Luxury dog-friendly hotels in Argentine Patagonia, Argentina

Like its Chilean counterpart, Argentine Patagonia is an expansive region home to volcano-fringed lakes, snow-capped mountains and alpine-style villages, which are sometimes populated by a surprising mix of nationalities. In mountainous Santa Cruz Province, you can gaze up at the craggy peaks near El Chalten and the mighty Perito Moreno Glacier, which creeps across a lake of cyan meltwater. In the lusher, greener north – often referred to as the lakes district – is San Carlos de Bariloche, a lakeside city surrounded by mountains in which you can ski, hike and climb. Scattered between the two are various small towns and villages, often with a markedly Alpine aesthetic and home to pockets of German, Swiss and Welsh immigrants.