Hotel Tronador History - Bariloche

First Hotel Tronador in 1929	Don Benito Vereertbrugghen	Hotel Tronador in 1935

In the year 1912 Benito Vereertbrugghen, our grandfather, of Belgian origin, the son of a well known medical pioneer who worked in Bariloche and the surrounding rural zone, settled in the "Valle de los Vuriloche" on the edge of Lake Mascardi and began a cattle business.

With the arrival of the first tourists to the area in 1929, he extended his house, thus creating a hotel which could cater for up to 10 guests.

In 1933 the original hotel was destroyed by fire, and a new building was constructed on a more suitable site, where it stands today.

In 1959 our parents José Benito and Beatriz continue with the family hotel business starting a new phase of remodeling the hotel and updating its facilities to keep the pace with the new tourist standards.

In the early 1980s the younger generation joins the family hotel business starting with new activities, specially those oriented to adventure tourism and reorganizing the hotel services in order to improve them.

The hotel has a privileged site, in the Nahuel Huapi National Park. The surroundings are extraordinarily beautiful, with sizable lakes, rivers, waterfalls and mountains. This paradise for the tourist is ideal for fishing, adventure tourism and peaceful relaxation.

The Tronador Hotel is 60 km (37 miles) from downtown Bariloche and 25 km (15 miles) from Mount Tronador, which at 3554 m. (approx. 11000') above sea level, is the highest point in the National Park.

Vereertbrugghen family

 

José Vereertbrugghen - 'Don Pepe'		Beatriz de Vereertbrugghen
Benito Vereertbrugghen - 'Benny'	Cristina de Vereertbrugghen		Susana de Vereertbrugghen
Alejandro Vereertbrugghen	Martin Vereertbrugghen		Sonia Vereertbrugghen
Sebastián Vereertbrugghen	José Emanuel Vereertbrugghen		Diana Vereertbrugghen

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