Belmont House (Montevideo)

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Belmont House
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LocationAvenida Rivera in Carrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Coordinates 34°53′16″S56°3′42″W / 34.88778°S 56.06167°W / -34.88778; -56.06167
Opening1995
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Number of rooms24

Belmont House is a boutique hotel, located on the Avenida Rivera in Carrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay. [1] It is set amidst gardens, has 24 rooms and suites and is served by the Restaurant Allegro. Belmont House retains the feel of an aristocratic home in Montevideo, [2] with its lavish furnishings, and rooms with rich and colorful linens, two and four posters beds, marble bathrooms and Jacuzzis.

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References

  1. "Home". Belmont House. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  2. Shawn Blore; Alexandra de Vries; Eliot Greenspan; Haas Mroue; Michael Luongo; Charlie O'Malley; Kristina Schreck; Neil E. Schlecht (2003). Frommer's South America (3 ed.). Frommer's, John Wiley and Sons. pp. 686–92. ISBN   0-471-77897-4.