Mendoza hotels have managed to capitalise, referring to touristic highlights, the history of Mendoza city, booming of starring events, in spite of having a shorter life than other metropolises, like precedential European capitals. At the moment of choosing to come to Mendoza, holidaymakers will witness at all turn vestiges the history of both the colonial era and the pre-Columbian history. Like all cities of the America, Mendoza story unfolds from the XVI century, more precisely from 1561, when it was first constituted by Pedro del Castillo. The first place of the founding is based in what is now Guaymallén zone. The just created was part of the Captaincy of Chile by the Viceroy of Peru.

In 1562 it was shifted to its today emplacement and re-established, this time by Juan Jufré. At the commencement of its institutional life, Mendoza was more related to Chile and the Viceroyalty of Peru, but as time passed, relations with Buenos Aires and the Viceroyalty of Río de la Plataintensified. The local indweller always had a close relationship with the clan of Huarpes, the local Aboriginal tribe. Undoubtedly, this exceptional fact contributed to achieve a peaceful development and sustained growth, unlike other cities that were constantly struggling with the natives, pushing a uninterrupted contend, with the consequent drainage on resources and human lives.

The concrete cause for this new association with Buenos Aires was the importance that this administration paid to the many passageways through the Andes that Mendoza has. The fall of the Viceroy Cisneros, and the origin of Argentina independence just graded the supreme marriage of the new land and the rising province of Mendoza. At this time, Mendoza started to have a function in the country's history.

Gradually, Mendoza was shaping a present as a tourist destination of excellence. The unique features of the topography of the province have created spectacular natural scenery that have managed to be exploited for the reception of thousands of tourists on a yearly basis are turning en masse to one of the many natural scenarios that Mendoza offers. In addition, the urban centers of Mendoza have a extraordinary aspect, which grants the particular way it has strained to fight the drouth in semi-arid weather of the region: the building of 100s of miles of canals whose mission is to fetch the essential element where irrigation is demanded. Mendoza hotels cover a large range of possible actions, bidding a budget for each requirement so that no one is left without seeing a site with so many natural and historic highlights.