much as there is to see and do in and around Buenos Aires,
a guest at the Duhau-Park Hyatt may well be tempted to
stay inside for a day, sampling its many pleasures.
A fantasy day at the Duhau begins, of course, with breakfast
in bed, preferably within a deluxe suite in the original
palace, embellished with boiseries and working fireplace.
In this bower one peruses a selection of Argentinean and
international newspapers, the Herald Tribune, perhaps, or
the Argentinisches Tageblatt, founded in 1878 and printed
entirely in German. After digesting both breakfast and the
news, one may wish to take some exercise in the glorious
82-foot indoor swimming pool, part of the Ahin Wellness and
Spa in the new building. In the native Mapuche language,
Ahin signifies a welcoming ceremony for an honored guest,
and indeed, the sheer comfort of this spa is a most sybaritic
embrace, offering massage and facials. The treatment rooms
are all Zen simplicity, in contrast to the glamour of the hotel's
public spaces, a place of
retreat and preparation
for the more active life
that awaits outside the
hotel's walls. But wait,
within those walls there
is yet some energetic
activity, in the form of
a tango class in the
historic rooms of the
palace.
After the last tango, it is
HYLAND
