The Singular Patagonia

Character and identity

Set on the Ultima Esperanza Sound outside Puerto Natales, The Singular occupies a 1915 sheep-processing plant declared a national monument in the 1990s. The conversion is unusually honest: exposed brick, industrial pipework, a funicular linking the reception level to the main building below, and intact machinery spaces left as found. The 57 rooms are simply furnished and built around wall-sized windows facing the sound. There is a two-storey restaurant working with lamb, guanaco, king crab and conger eel, a clubby bar pouring strong pisco sours, an indoor-outdoor pool, and a spa with a sauna looking onto the water. Service runs warm but unfussy.

Who's it for

Bottom line

What sets this place apart is the collision between rugged industrial bones and the wind-scoured fjord outside; the building itself is half the experience, and that texture is what you are paying for. Book any room with confidence as all share the same sound view, take a half-board rate if excursions will keep you out all day, and budget for at least three nights to make the trek logistics worthwhile.