This interactive map of Ushuaia (Argentina) brings together 129 hand-picked places: 46 attractions, 37 restaurants, 22 cafés and 24 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
Tap a route to see it drawn on the map, stop by stop.
Prison · must-seeMaritime & Prison Museum
Museo Marítimo y del Presidio de Ushuaia · Centro
The world's southernmost penitentiary, five wings of cell-by-cell museum.
Tip: Your ticket is valid two consecutive days: get it stamped at Mesa de Entrada on the way out and come back.
🚇 A 14-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Fuegian historyEnd of the World Museum
Museo del Fin del Mundo · Maipú 173
Southern birds, shipwrecks and Selk'nam and Yámana objects in the old Banco Nación house.
Tip: One ticket covers two buildings: this one and the Antigua Casa de Gobierno, four blocks up Maipú.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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1890 mansionOld Government House
Antigua Casa de Gobierno · Maipú 465
The 1890 governor's residence, second branch of the End of the World Museum.
Tip: Guided tours here run at different times from Maipú 173: ask for both schedules before you walk over.
🚇 A 4-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Indigenous peoplesYámana Museum
Museo Yámana · Rivadavia 56
Exquisite dioramas on how the Yámana lived naked by the fire, in bark canoes.
Tip: It is small and takes 40 minutes: save it for a windy day — here the wind decides the plan.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Pioneer house · freeCasa Beban
Antigua Casa Beban · Maipú y Plüschow
A 1913 Swedish catalogue house, dismantled and rebuilt facing the sea as a culture centre.
Tip: Step in to see which show is up: the programme changes often and rarely makes the guidebooks.
🚇 A 14-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Memory · freeThinking Malvinas Museum
Museo Pensar en Malvinas · Costa del Polideportivo
A sober, serious museum on the 1982 war told from the province that claims the islands.
Tip: It is half a block from the fallen soldiers' memorial: do both and you see why this is not abstract here.
🚇 A 17-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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The photo · freeEnd of the World Sign
Cartel «Ushuaia, Fin del Mundo» · Muelle turístico
The obligatory photo: the sign over the bay with the Beagle Channel and the peaks behind.
Tip: At 8am it is empty and the low southern light is best; by noon there is a cruise-passenger queue.
🚇 A 2-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Boat hub · trendingTourist Pier
Muelle Turístico · Av. Prefectura Naval
Everything leaves from here: catamarans to the Beagle Channel, the lighthouse and Martillo Island's penguins.
Tip: The walk among penguins on Martillo Island is run by one licensed operator with a small daily quota: it sells out weeks ahead, season October to April.
🚇 A 2-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Antarctica · season openPort of Ushuaia
Puerto de Ushuaia · Dirección Provincial de Puertos
The gateway to Antarctica: almost every expedition ship in the world sails from this quay.
Tip: The 2026/27 season is already open: over 570 ship movements are scheduled through April across some 72 vessels. December and January are the busiest.
🚇 A 4-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Birding · freeBahía Encerrada
Bahía Encerrada · Reserva natural urbana
A saltwater lagoon inside the city where upland geese, steamer ducks and sometimes swans stop.
Tip: The boardwalk takes 25 minutes and the migratory birds arrive in October: bring binoculars, not a phone camera.
🚇 A 15-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Main drag · trendingAvenida San Martín
Avenida San Martín · Casco céntrico
The street that is the whole city: chocolate, wool, tour desks and shopfronts one block from the sea.
Tip: It runs on a gentle slope parallel to the sea: walk down San Martín and back along Maipú by the water, repeating nothing.
🚇 A 2-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Tourist trainEnd of the World Station
Estación del Fin del Mundo · Ruta Nacional 3
The steam train that retraces the route convicts took to fetch firewood leaves from here.
Tip: No city bus reaches the station: come by taxi, remise or the agency transfer, and book it with your ticket.
🚇 About 8 km from the tourist pier along the waterfront: taxi, remise or city bus.
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End of the lineNational Park Station
Estación Parque Nacional · PN Tierra del Fuego
Where the train actually ends: inside the park, but nowhere near Lapataia.
Tip: The classic mistake: the train does NOT reach Lapataia and does NOT include the park fee, paid separately. Without a booked transfer you are stuck here.
🚇 About 11 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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New chairlift · trendingCerro Martial
Cerro Martial · Base del complejo
The city's own mountain: in June 2026 its chairlift came back after fifteen years idle.
Tip: The old chairlift was out of service from 2011: today's is a 1,400 m Swiss quad opened on 19 June 2026. Check the day's hours — wind changes them.
🚇 About 4 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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Short trekMartial Glacier
Glaciar Martial · 1.050 m s.n.m.
The ice you can see from downtown, at the top of a climb of loose scree and wind.
Tip: From the base it is a solid hour's climb; the chairlift saves the first stretch but not the last, which is the steep one.
🚇 About 7 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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View · freeMartial Glacier Viewpoint
Mirador Glaciar Martial · Sendero alto
The balcony over the glacial cirque, with the city and the Beagle at your feet.
Tip: In October there is still firn on the last stretch: do not climb in street shoes, it is slippery.
🚇 About 7 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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Forest · freeLouis Martial Reserve
Área Natural Protegida Louis Martial · Camino al glaciar
Protected lenga and ñire forest right on the glacier road, with short signposted trails.
Tip: It is the only way to see mature Fuegian forest without paying a fee or leaving town.
🚇 About 3 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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End of Route 3Lapataia Bay
Bahía Lapataia · PN Tierra del Fuego
Where Route 3 ends against the water and the American continent genuinely runs out.
Tip: The boardwalk over the peat bog is short and flat: doable in rain, and the moss turns fluorescent when wet.
🚇 About 18 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Landmark · freeEnd of National Route 3
«Aquí finaliza la Ruta Nac. N.º 3» · Lapataia
The sign that says 3,079 km to Buenos Aires and 17,848 to Alaska.
Tip: It is 300 m from the Lapataia car park: on a tour, ask for the extra ten minutes or they drive past.
🚇 About 18 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Southern shoreEnsenada Zaratiegui Bay
Bahía Ensenada Zaratiegui · PN Tierra del Fuego
The shingle beach facing Redonda and Estorbo islands, the open Beagle in front.
Tip: It is the start of the Senda Costera: arrive early, walk the 8 km to Lago Acigami and get picked up there.
🚇 About 12 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Icon · status uncertainEnd of the World Post Office
Unidad Postal Fin del Mundo · Bahía Ensenada
The red hut on the jetty where end-of-the-world passports were stamped for decades.
Tip: Careful: it is not in Lapataia but at Bahía Ensenada, and it has opened erratically for years — listed as closed since 2024. The sure, free 'End of the World' stamp is at the tourist office by the pier.
🚇 About 12 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Trek · 4 hCoastal Trail
Senda Costera · PN Tierra del Fuego
Eight km hugging the Beagle Channel through Yámana shell middens, forest and shingle beaches.
Tip: The shell mounds beside the trail are Yámana middens thousands of years old: do not step on them or take shells.
🚇 About 15 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Peat bog · 20 minLaguna Negra
Laguna Negra · PN Tierra del Fuego
Tea-coloured water from the peat bog's tannins, with a boardwalk over the sphagnum moss.
Tip: The moss grows barely 1 mm a year: this bog is thousands of years old, which is why the whole loop is boardwalk.
🚇 About 19 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Invasive wildlifeBeaver Dam Lookout
La castorera · Lapataia
The beaver dam: a species brought from Canada in 1946 that ate the Fuegian forest.
Tip: Beavers are crepuscular: unless you come at dawn or dusk you will see the dam, not the animal.
🚇 About 19 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Lake · borderLago Acigami (Roca)
Lago Roca / Acigami · PN Tierra del Fuego
A binational lake with a stony beach: the far shore is already Chile.
Tip: Acigami is the Yámana name and the official one since 2015: ask for 'Lago Roca' and they will understand, but the signs say Acigami.
🚇 About 17 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Demanding trekCerro Guanaco Trail
Sendero Cerro Guanaco · PN Tierra del Fuego
The park's hard climb: 973 m above sea level of peat, roots and, at the top, the whole Beagle.
Tip: Rangers will not let you start after midday: it is 8 hours round trip and the last stretch is pure mud.
🚇 About 17 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Interpretation · freeMaiá-Kú Interpretation Hall
Sala de Interpretación Maiá-Kú · Lago Acigami
The park's interpretation hall: geology, beavers, forest and first peoples in one stop.
Tip: Come here BEFORE you walk: what they explain about the peat bog and the beaver changes everything you see after.
🚇 About 17 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Star hike · trendingLaguna Esmeralda Trail
Sendero Laguna Esmeralda · Ruta 3 km 18
Ushuaia's most sought-after hike: 9 km round trip to a fluorescent-green meltwater lagoon.
Tip: It is 220 m of climb and 4-5 hours, but the climb is not the problem: in October the mid-trail peat bog is knee-deep mud and there is snow at the end. Waterproof boots or skip it.
🚇 About 15 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Lighthouse · by boatLes Éclaireurs Lighthouse
Faro Les Éclaireurs · Canal Beagle
The striped tower on a bare islet, raised in 1920 and always unmanned.
Tip: It is not Jules Verne's 'lighthouse at the end of the world' — that one is San Juan de Salvamento on Isla de los Estados, 200 km away. And nobody lands here: catamarans circle it and turn back.
🚇 About 16 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Sailing · trendingBeagle Channel
Canal Beagle · Paso marítimo austral
The strait named after Darwin's ship, with sea lions, cormorants and albatrosses.
Tip: The short 3-hour sailing runs year-round; in October the channel gets rough in the afternoon — take the morning departure.
🚇 About 17 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Ski · closed todayCerro Castor
Cerro Castor · Ruta 3 km 26
The world's southernmost ski resort, with South America's longest season.
Tip: The 2026 season closed on Sunday 4 October: no skiing today. It reopens in July. If you are here now, the valley still works on foot or by bike.
🚇 About 21 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Valley · adventureTierra Mayor
Tierra Mayor · Valle de Tierra Mayor
The valley of the winter centres: dog sledding in winter, walks and horse rides the rest of the year.
Tip: They stay open without snow: in spring sleds give way to snowshoe walks along the bog edge and horse rides.
🚇 About 17 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Huskies · with kidsHusky Park Ushuaia
Husky Park · Valle de Tierra Mayor
A Siberian husky kennel where you meet the sled dogs even when there is no snow.
Tip: In spring the sled runs on wheels instead of runners: the kids will not notice and neither will the dogs.
🚇 About 16 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Beavers · freeTierra Mayor Beaver Dam
Castorera · Valle de Tierra Mayor
Dams and gnawed trees right off Route 3, with no park fee.
Tip: It is the closest accessible beaver dam to town and costs nothing: a real alternative if you skip the national park.
🚇 About 19 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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View · freeCarbajal Valley Lookout
Mirador Valle Carbajal · Ruta 3
The bend where Route 3 suddenly opens onto an entire glacial valley.
Tip: It is on the road to Tierra Mayor: ask the shuttle driver to stop, almost all of them do.
🚇 About 11 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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GatewayMalvinas Argentinas Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia Malvinas Argentinas (USH) · Península
A runway on the peninsula, with one of the continent's most photogenic approaches.
Tip: Ask for a left-side window arriving from the north: you come straight in over the Beagle with Olivia on the right.
🚇 About 4 km from the tourist pier along the waterfront: taxi, remise or city bus.
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Church · freeUshuaia Parish Church
Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la Merced · Av. San Martín
The Salesian parish downtown, heir to the mission that founded the city.
Tip: The Salesians arrived before the prison: the neighbourhood still called La Misión, by the water, is named for them.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Memory · freeMalvinas Heroes Memorial
Plaza Islas Malvinas · Costanera
The 1982 fallen soldiers' memorial facing the sea, every name engraved.
Tip: Ushuaia was a logistics base in the war: this is not an imported memorial — the aircraft left and returned from here.
🚇 A 5-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Monument · freeDC-3 Cabo de Hornos
DC-3 5-T-22 «Cabo de Hornos» · Costanera
The Naval Aviation aircraft mounted on the waterfront, memory of the southern airlift.
Tip: It sits on the Bahía Encerrada walk: twenty flat minutes on foot from the centre.
🚇 A 21-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Urban forest · freeYatana Forest
Reserva Natural Urbana Bosque Yatana · Centro
A block of old lenga trees saved from development downtown, with sculptures among them.
Tip: Neighbours defended it for years: it is the only native forest left inside town and entry is free.
🚇 A 15-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Lookout · freeCentenary Park
Parque Centenario · Barrio La Misión
The hillside park above town, with the best free lookout in the centre.
Tip: The climb is steep but short: from up there the whole bay and the Antarctic ships fit in one frame.
🚇 A 11-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Walk · freeFique Footbridge
Pasarela Prefecto Fique · Bahía Encerrada
The wooden footbridge across Bahía Encerrada linking the centre to the long waterfront.
Tip: At October sunset the bay goes mirror-flat and the Martial reflects whole: the city's best spot at that hour.
🚇 A 12-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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High lookout · trendingArakur & Cerro Alarkén
Arakur Ushuaia · Reserva Cerro Alarkén
A clifftop hotel with its own nature reserve and open trails above the bay.
Tip: The Alarkén reserve trails can be walked without staying: let reception know and you can go up.
🚇 About 4 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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Stamp · freePier Tourist Office
Oficina Turística Municipal · Av. Prefectura Naval 470
The official booth where they stamp your end-of-the-world passport, free and without fuss.
Tip: Here the stamp is free and guaranteed. At the Bahía Ensenada post hut they may charge you in dollars, and it has not opened reliably in years.
🚇 A 2-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Shuttles · transportBus Terminal
Terminal de Ómnibus de Ushuaia · Av. Maipú
The tiny terminal where the shuttles to the national park and Laguna Esmeralda leave from.
Tip: Shuttles to the park leave every half hour in the morning and the last one returns mid-afternoon: confirm the return time BEFORE you board, not after.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Culture · freeHouse of Culture
Casa de la Cultura de Ushuaia · Av. Maipú
Theatre, exhibitions and local music on the waterfront, free programming most weeks.
Tip: Check the month's listings: October starts the season cycle and most shows are pay-what-you-can.
🚇 A 19-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Fine dining · most bookedKalma Restó
Kalma Restó · Centro
Jorge Monopoli's Fuegian tasting kitchen: king crab, lamb and forest mushrooms over ten courses.
Tip: Few tables and one seating a night: book the moment you have dates, not on arrival.
🚇 A 16-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Classic · king crabKaupé
Kaupé · Barrio alto, sobre la bahía
The classic with a view: plain king crab and black hake in a house with a window onto the Beagle.
Tip: Ask for a window table and go early: in October the sun sets around eight and the view is half the dinner.
🚇 A 13-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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French · viewChez Manu
Chez Manu · Camino al Glaciar Martial
French technique on Fuegian seafood, up the glacier road, with the best panorama in town.
Tip: It is up the glacier road, out of the centre: take a taxi and arrange a fixed pickup — nothing passes at night.
🚇 About 3 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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Historic house · crabVolver
Volver · Av. Maipú, costanera
An 1896 tin house papered in old newspapers where king crab has been served forever.
Tip: The newspapers on the walls come from the old town's wreckage: read the dates while you wait for the starter.
🚇 A 8-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Traditional · fishTía Elvira
Tía Elvira · Av. Maipú 349
One of the city's oldest: king crab, black hake and white tablecloths facing the sea.
Tip: Closed Sundays and packed with tour groups in season: go midweek at eight, not ten.
🚇 A 4-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Lamb · classicBodegón Fueguino
Bodegón Fueguino · Av. San Martín 859
An 1896 pioneer house turned tavern: Fuegian lamb casserole and winter stews.
Tip: The lamb here falls under the Cordero Patagónico Geographical Indication covering Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego: there is no separate 'Fuegian' GI.
🚇 A 7-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Historic · bakeryEl Almacén Ramos Generales
El Almacén Ramos Generales · Av. Maipú 749
A 1906 general store that is café, French bakery and museum at once.
Tip: The hot chocolate and sourdough are the real reason: lunch is fine, breakfast is the move.
🚇 A 8-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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View · pastaMaría Lola Resto
María Lola Resto · Deloqui 1048
Market cooking behind a long window over the bay, with daily house-made pasta.
Tip: There are six window tables and they are not phone-bookable: show up at 12:30 and ask at the door.
🚇 A 4-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Spit roast · lambLa Estancia
Parrilla La Estancia · Av. San Martín 253
Spit-roast lamb turning in the window: San Martín avenue's carnivorous postcard.
Tip: The spit lamb runs on a clock, not on order: ask when the next batch comes off before you sit.
🚇 A 7-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Grill · regionalChristopher
Christopher · Av. Maipú 828
Grill and regional cooking with proper linen in a house with a balcony over the waterfront.
Tip: Best value per plate near the pier and rarely full: the trick is it sits on the upper side of the street.
🚇 A 8-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Wine · corner spotCasimiro Biguá
Casimiro Biguá · Av. San Martín 663
Restaurant and wine shop on a historic corner, with a long list of Argentine labels.
Tip: The wine shop next door sells the same bottles at retail: buy there and pay corkage.
🚇 A 3-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Seafood · fair priceEl Viejo Marino
El Viejo Marino · Av. Maipú 227
Seafood without posturing: the centre's most honest king crab and a short daily fish list.
Tip: Here the king crab comes picked, not stacked: half the price and exactly the same animal.
🚇 A 5-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Beagle shellfishLa Casa de los Mariscos
La Casa de los Mariscos · Av. Maipú
King crab, mussels and cholga from the Beagle, served plainly half a block from the pier.
Tip: The provincial king crab closed season runs 1 March to 30 June: in October the Beagle crab is in season, not frozen. Ask anyway.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Cantina · big platesLa Cantina Fueguina de Freddy
La Cantina Fueguina de Freddy · Av. San Martín
A neighbourhood cantina with big fish plates and the cheapest king crab on the avenue.
Tip: Portions serve two: order one and two plates before they bring two and half goes back.
🚇 A 5-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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House beer · trendingTaberna del Viejo Lobo
Taberna Viejo Lobo · Av. Maipú
A dark-wood brewpub with house beers and a board of Fuegian smoked fish.
Tip: Order the smoked board with the stout: the smoked trout and black hake here are genuinely local, not imported.
🚇 A 7-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Sunset · beerKüar Resto Bar
Küar Resto Bar · Av. Perito Moreno, al este
A glass shed on the Beagle's stones: house beer and the sunset head-on.
Tip: In October the sun sets near eight: book for seven and ask for the far glass table.
🚇 About 2 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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Pub · downtownKuar 1900
Kuar 1900 · Av. San Martín
Küar's downtown outpost: the same beer, without the trip out east.
Tip: If the wind kills the coastal sunset plan, this is the replacement two blocks from the pier.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Contemporary · trendingPaso Garibaldi Restobar
Paso Garibaldi Restobar · Av. Maipú
Contemporary Fuegian cooking on the waterfront, short menu that turns with the season.
Tip: One of the few that swaps the menu on 1 October: spring brings in mushrooms and new-season lamb.
🚇 A 9-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Food hall · stallsEl Mercado Ushuaia
El Mercado Ushuaia · Av. San Martín
A market format with several stalls under one roof and Fuegian produce on display.
Tip: Best option when nobody in the group agrees: everyone eats their own and pays separately.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Cheap · localDoña Lupita
Doña Lupita · Av. San Martín
Neighbourhood pizza and empanadas, packed with locals and priced like it.
Tip: The lamb empanadas run out before nine: if you go late, phone ahead and collect.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Disc cooking · criolloIsabel Cocina al Disco
Isabel cocina al disco · Av. Maipú
Plough-disc cooking: lamb, chicken and vegetables seared hard on iron.
Tip: The disc cooks in front of you and takes time: order while you have a drink, not once you are hungry.
🚇 A 4-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Ramen · trendingDoran Doran
Doran Doran · Av. San Martín
Ramen and Korean cooking at the end of the world, broth that earns its keep in this cold.
Tip: Small and no bookings: at nine there is a queue on the pavement, and in October that means ten degrees and wind.
🚇 A 7-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Vegan · trendingIsla Vegana
Isla Vegana · Centro
The vegan option at the end of the world, in a city built around lamb.
Tip: It is practically the only full vegan menu in town: if you travel meat-free, note it before you arrive.
🚇 A 4-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Tavern · no touristsEl Turco
El Turco · Av. San Martín 1410
Enormous milanesas and empanadas in the tavern locals have always chosen.
Tip: It sits at the far end of the avenue, past the shop windows: that is why the prices and the portions are different.
🚇 A 5-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Only one in the parkAlakush
Centro de Visitantes Alakush · PN Tierra del Fuego
The only restaurant inside the national park, at the head of Lago Acigami.
Tip: If you enter the park in the morning, this is the only hot food, toilet and roof on the whole circuit.
🚇 About 17 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Pub · lateDublín Irish Pub
Dublín Irish Pub · Av. 9 de Julio
The pub that is always there, still open when everything else at the end of the world has shut.
Tip: Antarctic ship crews cross paths here before sailing: in season the back table tells better stories than any museum.
🚇 A 8-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Taps · rotatingThe Birra
The Birra · Av. San Martín
A small taproom with rotating Fuegian and Patagonian taps.
Tip: Ask which Fuegian beer is on today: local output is small and rotates often, it is never the same one.
🚇 A 4-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Brewery · localMak Shima
Mak Shima · Barrio Andorra, Valle del Pipo
A craft brewery with its own bar, outside town and without a single tourist.
Tip: It is up the valley, far from the centre: take a remise with the return arranged — no city bus runs there at night.
🚇 About 5 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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Fish · on the avenueEl Faro Resto
El Faro Resto · Av. San Martín
Fish and seafood on the avenue's walkable stretch, tables onto the window.
Tip: The black hake here is the local one: the genuine Fuegian fish, pricier and far better than the salmon next door.
🚇 A 5-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Novelty · with kidsIce Bar Ushuaia
Ice Bar · Av. San Martín
A bar built of ice at six below, in Argentina's coldest city.
Tip: They lend you the parka: do not pay for the extra coat offered at the door, it comes with the ticket.
🚇 A 5-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Mountain · out of seasonTerrazas del Castor
Terrazas del Castor · Cerro Castor
The base restaurant of the southernmost ski resort, looking over the whole valley.
Tip: The ski season closed on 4 October: phone to confirm it is serving before driving the 26 km up.
🚇 About 21 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Refuge · home cookingRefugio Llanos del Castor
Refugio Llanos del Castor · Valle de Tierra Mayor
A mountain refuge with home cooking on the edge of the bog, 25 km from the centre.
Tip: It is a stop on valley excursions: going on your own, call first — out of season they open on demand.
🚇 About 19 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Valley · mountain foodLas Cotorras Winter Centre
Las Cotorras · Valle de Tierra Mayor
A winter centre with a mountain restaurant, the best known in the Tierra Mayor valley.
Tip: In spring they swap sleds for horse rides and walks, but the kitchen stays open: it is the valley's lunch stop.
🚇 About 20 km from the centre: not walkable. Shuttle, booked transfer or car; confirm the return time before you set out.
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Grill · localLa Tranquera del Pipo
La Tranquera del Pipo · Barrio Río Pipo
A neighbourhood grill in the Pipo valley, where Fuegian families go on Sunday.
Tip: Fifteen minutes by car from the centre and half the price: Sunday lunch needs a phone call first.
🚇 About 4 km from the tourist pier along the waterfront: taxi, remise or city bus.
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Regional · off-centrePatagonia Mía
Patagonia Mia · Barrio alto
Regional cooking up the hill, with lamb, trout and a view they do not charge for.
Tip: Six blocks uphill from the centre: a steep walk, reckon on twenty minutes climbing.
🚇 A 18-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Mountain · pre-climbBar de Montaña
Bar de Montaña · Base del Cerro Martial
The bar at the Martial base: hot chocolate and soup at 300 m above sea level before you climb.
Tip: Have the chocolate on the way down, not up: the Martial wind sends you back frozen and this is where you recover.
🚇 About 4 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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Seafood · cocktailsViagro Bar & Resto
Viagro Bar & Resto · Av. San Martín
Seafood with modern cooking and a cocktail list in a small house on the avenue.
Tip: Fewer than ten tables and no weekend bookings: by eight it is full.
🚇 A 4-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Tea house · must-doLa Cabaña Tea House
La Cabaña Casa de Té · Camino al Glaciar Martial
The mountain's classic tea house: rogel cake, scones and a Beagle view through the window.
Tip: Afternoon tea is the Fuegian ritual, not morning coffee: book for five and share the rogel, it is enormous.
🚇 About 4 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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Patisserie · classicTante Sara
Tante Sara · Av. San Martín y Rivadavia
The city's best-known patisserie: calafate alfajores, pastries and coffee all day.
Tip: It has several branches downtown with different menus: this one is the café; the Fadul corner is the kitchen.
🚇 A 7-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Café-bar · all dayTante Sara Café-Bar
Tante Sara · Av. San Martín 701
The big branch, hot kitchen all day and tables on the avenue's most visible corner.
Tip: One of the few with a continuous kitchen: down from the glacier at half four, you still eat hot here.
🚇 A 9-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Chocolate · benchmarkLaguna Negra Chocolates
Chocolatería Laguna Negra · Av. San Martín 513
The benchmark Fuegian chocolatier: bonbons, submarinos and chocolate cut by the slab.
Tip: A submarino is not a brand: it is a chocolate bar you sink in hot milk. Ask for it that way anywhere in Patagonia.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Chocolate · alfajoresAbuela Goye
Abuela Goye · Av. San Martín
Chocolate and alfajores from the Bariloche house, with its own ice cream in the same window.
Tip: Calafate ice cream only exists in Patagonia: have it here before you fly, you will not find it in Buenos Aires.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Artisan · own kitchenLa Oma de Ushuaia
La Oma de Ushuaia · Av. San Martín
A small artisan chocolate shop with production on view and forest-fruit bonbons.
Tip: Ask for the calafate and rhubarb ones: the two flavours you genuinely will not find outside Patagonia.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Bulk · giftsChocolates del Turista
Chocolates del Turista · Av. San Martín
The avenue's bulk chocolate window, with ready-made boxes to take away.
Tip: Buy by weight, not boxed: the same chocolate costs half and they wrap it the same.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Fine patisserie · trendingGonzález Patissier
González Patissier Chocolates · Av. San Martín
French-technique patisserie and chocolate, among the finest work on the avenue.
Tip: The good pieces come out in the morning and are gone by five: for afternoon tea, buy at midday.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Bonbons · liqueursChocolates Edelweiss
Chocolates Edelweiss · Av. San Martín
An alpine-style chocolate shop with filled bonbons and local liqueurs.
Tip: They sell artisan calafate liqueur beside the bonbons: the liquid souvenir that travels fine in checked luggage.
🚇 A 5-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Tiny · artisanSmechén
Smechén · Av. San Martín
Coffee and artisan chocolate in a tiny shop, four tables and nothing more.
Tip: One of the few on the avenue roasting its own coffee: order a cortado, not a cappuccino, and you will taste it.
🚇 A 9-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Specialty · trendingPlaceres Patagónicos
Placeres Patagónicos · Av. Maipú
A specialty café with Patagonian produce: own roast, breads and regional sweets.
Tip: Here you get genuine specialty coffee: in Ushuaia the norm is still the tea house, not third wave.
🚇 A 8-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Homemade · seafrontLas Ovejitas Patagónicas
Las Ovejitas Patagónicas · Av. Maipú
Coffee and home baking half a block from the pier, tables facing the bay.
Tip: The obvious breakfast if you step off a cruise ship: it opens before almost everything downtown.
🚇 A 9-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Local · no touristsAna & Juana
Ana & Juana · Av. San Martín, tramo alto
A neighbourhood café at the far end of the avenue, home-made cakes and Fuegian regulars.
Tip: Past the shop-window stretch: same coffee, half the price, always a free table.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Big breakfastTriumph Ushuaia
Triumph Ushuaia · Av. San Martín
A motorcycle-themed café with big breakfasts and a very good roast.
Tip: It is the meeting point for riders coming down Route 3: the sticker wall is twenty years of journeys.
🚇 A 2-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Design · specialtyAustral Modern
Austral Modern · Av. San Martín
A design-led café with specialty roast and counter patisserie.
Tip: They do filter as well as espresso: in Ushuaia that is still rare and worth ordering.
🚇 A 8-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Bakery · Central EuropeanMünch
Münch · Av. Maipú
A Central European-style bakery and café, with rye bread and apple strudel.
Tip: The seeded rye is the only bread in town that survives a day's hiking without falling apart.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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By the slice · cheapDulces Pau
Dulces Pau · Centro
A tiny neighbourhood patisserie with cake by the slice and the best pastries downtown.
Tip: They sell by the slice and have no tables: buy and sit in the square opposite, which is what locals do.
🚇 A 8-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Corner · near the pierEl Recreo
El Recreo cafe · Av. Maipú
A corner café steps from the pier, with sunny tables when the sun decides to show.
Tip: The natural waiting spot before boarding: if the sailing is delayed they will tell you from the doorway.
🚇 A 9-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Refuge · hot chocolateRefugio de Montaña
Refugio de Montaña · Base del Cerro Martial
A refuge café at the Martial base: hot chocolate, soup and cake with the mountain in front.
Tip: It is 7 km uphill from the centre: no city bus, you go by taxi or the complex's shuttle.
🚇 About 4 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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Bakery · localLa Verdadera Eureka
Panadería La Verdadera Eureka · Centro
The locals' bakery: daily bread, pastries and calafate panettone in season.
Tip: Pastries come out at seven and are gone by nine: this is where the city buys, not the hotels.
🚇 A 9-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Patisserie · avenueDody
Panadería Dody · Av. San Martín
An avenue bakery and patisserie, cake counter up front and tables at the back.
Tip: Open Sundays when half the avenue is shut: note it for your arrival or departure day.
🚇 A 8-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Afternoon tea · mountainMartial Tea House
Casa de Té · Camino al Glaciar Martial
A tea house on the mountain road, full afternoon tea with lenga forest all around.
Tip: The full tea is pricey but feeds two and replaces dinner: order one and two cups.
🚇 About 4 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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Mall · all indoorsPaseo del Fuego
Paseo del Fuego Shopping Center · Perito Moreno
The city's only enclosed mall, with cinema, food court and duty-free shop.
Tip: It is 3 km from the centre on the airport road: the rainy-day plan with kids, but by taxi — on foot it is half an hour along the highway.
🚇 About 2 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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Duty free · realDuty Free Shop Atlántico Sur
Duty Free Shop Atlántico Sur · Av. San Martín
A duty-free shop right downtown: whisky, perfume and electronics untaxed.
Tip: Duty-free shops do exist in Ushuaia, and not only at the airport: Tierra del Fuego has been a special customs area since the 1972 law. What actually pays off is whisky, perfume and electronics; clothes and chocolate do not.
🚇 A 8-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Duty freeYehuin Duty Free
Yehuin Duty Free Shop · Av. San Martín
The avenue's other duty-free shop, perfume and imported spirits.
Tip: Ask for the special-customs purchase receipt: flying to the mainland, customs may ask for it at boarding.
🚇 A 9-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Bookshop · polar shelfBoutique del Libro
Boutique del Libro · Av. San Martín
The city's bookshop: Fuegian history, Antarctic accounts and expedition writing.
Tip: Look for 'Uttermost Part of the Earth' by Lucas Bridges: the book that explains this island, and they always have it.
🚇 A 2-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Bookshop · first peoplesKarukinka
Librería Karukinka · Av. San Martín
A small bookshop with a Selk'nam name and a whole table on Fuegian peoples.
Tip: Karukinka is the Selk'nam name for the main island: ask them to explain, they tell it well here.
🚇 A 7-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Leather & wool · ArgentineCardón
Cardón · Av. San Martín
The Argentine leather and wool brand with the full Patagonian line.
Tip: The ponchos and wool blankets are genuinely Argentine: Fuegian Corriedale wool has been worked here for a century.
🚇 A 9-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Outdoor · technicalScandinavian Outdoor Shop
Scandinavian Outdoor Shop · Av. San Martín
Technical mountain gear: the shop the people who actually climb use.
Tip: They rent waterproof boots by the day: cheaper than buying and exactly what Laguna Esmeralda demands.
🚇 A 4-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Warm gear · fair priceMontagne
Montagne · Av. San Martín
Argentine outdoor and cold-weather clothing at sensible prices, with real sizing.
Tip: If you arrived without a windbreaker, buy one here on day one: in Ushuaia the wind is the weather, not the temperature.
🚇 A 8-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Local brand · outerwearCape Horn
Cape Horn · Av. San Martín
A local outerwear and souvenir brand named after the world's most feared cape.
Tip: Mind the name: Cape Horn here is an Ushuaia clothing brand, not a brewery nor the cape itself, which is in Chile.
🚇 A 8-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Crafts · giftsTierra de Humos
Tierra de Humos · Av. San Martín
Crafts and gifts named after the island's old name, the one Magellan gave it.
Tip: 'Land of Smoke' was the original name: Magellan saw the Selk'nam bonfires from his ship in 1520.
🚇 A 7-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Regional · near the pierMercado Fin del Mundo
Mercado Fin del Mundo · Av. Maipú
A gift and regional produce shop half a block from the tourist pier.
Tip: They sell tinned king crab and vacuum-packed smoked fish that do travel in checked luggage: fresh does not.
🚇 A 7-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Fuegian wool · souvenirsLa Blanqueada
La Blanqueada · Av. Maipú
A classic downtown gift shop with Fuegian wool, leather and end-of-the-world keepsakes.
Tip: Ask to see the wool spun on the island, not the imported stuff: small price gap, huge quality gap.
🚇 A 5-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Souvenirs · cheapRincón del Sur
Rincón del Sur · Av. San Martín
End-of-the-world souvenirs, magnets and shirts at local prices, not cruise prices.
Tip: It is one block inland from the pier: the same shirt costs a third less than on the cruise side.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Maps · field guidesGuardaparque Patagonia
Guardaparque Patagonia · Av. San Martín
A gift shop with a national parks line: maps, field guides and patches.
Tip: Buy the Fuegian bird guide here before Bahía Encerrada: they do not sell it in the park.
🚇 A 7-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Wine · local liqueursWine Host
Wine Host · Av. San Martín
A downtown wine shop with hard-to-find Argentine labels and small-batch Patagonian liqueurs.
Tip: Look for northern Patagonian wine — Neuquén and Río Negro: there are no vineyards in Tierra del Fuego, but the country's best pinot comes from there.
🚇 A 7-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Co-op · off the boatSeafood Co-op Shop
Cooperativa San Ignacio · Av. Perito Moreno 2110
The fishermen's co-op shop: king crab and black hake straight from the Beagle.
Tip: The only place to buy king crab at fisherman's price, without a restaurant margin. It is outside the centre, on the road east.
🚇 About 2 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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Supermarket · cheapLa Anónima
La Anónima · Av. San Martín
The lifelong Patagonian supermarket, with a whole aisle of Fuegian produce.
Tip: Buy your water, nuts and trekking chocolate here for half of what the pier side charges.
🚇 A 11-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Supermarket · open SundayCarrefour Ushuaia
Carrefour · Av. San Martín, tramo alto
The big supermarket downtown, the one open on Sundays when nothing else is.
Tip: The only large supermarket open on Sunday downtown: note it if you land that day and need to pack for a hike.
🚇 A 23-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Rhodochrosite · silverPiedras Preciosas
Piedras Preciosas · Av. Maipú
A jeweller with rhodochrosite, Argentina's national stone, and hand-worked silver.
Tip: Rhodochrosite comes from La Rioja, not Tierra del Fuego: Argentine, yes, Fuegian, no — anyone who says otherwise is selling you a story.
🚇 A 6-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Brewery · directMak Shima Craft Beer
Mak Shima · Barrio Andorra
Fuegian craft beer sold straight from the brewery, bottled and by the keg.
Tip: Bring your own container and they fill a growler: much cheaper than bottles, same beer.
🚇 About 5 km uphill from the tourist pier: taxi or remise, not a walk.
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Rental · gearPopper Sports
Popper Sports · Av. San Martín
Snow and mountain gear, rental and sale, one of the avenue's oldest houses.
Tip: With Cerro Castor closed since 4 October they no longer rent skis, but they do rent poles and hiking boots.
🚇 A 9-minute walk from the tourist pier, uphill through the centre.
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Daily rentalUshuaia Extremo
Ushuaia Extremo · Av. San Martín
Adventure gear rental by the day: boots, crampons, packs and poles.
Tip: Rent boots here the afternoon before: on hike mornings there is a queue and the big sizes go first.
🚇 A 8-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Local design · woolFinisterre Patagonia
Finisterre Patagonia · Av. San Martín
Own-design Patagonian clothing, with a merino line and island-made knits.
Tip: The hand-knits carry a label with the knitter's name: the souvenir you cannot buy in any other city.
🚇 A 8-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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Bikes · marked routesUshuaia Extreme Bikes
Ushuaia Extreme · Av. San Martín, tramo alto
Bicycle rental and workshop, with marked routes to the valley and the waterfront.
Tip: In spring the waterfront to Bahía Encerrada is flat and car-free: the city's only easy cycling stretch.
🚇 A 3-minute walk from Avenida San Martín; the slope is steep, allow for it.
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