Chapadmalal compound is an official retreat of the president of Argentina.
It is located on the southern coast of Mar del Plata, in the Buenos Aires Province, and serves as a summer residence.
Carlos Menem ordered several improvements, such as a fishing wharf, a higher pool and a shrine.
During the 2001 Argentine crisis, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá called a summit of governors to it, which was attended by only five; this lack of support led to his resignation.
Néstor and Cristina Kirchner did not use it, only their sons visited it on occasions.