Arrayanes Convention Center
By choosing a place like the Arrayanes Conventions Centre, comfort, technology and safety are guaranteed, as well as the outstanding beauty of Villa La Angostura.
Arrayanes Conventions Centre is located a few metres from downtown, which enables a fast access from any point of the city and also a wide range of alternatives as regards hotels location. Its architecture cannot be compared to any of this kind of buildings since comfort and harmony with the place were the main priorities when built.
Fully covered in wood and stones, its large windows have – from any point of the hexagon – a unique view to the mountains and forests surrounding the city.
Inside the building the flexibility and multiple alternatives rendered by the facilities – which rooms can be isolated as well as linked – make it possible to organize any kind of event, congress or convention and even different celebrations at the same time.
The wide range of hotels available in Villa La Angostura ensure, in spite of the distance, a fast and proper organization for academic and cultural meetings; with local suppliers of human resources, services, transportation and printed materials.
Technical Data
Location
Arrayanes Convention Centre is located on Nahuel Huapi Av. between Calafate and Frutillas streets (300 m from downtown)
Distance from main tourist points
From Bariloche airport: 62 km
From Bariloche city: 82 km
From San Martin de los Andes: 110 km along Seven Lakes Route or 300 km along roads 237 and 40.
From Chile (Puyehue Thermal Spring) across Cardenal Samore border crossing.
Surface
980 covered square metres
Capacity
400 people
Layout
A main hall for 250 people, four adjacent halls and two on the first floor, all linked without interfering with the main hall.
Main characteristics
Independent halls that can be rented separately (for their isolation) or as a group to enlarge the capacity of the main hall.
Comfort Details
The carpet which covers the floor not only enhances the appearance of the building but also improves the great acoustic conditions.
The design of its chairs matches the refined maroon curtains and large windows with a view to the woods.
The supplementary rooms available include a showing room, offices, dressing rooms with private fully-equiped bathrooms as well as catering, technical and service assistance areas.
Quality Description
The building has a large hexagonal hall being 9 metres long per side and having a total surface of 210 square metres with an average height of 8 metres. In four of the sides there are four additional halls (7x7 metres each) and two of them are connected to the main hall through a sliding door 6 metres wide.
On the remaining sides of the hexagon there is a stage and an entrance hall that includes toilets, the engine room and dressing rooms.
At the entrance there is a big heated lounge with marble floor which leads to the entrance hall of the building that is usually used for accreditation as well as a cloakroom.
It is important to remark that all the entrances to the building and its additional facilities are adapted for people with limited mobility.
Its peculiar hexagonal shape enables an original distribution and with multiple purposes as regards its use. From the beginning this building was meant to be a functional one.
All electrical appliances (including lamps and spotlights installed according to studies on light distribution) are centralized in an operating stall located above the main hall.
The ceiling of the main hall is to be remarked for its beauty and unique architecture and it is supported by girders that are frames to the walls which are totally covered in selected oregon pine tree wood.
Under the local regulations what is mostly seen in the building is the refined combination of stones and wood, which gives a mountain-style atmosphere to the place.
The halls are heated through a hot-air system due to the important height of the building (9,5 m) and also to avoid the stratification in the highest part of the halls, by means of permanent air circulation. The system is also used in summer as a ventilation device.

Additional information
Those who have already visited Villa La Angostura cannot resist its natural charm. All tours are nearby as well as the ski centre, reason why it is totally possible to include any activity of this kind and even adventure sports to a business meeting agenda.
Quality and excellence are currently essential for the organization of any event and, on this regard, success goes together with the selection of the Arrayanes Conventions Centre for its comfort, high-quality technology, safety and a unique surrounding beauty.
All facilities are proper for the organization of courses, seminars, presentations or launchings. Imagine the ideal place where you can, not only focus your attention but also enjoy a beautiful landscape and great architecture. By choosing Arrayanes Conventions Centre you are granting a distinction to the product being offered.
The peace and tranquillity in the village is the perfect background to celebrate academic events or simply provide the best framework to any kind of meeting.
Here you can find the best environment as regards safety and peace, fact which enables the best results both for attendants and organizers and also for the product being launched in this unique and selected place.
In fact, when an event seems to finish it leads to the moment when attendants are introduced to the beauty of the place, making it almost impossible to forget your organization.
Accommodation
You can successfully organize any kind of meeting being both original and challenging. The key to success is not found by chance but by choosing us.
There are 143 different places surrounded by a beautiful landscape, full of peace and magic in its atmosphere.
With exclusive services and a strong quality commitment, each guest is both professionally and personally assisted.
The quality of the service together with a wide variety of buildings provide different accommodation alternatives.
More than fifty percent of the accommodation available are three-star or superior, taking into account that the local regulations follow international standards.
Accommodation Description
Total vacancies: 3893
- One/two/four-star hotels.
- one/two/three/four-star lodgings.
- one/two/three/four-star apart hotels.
- one/two/three/four-star cabins.
Gastronomy
Discerning people can also find the best alternatives in Villa La Angostura as regards its cuisine, from traditional European dishes to original regional recipes with deer, trout, mushrooms and wild boar.
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