2 Best Hotels in Coyhaique, The Southern Coast

Rooms at this hotel along the river (yet just four blocks from the town center) are simple, clean, and paneled in wood, while the salon is warmly decorated with Patagonian flair, with local antiques and a cozy, large fireplace. Request a second-floor room for a view of the Coyhaique River. The in-house restaurant, El Ovejero, serves delightfully presented regional dishes like lamb and salmon.

You realize how much attention has been paid to detail in this quaint lodging when the proprietor points out that the weather vane on the peak of the single turret is a copy of one at Chilean poet Pablo Neruda's home in Isla Negra. In the small but tasteful rooms, terra-cotta floors complement the rustic carved-pine beds, spread with nubby cream linens, and the inn's various nooks and crannies have plenty of wide windows and natural wood.