{"type":"city","city":"Patagonia","citySlug":"patagonia","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/chile/patagonia","description":"The cold does something to design thinking in Patagonia. It narrows choices, strips away pretension, and forces architects and hoteliers to confront the question of shelter in its most fundamental terms. Against a landscape of granite towers, glacial lakes, and wind that rewrites the day's plans without warning, the two properties on this list arrive at very different answers to that question — one rooted in industrial heritage, the other in deliberate immersion.\n\nThe Singular Patagonia in Puerto Natales is housed in a former cold-storage and meat-processing plant dating to 1915, part of the now-dormant Puerto Bories complex on the shore of Ultima Esperanza Sound. The restoration work, led by the Chilean firm Mobil Arquitectos and completed in 2011, preserved the original steel structure, timber ceilings, and corrugated iron cladding while inserting a contemporary interior of warm leather, dark wood, and brushed metal. The result reads less as a boutique hotel and more as a serious architectural argument about material memory — about what happens when industrial scale meets considered domesticity. It functions well as a base for Torres del Paine: close enough to the park to make early starts viable, distinct enough from it to give guests a genuine sense of place beyond the trails.\n\nAwasi Patagonia operates on an entirely different logic. Set inside Torres del Paine National Park itself, the property consists of a small number of private villas connected to a central lodge, each positioned to frame a specific aspect of the landscape — a particular lake, a ridge line, the Towers themselves at a given hour of light. The design by Sofía von Ellrichshausen of Pezo von Ellrichshausen borrows from vernacular Patagonian structures — the low-slung, wind-resistant geometry of estancia buildings — without aestheticizing poverty or reaching for rustic cliché. The villas sit lightly, with board-and-batten exteriors that darken and weather and seem, over time, to belong. At this price point, what's being sold is exclusivity of access: a private guide, a private vehicle, and the sensation of moving through one of the world's more unforgiving natural environments with genuine support. Both properties reward travelers who understand that in Patagonia, design is not decoration — it is, in the most literal sense, what keeps the cold out.","provider":{"name":"PressBeyond","url":"https://pressbeyond.com","description":"PressBeyond provides AI-optimized hotel content with a consistent 5-image structure across its entire portfolio. 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That building — a cluster of red-roofed brick warehouses dating to 1915, operated by the Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego — was converted in 2011 into The Singular Patagonia, with Chilean architect Sebastián Irarrázaval responsible for the contemporary wing that extends the historic complex along the waterfront in board-formed concrete and full-height glazing.\n\nThe collision between those two registers is what gives the hotel its particular atmosphere. Inside the heritage brick warehouses, the lobby and bar preserve the original industrial scale — exposed steel columns, double-height brick walls, polished concrete floors — furnished with leather wingback chairs, brass lanterns, red damask sofas, and antique display cabinets that suggest a well-traveled explorer's study rather than a museum recreation. The 57 rooms in the new wing are altogether quieter: board-marked concrete ceilings, floor-to-ceiling sliding glass that opens the Strait directly into the room, corduroy-upholstered armchairs in earthy browns, and framed archival photographs of the pier that sits, still largely intact, just beyond the terrace. The spa carries the same language — raw concrete, a lap pool framed entirely by water and cloud — completing an interior argument that respects industry without romanticizing it.","snippet":"A 1915 Patagonian processing plant reimagined as a hotel with Irarrazaval's concrete wing and sound-facing rooms.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts exploring Patagonia","vibe":"Industrial-refined · remote","highlights":["1915 meat-processing plant converted by Irarrazaval","Rooms with floor-to-ceiling glass overlooking Última Esperanza Sound","Original industrial spaces: exposed steel, double-height brick, polished concrete"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$333","pricePerNightExclTax":"$333","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt8y591010785uwaemhsmxw1717078702419_437e430d-d070-46a6-b4f0-4b53f4aa53a5.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt8za7301ft85uwewrboh6t1717078668933_a37c4518-5fe3-4c3d-badd-674479d6bb6a.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt90f3y01vf85uwe8o980h21717078718927_2fbd38df-5066-4e0b-8ccf-c07c48072ad6.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt91jz102b185uwc2cf3qie1717078738008_1048f029-b9b4-4e74-8cf4-c46088c4fe06.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt92oo102qn85uwa4q6wy5v1717078685801_ecb72600-fc55-4c33-a9b6-46cbba2bc731.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at The Singular Patagonia, Puerto Bories Hotel — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"Awasi Patagonia","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/chile/patagonia/awasi-patagonia","city":"Patagonia","cityHeader":"Patagonia • Torres del Paine • OVER THE TOP","neighborhood":"Torres del Paine","designSummary":"Scattered like weathered field stations across the pampas grass below the Torres del Paine massif, the twelve villas of Awasi Patagonia are among the most architecturally honest responses to this landscape that hospitality design has produced. Chilean architect Felipe Assadi designed the structures using a black steel frame filled with horizontal silver-grey lenga timber cladding — a combination that echoes the materiality of traditional Patagonian estancia outbuildings while remaining unmistakably contemporary. Set on a private 17,000-hectare reserve, the pavilions are deliberately low, small in footprint, and dispersed widely enough that each feels entirely isolated against the backdrop of the Paine Horns and the blue distance of Lake Sarmiento.\n\nInside, every surface is clad in the same weathered timber used on the exterior — walls, ceilings, and floors wrapped in a single material that makes the architecture disappear in favour of the view. Casement windows are positioned with precision: a row of folding panels frames the granite towers directly from the bed, while the living areas arrange a wood-burning fireplace flanked by stacked log niches at the room's center, with deep sofas in denim-blue upholstery and tartan throws acknowledging the severity of Patagonian winters. The dining room in the central lodge building deploys the same timber envelope but opens an entire glazed wall toward the pampa, where dusty-rose linen chairs gather around long wooden refectory tables — a room that manages warmth without ever softening the wildness just outside the glass.","snippet":"Twelve timber-clad villas by Felipe Assadi on a private Patagonian reserve, designed to frame the Paine Horns.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts and landscape-focused travelers","vibe":"Minimalist-remote · austere","highlights":["Twelve villas by Felipe Assadi on 17,000-hectare private reserve","Black steel frames and lenga timber cladding echo estancia vernacular","Interior surfaces entirely clad in weathered timber; views frame Paine Horns from bed"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$1,967","pricePerNightExclTax":"$1,967","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt8z2kx01cx85uwrkdsfn2f1717078403633_68c1f180-375c-45c5-aa91-83274c7637db.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"Awasi Patagonia — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · Awasi Patagonia · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of Awasi Patagonia captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt907nd01sj85uwjqo7h7zc1717079378416_478da409-d40d-462b-8e91-0a2df5f1f65f.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"Awasi Patagonia — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · Awasi Patagonia · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at Awasi Patagonia, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt91cdk028585uwnesdze6m1717079380920_490f87a9-4d7a-4f14-80ea-51cf894d9bc8.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"Awasi Patagonia — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · Awasi Patagonia · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at Awasi Patagonia — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt92h8002nr85uwx6spr5fs1717079382694_fbf95796-48d0-4444-bb9e-f399d29f62bd.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"Awasi Patagonia — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · Awasi Patagonia · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at Awasi Patagonia, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt93lwt033d85uw9puk4urn1717078421036_a760a4c1-3d9d-443a-8266-a6e86a6d1825.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"Awasi Patagonia — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · Awasi Patagonia · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at Awasi Patagonia — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]}]}