billiards and table tennis for a wet afternoon. Walkable to dinner. One honest caveat: its Trip.com listing gives the thinnest accessibility information of any town-centre hotel here and states that service animals are not permitted — check directly if either matters to you.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Rochester Bariloche Suites & Spa
The best value for a pool in Bariloche: from about US$77 with both an outdoor and an indoor pool, a spa and a sauna, and rooms with private balconies a hundred metres from the lake. Two cautions: Trip.com lists no lift and no accessibility information at all, and the Civic Centre is about fifteen minutes away by car, so plan on a taxi for dinner.
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Bariloche Hotels — Frequently Asked Questions
Which part of Bariloche should I stay in?
The town centre, if you want to walk to dinner — and most of our readers do. The chocolate shops, restaurants and the lakefront are within a few flat blocks of the Civic Centre, and the Sheraton, Tirol, Nahuel Huapi, NH Edelweiss, Hampton and Cacique Inacayal are all in it. Along Avenida Bustillo you trade that convenience for the view, kilometre by kilometre: Alma del Lago at 1.2 km is still an easy walk, Design Suites at 2.5 km is a short taxi, and the Llao Llao at 25 km is a world of its own.
Which Bariloche hotels have a lift?
Trip.com confirms lifts at the Llao Llao, Design Suites, Alma del Lago, Sheraton Bariloche, Huinid Bustillo, Hotel Tirol, Hotel Nahuel Huapi, NH Edelweiss, Hampton by Hilton and Cacique Inacayal. It lists no lift for Aldebaran or the Rochester. The strongest accessibility we found anywhere in Bariloche is at the Sheraton, which lists a stair-free entrance, accessible rooms, handrails, a pool ramp and wheelchairs available; the Hotel Tirol also lists a stair-free entrance.
Are there adults-only hotels in Bariloche?
Not that we can verify. Every property we checked on Trip.com either welcomes children of all ages or accepts them in some rooms, so we have not listed an adults-only section for Bariloche — we would rather tell you the category is empty than fill it with something that does not fit.
Do I need a car in Bariloche?
Only if you stay out on the Bustillo road. In the town centre you will not use one. For the Circuito Chico — the classic lake and mountain loop — a half-day tour or a hired driver is easier than self-driving, and lets you look at the view instead of the road.