On the hillside, the contemporary Martín Fierro B&B (9 de Julio 175, tel. 02901/43-0525, www.martinfierrobyb.com.ar, US$37 s, US$53 d) has two bunks in each of several small but well-designed rooms with shared baths. Host Javier Jury has created tasteful common areas that are simultaneously spacious and cozy, and the breakfast is varied and filling; the tiny shower stalls, though, make bathing with a friend impossible without being really intimate. Two downstairs “apart-hotel” rooms (US$53 s, US$74 d), with separate kitchens, sleep up to four people each.

Only a short walk from downtown, in an oasis neighborhood of sheltered gardens, Galeazzi-Basily B&B (Gobernador Valdés 323, tel. 2901/42-3213, www.avesdelsur.com.ar, US$37 s, US$52 d, with shared bath; US$69 s or d with private bath) is a comfortable family house that also has exterior cabañas. The hosts speak English fluently and are a great source of information on the rest of the island, including Estancia Harberton.

Pueblo Viejo (Deloqui 242, tel. 02901/43-2098, www.puebloviejo.info, US$60 d with shared bath) is a B&B built on the foundations of an early Ushuaia house; replicating the traditional Magellanic style, it has added innovative contemporary touches. The street level rooms are more luminous than their semi-basement counterparts.

Responsive Hostería América (Gobernador Paz 1665, tel. 02901/42-3358, www.hosteriaamerica.com.ar, US$79 s, US$92 d) is a decent choice in a fine location above the Parque Paseo del Centenario.

Hostal Malvinas (Gobernador Deloqui 615, tel./fax 02901/42-2626, www.hostalmalvinas.net, US$70 s, US$80 d) provides simple but quiet and immaculate rooms with large baths and no frills—not even TV—but croissants and coffee are free all day.

Rehabbed Hotel César (Avenida San Martín 753, tel. 02901/42-1460, www.hotelcesarhostal.com.ar, US$58 s, US$87 d) has become one of the better values in a congested central area.

Just uphill from Martín Fierro, Hotel Austral (9 de Julio 250, tel. 02901/42-2223, www.hotel austral.com.ar, US$84 s, US$95 d) is a 10-room hotel with soaring, light-filled common areas that offer panoramic views of the Beagle Channel (at least until new constructions block them some years from now). Painted in pastels, the rooms themselves are spacious and comfortable.