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Country
Hotel and Resort.
Summary of Activities
The following is a summary of the activities developed
by Estancia “San Pedro de Timote”, Country
Hotel and Resort, in its two divisions: Country Resort,
and Convention Center.
Our country Hotel and
Resort
The Hotel offers accommodation in rooms with heating,
which were decorated taking into account our guests’
comfort. 5 main suites and 8 suites are placed in the
historical homestead (former home of Dr. Alberto Gallinal
and his family); we have another 21 rooms at the hostal
(Dr. Gallinal’s guesthouse).
The “estancia” (ranch)
has a recreational area with an air-conditioned indoor
swimming pool, two open-air swimming pools, a playroom
(including pool tables, table football and table tennis),
a Pub holding another billiard table and a bar, two
TV rooms (one of them having a 61” screen and
a DVD projector); we also have a significant amount
of videos and DVD films; for sport lovers we have a
tennis court, a basket ball court, a basketball field
and other recreation facilities.
The Hotel has a Catholic Chapel
for 150 people where the Mass, Marriages and Baptisms
are celebrated in a wonderful environment of full contact
with Nature. The service we provide includes a horse
driven carriage (“charret”) and all that
was usual in XIX-century traditional marriages.
We have added a dance-hall for
250 people so that Birthday, Anniversary and Marriage
parties may be also held at “San Pedro de Timote”.This
hall is located at the Convention Center, and it gives
a chance for parties or meetings of up to 500 guests
to be held at the different Convention Center levels.
A day in our country
life
A day at the Estancia begins with colonial breakfast.
Then those who wish so, can go riding on horseback or
on a cart pulled by a tractor to accompany the country
tasks carried out by our personnel on that day. We can
also go for walks according to a schedule, which depends
on the general profile of the guests present at the
Estancia.
Return to the homestead, gives
time enough to swim at the swimming pools, either indoors
or outdoors, according to the weather. Also practice
any sports on the various courts formerly mentioned,
or just relax on our well provided bar and Pub. After
lunch, free time, and according to the guest’s
wishes, a trip to the nearby arboretum can take place.
It’s also remarkable the
bush surrounding the Timote creek, with its native slow
growing species.
An afternoon snack is served.
This estancia has been for deadest a wild fauna sanctuary,
carefully preserved by us. Carpinchos, also known as
capybaras, (the biggest rodent on earth), wild boars,
foxes, ostriches, hares, three different species of
armadillos,etc. etc. etc. are commonly seen.
It should be underlined that,
although outings are scheduled, our guests are free
to choose resting and only resting, and enjoy de comfort
provided by our facilities. On Saturdays, good music
and candlelight accompanies dinner.
The restaurant
Our meals are served under the buffet system. We have
a wide variety of them that you will surely love; almost
all vegetables come from our greenhouse and from our
vegetable garden, where we practice a 100% organic farming.
This gives our products a clearly natural taste.
The same happens with our grass
fed beef and lamb, almost cholesterol free. Our pork
is the result or a fat free meat-producing crossbred.
Menus for lunch and dinner are
made of the following: Appetizer, varied entries, hot
courses including several options, salads and dessert,
plus coffee or tea.
Our kitchen shows an excellent
level and our gastronomic proposal will, no doubt, satisfy
you.
Our Aims
We are enhancing the quality of our services in an eco-hotel
management project that will reflect the current preservation-friendly
world trend.
We plan to promote the kind
of tourism naturally existing in Uruguay, which is becoming
relevant as a consequence of the ecological world trend.
It will turn Uruguay into a significant window to the
world due to our environments natural features.
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