Bathing Beauties: Gorgeous Hotel in Buenos Aires Features Stunning Wine-Barrels Doors and Fallen-Trees Bathtubs

Gorgeous Hotel in Buenos Aires Features Stunning Wine-Barrels Doors and Fallen-Trees Bathtubs

Closer look at the 20 ft. recycled oak door at Mio Hotel Buenos Aires Photo

Mio Buenos Aires is a newish luxury hotel in the Argentine capital opened by César Catena, owner of the Alfredo Catena winery and cousin to the owner of the famous Catena Zapata label.

That close relationship with the wine industry explains some of Mio’s features. Among them, the doors made with recycled wood coming from French oak wine barrels (the one from the entrance, 20 feet tall), and the private cellars with red, white and sparkling varieties present in each of the 30 rooms.

Entrance to hotel Mio Buenos Aires looking at the 20 ft. recycled oak door Photo

The recycled oak doors at the rooms' entrances Photo

Somewhat related are also the beautifully crafted bathtubs, each one carved by artist Mario Dasso from fallen calden trees (according to Clarin, from a fire that took place in one of the owner’s farms).

Interior of the rooms, filled with natural light and with bathtubs carved from fallen trees Photo

Closer look at the bathtubs carved from fallen calden trees Photo

Located in a building owned by the family at the posh neighborhood of Recoleta, the hotel is sold as “a mixture between luxury, high tech functionality and well being.” Glass, cotton, oak, steel, marble and silk are some of the materials that were used thorough the hotel to communicate this.

Apart from the recycled and noble materials, the rooms were designed without inner walls to increase the presence of natural light, and a vertical garden surrounds the dining room.