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Tierra Atacama Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

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Location Calle Séquitor s/n, Ayllú de Yaye, Around Town
Phone 55/555977 (local), 800/829-5325 in the US
Web site www.tierraatacama.com
Room Information 32 units
Prices All-inclusive rates (including excursions, meals, open bar, and transfer from Calama), double occupancy, per person: 3 nights $990 (£660); 5 nights $1,525 (£1,016); 6 nights $1,785 (£1,190). Reduced rates available for children and teens
Credit Cards AE, DC, MC, V

Tierra Atacama Review

This all-inclusive retreat, a 10-minute walk from the center of San Pedro, is the modernist alter ego of the Portillo ski resort. A more holistic approach is at the center of the Purcell family philosophy here and they have utilized natural materials to create a strikingly austere modernist design that blends harmoniously with the landscape. Guest rooms are painted with soft cream and earth tones and are decorated with crushed seashells and local artesania. Some of the rooms have four-poster beds. Sheaths of glass framed with steel provide picture window views of the Licancabur volcano (request a room facing east), and each room has a delightful private bamboo patio. The cuisine, a daily set menu, is superb and many of the ingredients are grown in the hotel's 10-acre garden. In many ways the hotel feels like a luxury commune and guests are encouraged to kick off their shoes and mingle in the lounge area, bar, and library.

Facilities:
Restaurant; bar; outdoor pool; Jacuzzi; sauna; spa; mountain bikes; babysitting; laundry service

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.



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