Downtown’s nearly new Lennox Hotel (San Martín 776, tel./fax 02901/43-6430, www.lennoxhotel.com.ar, US$228 s or d) has midsized rooms with either Beagle Channel or mountain views, but even with amenities such as whirlpool baths and Wi-Fi it’s hard to think it’s worth more than double the price of, say, Hotel César. It also follows the dubious practice of charging foreigners more than Argentines.

The interior is more impressive than the surprisingly plain exterior at the luxury Hotel del Glaciar (Luis Martial 2355, tel. 02901/43-0640, www.hoteldelglaciar.com, US$209–219 s or d). At Km 3.5 on the road to the Martial Glacier, each room has either a mountain view or an ocean view (which is slightly more expensive), but it’s questionable whether staffing is sufficient for a hotel of its category—and price.

About four kilometers west of downtown, in a still-developing neighborhood that’s mostly residential, family-run Hostería Tierra de Leyendas (Tierra de Vientos 2448, tel. 02901/44-3565, www.tierradeleyendas.com.ar, US$189–229 s or d) is a new five-room boutique hotel with expansive views of the Beagle Channel. There are plans to add no more than two additional rooms. Owner Sebastián García Cosoleto, who cooked for eight years at the Buenos Aires Marriott Plaza Hotel, is also chef of its French-influenced restaurant (open for dinner only, reservations obligatory for nonguests).

At Km 3 on the glacier road, the Hotel y Resort Las Hayas (Luis Martial 1650, tel. 02901/43-0710, www.lashayas.com.ar, US$264–356 s or d) enjoys nearly all conceivable luxuries, including an elaborate buffet breakfast, a gym, a sauna, a hot tub, and a heated indoor pool; it picks up guests at the airport and offers a regular shuttle to and from downtown. Behind its surprisingly utilitarian exterior, some of its 93 rooms and suites suffer from hideous decor—the wallpaper is to cringe at—but all are comfortable, and its staff members are highly professional.