Hillside Hotel Ushuaia (Lasserre 933, tel. 02901/43-0671, www.ushuaiahotel.com.ar, US$90 s, US$120 d, with breakfast) is a good value in its price range.

Only its busy location detracts from the bright and cheerful Hotel Cap Polonio (San Martín 746, tel. 02901/42-2131, www.hotelcappolonio.com.ar, US$120 s or d, with breakfast). All rooms are carpeted and have cable TV; the private baths have tubs as well as showers, and there’s a good restaurant confitería.

Though it’s not really a view hotel, the 30-room Mil 810 Ushuaia Hotel (25 de Mayo 245, tel. 02901/43-7710, www.hotel1810.com, US$101–149 s or d) is a central boutique hotel that occupies a prominent hillside site just a couple of blocks from the waterfront, close enough to walk everywhere but just beyond the congested center.

From its cul-de-sac perch, Hotel Posada Fueguina (Lasserre 438, tel. 02901/42-3467, www.posadafueguina.com.ar, US$116–182 s, US$182–234 d) offers awesome views along with cable TV and similar amenities. It has added cabañas to handle any overflow.

The spacious, rejuvenated Hotel Albatros (Avenida Maipú 505, tel. 02901/43-3446, www.albatroshotel.com.ar, US$195 s or d) is the pick of the waterfront accommodations.

In dense woods about 1.5 kilometers northeast of downtown, Patagonia Villa Lodge (Bahía Buen Suceso 563, tel. 02901/43-5937, www.patagoniavilla.com, US$200–240 s, US$260–300 d) has just five rooms in luminous semidetached cabins with a magnificently rustic architecture and comforts such as whirlpool tubs (in some, at least) and Wi-Fi. There is one double (US$110 s, US$130 d) that lacks significant natural light but suffers only by comparison with the others; elsewhere, it would count among the best in town. Owner Luciana Lupotti, a former Florida exchange student, speaks fluent English. Rates include airport pickup and drop-off.