Estancia Vik
Style Art-inspired wonder ranch
Setting Miles and miles of plain
Set on a seemingly endless landscape of Africa-evoking plains, but just a few minutes from the surf towns of the Punta del Este coast, Estancia Vik José Ignacio is the all-white, art-adorned dream home of a half-Norwegian, half-Uruguayan billionaire with a taste for isolation, contemporary design, and char-grilled meat. Each of the 12 suites has been designed and decorated by a local artist, and if your interests include polo, barbecues, modern art, outdoor pursuits or sun-soaking lethargy, you've come to the right-place…
Need to know
- Rooms 12 suites.
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Rates
Double rooms from $409.84, excluding tax at 22 per cent.
The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency ($410) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
- More details Rates include breakfast.
- Facilities Polo field, putting green, sauna and steam room; small gym; organic gardens; DVD library; free WiFi throughout. In rooms: flatscreen TV; DVD player; iPod dock; minibar; free bottled water.
- Poolside There’s a black granite swimming pool in a courtyard at the back, with a grassy lawn on one side and wooden decks lined with loungers on the other. Guests can also swim in the lagoon.
- Check-out Entirely flexible – just let the hotel know what time you plan to turn up or depart.
- Children Very welcome. Cots are free for babies; extra beds for kids 12 and over cost US$50–US$100. Babysitting can be arranged, with three days notice. There’s a wealth of activities for adventurous littluns. More...
- Also Pets and smokers are allowed throughout the hotel. There’s a four-night minimum stay over Easter, seven nights over Christmas.
- Hotel closed May and June.
Food and drink at Estancia Vik
- Hotel restaurant A set menu with two options is served beneath gigantic candle chandeliers in the brick-vaulted dining room and the kitchen is happy to cater to special requests. The star of the culinary show, however, is the parillero, a barbecue room walled with graffiti-daubed corrugated tin and housing a colossal fire pit: a temple to char-grilled meat.
- Dress code The atmosphere’s relaxed, but the dining-room decor is elegant, so laid-back eveningwear may be in order.
- Top table It’s a communal dining-table arrangement, but get in early for the chairs by the fireplace. In summer, take a table on the terrace.
- Last orders Breakfast is available from 7am to noon, lunch from noon to 4pm, and dinner from 7pm until midnight.
- Room service Sandwiches and salads can be brought to your room 24 hours a day.
- Hotel bar Not as such: it’s a what you want, when you want, where you want kind of place. Glass panels in the dining room offer a glimpse of the 5,000-bottle wine cellar.
Also worth knowing
- Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...
Estancia Vik Camino Eugenio Saiz Martinez Km 8, Balnerario José Ignacio, Punta Del Este, Uruguay
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Our favourite rooms
Master Suite VIK must be the master of the house’s preferred option when he’s in town – it’s a bold, masculine room with dark wood-panelled walls, a high roof, and an enormous corner terrace. Master Suite Seveso is its feminine counterpart, with floor-length coral curtains, dreamily beachy artworks, lime-washed beams, rafters and floorboards, and wonderful views of the plains. Book the Trujillo Suite if you’re into nudes – that’s all we’re saying.
Packing tips
Chills do come at night, so be prepared to layer up for sunset strolls. Bring your iPod so you can make musical use of the in-room docking stations.
Also
Horse riders and polo players will be in their element: there’s a stable of ponies and playing fields on site. If you’ve never played before, lessons are easy to arrange.
