Accommodation in Torres del Paine. Las Torres Hotel

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Accommodation in Torres del Paine. Las Torres Hotel

An accommodation in Torres del Paine that deserves a special mention is undoubtedly the Las Torres Hotel, an emblem in the sector, as well as being one of the best known accommodations in Torres del Paine National Park. This is not only for its characteristics, but also for being the entrance door of some of the most famous trekkings in the world: the trekking to the Base of the Towers, the Trekking W or the Trekking O.

After our stay, we can confirm that staying at Hotel Las Torres Patagonia is an experience in itself, both for its incredible location, its architecture and its services, as an exclusive character, inherited from its past as "stay", that today we can know through horses, the Baqueana culture and its organic garden, where many of the products that are served in the Coirón Restaurant are obtained.

If we add to that the possibility of living a unique experience, in full contact with nature, without forgetting the history of accommodation and its Patagonian heritage, Las Torres Hotel is today one of the most recommended alternatives of accommodation in Torres del Paine.

Las Torres Hotel

Location Hotel Las Torres

In the heart of Torres del Paine National Park, surrounded by extraordinary landscapes, lakes and lagoons of impossible blue, endless forests and glaciers of a unique beauty, is the Hotel Las Torres Patagonia, just 7 kilometers from Laguna Amarga, one of the best known park tickets.

How to get to Las Torres Hotel by car

Although initially it may seem that Torres del Paine is inaccessible, come from Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales or Calafate, in Argentina, access the Las Torres Hotel too easy.
You must take Route 9 to Cerro Castillo, always following north direction and then turn east on Route Y150 through which you will arrive directly at the Laguna Amarga nursery, one of the best known entrances of the National Park Torres del Paine. From here you will only have to follow the indications that in about 7 kilometers will take you directly to the doors of the Hotel Las Torres.


How to get to Las Torres Hotel by bus

If you come from Punta Arenas or Puerto Natales by bus, you must get off at the Laguna Amarga stop. Once here, you should look for the private vehicles of the Hotel Las Torres, which from this point take both guests and backpackers who begin the walks, to the hotel, since the accommodation is the starting point of the known Trekking to the Base of the Towers.
This journey is approximately 7 kilometers and has a cost of 3000CLP per person, as long as you have not booked the all inclusive program, in which the transfer would already be included.

Torres del Paine viewpoint from Laguna Amarga

How to arrive by plane at Hotel Las Torres

There are several daily flights that arrive to Punta Arenas from Santiago de Chile or Puerto Montt, with the companies LAN or Sky Airline. Since mid-2016 you can also fly from several cities in Chile to Puerto Natales, about two hours drive from Torres del Paine National Park.

Transfers at Hotel Las Torres

If you have the program reserved all inclusive Transfers to Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales and Calafate are included, in Argentina, twice a day, once in the morning and once at noon. These transfers can be coordinated directly with the hotel staff or through the email [email protected]

Las Torres Hotel History

Although today seeing the architecture of the Hotel Las Torres you can think that it is a newly built accommodation, nothing is further from the truth. The history of this accommodation is long, specifically in 1926. It is in this year that Antonio Kusanovic Senkovic, of Croatian immigrant parents, was born in Punta Arenas, who after a lot of work for years, became a renowned cattle rancher zone.
In 1979 Antonio Kusanovic buys the Estancia Cerro Paine, an estate of more than 4000 hectares, within which it would later become the famous National Park Torres del Paine, where he starts a cattle raising business, without expecting what would happen several years later in this place.
And the 90s are around when they begin to reach this part of the world crowd of tourists attracted by the inhospitable nature of this place away from everything. It is at that time when Kusanovic and his wife decide to make the Estancia Cerro Paine a small accommodation, with 9 rooms and a small restaurant, where they can attend to the guests, without forgetting the traditions of Patagonia.
And so, year after year, the Estancia Cerro Paine became the Las Torres Hotel, one of the most recognized accommodations in Torres del Paine National Park and also in Chile.

Las Torres Hotel

Winter at the Hotel Las Torres. Image courtesy of Hotel Las Torres

AMA (Environmental Group) TORRES DEL PAINE

Something that we believe should be highlighted is the work currently done by the Hotel Las Torres born from its concern for nature and the environment. This concern is what materializes the idea and the birth of AMA, an Environmental Group that teaches both the community and schools in the area, the need to protect the environment.
In the same way, it gives support to all the volunteers involved in the cause, in addition to donating part of their income as accommodation to the group, something that we believe is very remarkable.
You can find much more information on their website.

Rooms Hotel Las Torres

Superior Canelo

This is the category of the room in which we stayed during our stay. With 20m2, the rooms maintain a simple decoration, but that evokes the Patagonian culture, giving us a warm and comfortable stay.
The bed is extremely comfortable, as well as large, something that is essential, especially after a day of hard walking, touring the wonders of Torres del Paine National Park.
The bathroom is not too big, but it has all the comforts, being fully functional.
Something we want to highlight is the presence of several plugs in the room, all accessible, something essential when you need to charge several devices.
Although they announce that there is no wifi in the rooms, we can say that in some of them the signal does arrive, although with less intensity.

Room Hotel Las Torres

Cypress Superior

These rooms have 22m2, are new and very warm and have excellent insulation and large windows, from which to enjoy the wonderful surroundings.
In addition to all amenities, it has a beautiful decoration, including looms, ethnic masks and furniture made by artisans from Patagonia.

Standart Lenga

These are the smallest rooms of the hotel, located in the first module. They measure approximately 15 m2 and despite being the smallest, they have all the necessary amenities to spend a unique and unforgettable stay.

Rooms Hotel Las Torres

Cypress Suite (2 suites)

The suite rooms are the most spacious of the Hotel Las Torres, with approximately 38 m2. They have a lounge, mini bar and a jacuzzi, as well as incredible views of the Paine Massif.

Last room module of the Hotel Las Torres

Common Spaces Hotel Las Torres

Coiron Restaurant

Another of the great reasons to choose Hotel Las Torres as accommodation in Torres del Paine, in addition to the location and facilities, it is without a doubt the Coirón Restaurant, the place where you can have lunch or dinner every day and taste as they say: "flavors of the end of the world".

Coiron Restaurant

But don't expect to find a restaurant as such. The Coirón Restaurant is a perfect mix of creativity and tradition, which every day puts on your table a unique selection of fresh products, many of them that come directly from your own garden, selected with all the passion and transferred to the plate with your own creativity of the best restaurants.

Coiron Restaurant

Both lunch and dinner are à la carte, with a selection of dishes that include the best meats, the best fish and an extensive variety of both starters and seconds and desserts.
One of the things that attract us the most and that we want to highlight is the professionalism, both of the staff and the chef, Cristian Urrutia, with whom we could talk for a while about his work, and that transmit the love for his work and for the gastronomy, something that undoubtedly moves to each of the dishes that are served daily at the Coirón Restaurant.

Ham with goat cheese

Coiron Restaurant

Calafate cylinder

If in addition to an incredibly professional service and dishes worthy of the best restaurant, we add the possibility to enjoy unique views while eating or dining, from any of the windows surrounding the restaurant, we assure you that the culinary experience in the Las Torres Hotel, is totally unforgettable.

Coiron Restaurant

Pioneer Bar

If there is a common space that stands out from the rest in the Las Torres Hotel That is the Pioneer Bar, the place where guests meet after the day to relax, have a drink or just comment on the day in front of extraordinary views of the surrounding massif.

Pioneer Bar

Pioneer Bar

With comfortable sofas, at the foot of the windows, several tables where you can eat or drink at the end of the day and a relaxed atmosphere throughout our stay at the Hotel Las Torres there was not a single night that we did not end the day sitting on one of the sofas.
Have a drink, listening to good music while planning the next day at the National Park Torres del Paine It is something you can not do during your stay at the Hotel Las Torres.

Pioneer Bar

With a menu also designed by the chef of the Coirón Restaurant, at the Pioneer Bar you can eat in a more relaxed atmosphere and with a less selection of dishes blunt Not in the restaurant.
This option is perfect if you have an afternoon excursion scheduled and want to eat something fast or you just want to eat something less forceful, but with the same quality and dedication.

Pioneer Bar Bar

In addition to the atmosphere and the menu of meals, one of the things we want to highlight at the Pioneer Bar is its magnificent cocktail and craft beer menu, fermented in a cabin that you can see right in front of the bar.
Cocktails like "Aboriginal", winner of the National Tournament of Moxologists, Capel Puro 2013, or the"Indomitable", second classified in the National Mixology Tournament, qualifier for the National Selection of Bartenders of Chile or a" Pisco Sour ", in which the mint is chosen directly from the organic garden, are just a sample of the drinks you can find in An extensive letter that we assure you, will make you enjoy Patagonia as you never imagined.

Indomito Cocktail at the Pioneer Bar

As they say in their letter, in the words of Fernando Ferrer, and we believe, it defines them perfectly: "They are the pioneers, the first ones, the eternal ones, the ones we see still portrayed in their grandchildren, breathing in our streets, walking through the squares, the ones we still see when looking at the buildings, when we enter the school, when we go to church , upon entering the cemetery, here they are, very present forever. "

Photo courtesy of Hotel Las Torres

Organic Garden Hotel Las Torres

As we have said when we talked about the Coirón Restaurant and the Pioneer Bar, another of the great attractions of the Hotel Las Torres is the possibility of growing your own vegetables, herbs and fruits in your garden, using as a natural fertilizer the one that comes from your stables.
Through this organic garden, this accommodation in Torres del Paine maintains its commitment to sustainable tourism and reflects what we should all do in this incredible place: leave the smallest possible footprint inside the national park.

Organic garden

Spa Hotel Las Torres

Although for lack of time we could not experience the services they offer, the Las Torres Hotel It has mud therapy, sauna, hydromassage, reflexology and massage treatments, to make your stay unforgettable days.

Las Torres Hotel

Stables Hotel Las Torres

Another of the outstanding services at the Hotel Las Torres are its stables, which can accommodate more than 200 horses.
These are the ones that take guests to the excursions that take place in the mountains or pampas of Patagonia, showing you, from a different perspective, the wonderful environment in which the hotel is located.

Stables

One of the moments you can not miss is when the Baqueanos, early in the morning, accompany and enter the horses that spent the night grazing freely. Being in bed, listening to the galloping of the horses, and looking out the window to see the show, we assure you that it is something that is priceless.

Stables

Corner of the Stay

Right in front of the reception is the Rincon de la Estancia, a reserved space so you can find all the information you need, both the hotel and the excursions and tours they do.

Corner of the Stay

Calafate Room

Between the Coirón Restaurant and the rooms we find the Calafate lounge, a perfect place to relax, both at the beginning of the day, with a good coffee in your hands, and at the end of the day, with a glass of wine and a nice table in which to comment on the experiences lived in the Torres del Paine National Park.

Hotel Las Torres lounge

In this area of ​​the hotel you will only listen to a slight background music, which perfectly accompanies the incredible views of the massif. If you add to that the fireplace, which makes the place much more welcoming if possible, this is one of the most intimate and personal spaces of the Hotel Las Torres. You can tell we loved it, right?

Las Torres Hotel

Rest rooms

In the Hotel Las Torres we find, in addition to the Calafate Room, several areas where you can relax, in front of incredible views, with a more intimate atmosphere than the restaurant or bar.
In all of them there are areas to sit and plugs that you can use to charge your phone or laptop.

Las Torres Hotel

"All inclusive"Hotel Las Torres

One of the great attractions of Las Torres Hotel is the possibility of choosing your program all inclusive, an option that will allow you to forget everything and dedicate yourself only to enjoy the Torres del Paine National Park.
Although these types of programs are more associated with paradise islands or more destinations holiday, we assure you that in a accommodation in Torres del Paine This option is more than recommended if it is within your budget.
In this case, the Las Torres Hotel all-inclusive program It is designed for maximum guest enjoyment, so you don't have to worry about anything and just dedicate the days of your stay to enjoy the experience.
This type of program includes:
• IN / OUT transfers from Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales and Calafate.
• Visit to Estancia Cerro Negro (only for transfer from Punta Arenas).
• Tickets to Torres del Paine National Park.
• All the foods.
• Open bar (Except Premium liquors).
• All excursions and navigations.
• Spanish / English bilingual guides (other languages ​​to quote).
• WI-FI (only in common areas).
• Accommodation in a Superior Room.
• 20% discount on SPA services.

You can see all the information and rates in its all-inclusive program.

Excursions / Tours Hotel Las Torres

Within all excursions / tours offered by the Las Torres Hotel, are already included in the price if you have booked the option all inclusive or you must pay as an extra if you have booked in accommodation option, you will find activities for all ages and for all tastes and needs.

We recommend that you review the programs and choose the ones you like best, taking into account the days you will be staying and your preferences. In addition, at Hotel Las Torres they think about everything, and you can find half-day programs that adapt perfectly to the days of arrival and departure, so that you can make the most of the days of your stay.
In each of the programs the duration of the program and the difficulty are indicated, something very important to be able to choose the ones that best adapt to your needs.
And if you are not sure which tours to choose, in the hotel there is a person who can advise you in a personalized way about the tours that are made.

Full day excursions

With a duration of about 7-10 hours, these excursions are the best way to get to know and enjoy the Torres del Paine National Park. We did the Full Paine and the Trekking to the Base of the Towers and we can confirm, after the experience, that they allowed us to approach the most interesting places in the best way and that we most wanted to know in Torres del Paine.
All these excursions include lunch, drinks and snacks.

Full paine

The most complete excursion you can do in Torres del Paine National Park, which includes stops at the most important locations as well as short walks that will allow you to see the park from another perspective, to end a navigation through the Gray Glacier, one of the Strengths of this excursion.

Pehoe Lake

The stops of this excursion are at the Black Bridge, the Nordenskjöld viewpoint, the Sarmiento viewpoint, Pehoe Lake and the Big Jump. After these stops, you will have lunch and a walk along the Gray Lake until you reach the area where you embark on the catamaran with which you take a more or less 3 hours navigation until you reach the impressive Gray Glacier, one of the most impressive places of Torres del Paine National Park.

Gray Glacier

Las Torres Ascension Trail Trekking Base Torres del Paine

This is another of the full day excursions that we do and that we have to say, it was the perfect icing on our stay in the Las Torres Hotel.
Known for being one of the most impressive trekkings in the world, and also part of the famous Trekking W, despite the effort required to do so, the final reward far outweighs the effort.
This trek takes you to the base of the famous Torres del Paine, where one of the most famous images of Torres del Paine National Park is located: the granite peaks in front of the glacier lagoon.
Las Torres Hotel offers the possibility of doing the complete trekking walking, or part on horseback, something that allows to reach the last part of the most rested trekking.

Home trekking Base of Torres del Paine

The tour starts at the hotel, from where you follow the path that takes you through the Ascencio Valley, until you reach Las Torres Refuge, then cross a forest of lengas that takes you to the last stage of the trekking, a rocky area After ascending it, it takes you to the Base of Las Torres.
Once here you have time to enjoy the place, take photos and taste a delicious lunch and then return to the hotel along the same path you have made the ascent.

Torres del Paine

The total distance of the trekking is about 18 kilometers, with an altitude difference of approximately 1,000 meters.

Other full-day excursions you can do with Hotel Las Torres are:

French Valley

Enchanted Valley

The horns

Lakes Trail

Gray Lookout

Bader Valley

Puma's footprint

Check here all the details of all the full-day excursions offered by Hotel Las Torres

Half day excursions

Although it may seem a lie, the 3 or 4 hours of the half-day excursions offered by the Hotel Las Torres, are enough time to get to know some of the most interesting points of the National Park Torres del Paine.
You can also schedule a full day by combining two half-day excursions, making a brief stop at the hotel to enjoy a well-deserved lunch at the Coirón Restaurant.

Blue Lagoon

This is one of the midday excursions that we did and that allowed us to enjoy the Torres del Paine from another perspective, after doing the Trekking to the Base of the Towers.
The first stop is in Laguna Amarga where sometimes you can see some flamingos that come here, then go to the Blue Lagoon, where you take a short walk to enjoy incredible views of Torres del Paine and wildlife of the place

Nordenskjöld Lake

This is the departure we made the first day of our stay at Hotel Las Torres, although we made it for free.

Nordenskjöld Lake

Other half-day excursions you can do with Hotel Las Torres are:

Patagonian

Big Jump

Sarmiento Lake

Lenga Forest

Inges Lagoon

Paine Hill

Baqueano of Patagonia

Half day ride

Check here all the details of all the half-day excursions offered by Hotel Las Torres

Special programs Hotel Las Torres

The Hotel Las Torres also has special programs that we advise you to consult, since depending on your situation, interest or time in which you travel, you can find very interesting programs.
We find the Program outstanding To the Encounter with the Puma, which is done on certain dates, in which you go out for several days with the expert Roberto Donoso, in search of the cougar. An experience we believe must be unforgettable.

Another of the programs we want to mention is that of Honeymoon, and in this case for a very personal reason, and that we have not been able to resist sharing with you. We loved it be part of of this program Here you can consult the program.

Check here all the details of all the Special Programs offered by Hotel Las Torres

What we did not like about Hotel Las Torres

Although we can confirm that there is nothing we can define as "we have not liked"In the Hotel Las Torres, there are a couple of things that we believe could be improved:
- That English is used as the main and initial language in conversations with guests is something that has caught our attention.
Although we understand that most guests do not speak Spanish, we believe that being in Chile, Spanish should be used as a first language, and then, of course, speak in the guest's language.
- Although they already warn that the WiFi is by satellite and that it can only be used in the common areas, due to the place where we are, it does not always work quickly, something that for example for us, that we had to work, was a small problem .
Although in this case, it is a perception totally influenced by our situation, and that we understand perfectly that by location, this service cannot be better.


We cannot finish this article without expressing our enormous gratitude to each and every one of the people with whom we lived during our entire stay at the Hotel Las Torres. From the guides to the waiters, through the reception staff, to the room staff, to Cristian Urrutia, the chef of the Coirón Restaurant, with whom we talked and conveyed his great love for his land and gastronomy, to the Federico bartenders and Maxi for the night demonstration and for showing us how a cocktail can stop being a simple drink to become a delicacy, from the content to the glass that contains it.
To all of them: Thank you very much for making our stay at the Hotel Las Torres, a few days we will never forget.
Special mention to Martina, the person who made our stay a few wonderful days, especially since he arrived and accompanied us the last two days, showing us the most personal face of Hotel Las Torres, taking care of us and pampering us from the first minute and above all, Showing exquisite professionalism.
Martina, you made a unique experience for us, unforgettable days. Thank you!!

That said, we want to highlight that we have confirmed that Las Torres Hotel as such is a great company and a great accommodation in Torres del Paine.
Although after our stay, we have been able to verify that its true value is the people who make our guests feel at home every day and say goodbye with the total security of having fulfilled a dream. We hope to see each other again very soon.

* During our trip to Chile and Easter Island in Torres del Paine National Park we stayed at the Las Torres Hotel maintaining a collaboration with them. This has not influenced the opinions that are reported here, which are all a summary of our experience and feelings during the stay.

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