Accommodation
Villa Catedral Lodging
The village at
Cerro Catedral provides about 5,000 beds including hotels, apartments, cabanas and houses. Some of the hotels are in the heart of the commercial part of the village opposite the lifts and only a very short walk to the lifts, whilst many of the houses in the outer part of the village are located a decent walk from the lifts.
The village is not integrated with the ski area so there’s only one hotel that provides ski-in ski-out accommodation, and that’s only when there’s adequate snow cover at the base.
Cerro Catedral Hotels
The ski-in ski-out honour goes to Pire Hue Lodge, a delightful 5 star hotel with great facilities located next to the sextuple lift (a high speed lift that provides access to the upper part of the mountain). Hotel rooms include doubles and junior suites, and Pire Hue also has 2 and 3 room apartments. A standard double room starts at US$490 per night during mid season and a junior suite is US$800 per night during mid season (2011 rates).
Hotel Knapp is also really well located, just 50 metres from the gondola. This 3 star hotel has doubles, triples and quad rooms as well as apartment type rooms with 2 bedrooms. In peak season there is usually the requirement for a minimum 7 night stay. Rates are approximately US$152 per night for a standard double room (2011 rates).
Super Resort Cerro Catedral is located a 5 minute walk from the lifts. This hotel complex offers a range of room types and good facilities.
Alternatively for Cerro Catedral accommodation, click on the “get a quote” button in the right hand column.
Staying at Cerro Catedral vs Bariloche
Staying on-mountain at Cerro Catedral has the great advantage of easy access to the slopes, so serious skiers and boarders should probably stay on-mountain. Families may also prefer to stay on-mountain to avoid traipsing the family and all their gear up and down the mountain each day.
The other option is to stay down in town in a
Bariloche hotel. There are lots of hotels and inexpensive hosterias and hostels in downtown Bariloche, as well as lodgings out of town overlooking the lake. The advantage of staying in Bariloche is a greater range of shops, restaurants, and bars than Villa Catedral (although Villa Catedral probably has enough of these for the average visitor) so party animals may prefer to stay in Bariloche. Bariloche also has a few more alternative activities to skiing and snowboarding.
A potential downside of staying in
Bariloche may be the time and cost involved with travelling to and from Cerro Catedral each day. Self-driving with a rental car or taxis or remises are a really easy way to commute to Cerro Catedral, but these are a little costly. The other option is the public buses which are cheap, but they are generally crowded and sometimes you won’t be able to get on the bus and have to wait an hour for the next service.
If you’re looking for a quality Bariloche hotel, check out the
Edelweiss Hotel.