My Wife and I stayed with Maria and Sebastian the third week of April. Our only regret is that we could not stay longer. The Hosteria Tierra de Leyendas is a class act from beginning to end. The proprietors, both trained in the the hospitality industry, make you feel like you are the only guest at the property.. Our room was everything and more--spacious, clean, neat and comfortable. The bathroom with jacuzzi was substantial. Our view, from the bed, was of the Beagle Channel with its whitecaps and a rainbow on the islands of Chile. Breathtaking !
We chose to have dinner at the Hosteria prepared by Sebastian--what a treat. He is a first class chef. It was like having your own private diningroom looking out onto the "end of the world".

Tierra de Leyendas is unique. Located a few miles outside of Ushuaia you get a better feel for the amazing surroundings you are in. Laden with history, Ushuaia is the gateway to Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego. From the hotel you have a wonderful view of the Beagle Channel and surrounding mountains. With only a few rooms the hotel feels more like the home of a long-time friend than a business and it is easy to quickly develop friendships with other guests and the staff. With such an informal air surprisingly nothing about the experience has been overlooked. The rooms are lovely, clean, and furnished tastefully while the food is very good. The staff is helpful to a fault and full of local knowledge, trivia, history which they are always willing to freely share and will help you arrange a visit to the nearby National Park, a tour of the Ushuaia prison, a hike in the hills, or a boat trip to a penguin colony. The relaxed, quiet atmosphere is well worth the short taxi-ride into town. Tierra de Leyendas is worth every penny but book early as they fill up months ahead of time.

Just returned from a two-week trip to Argentina and must say that our stay in Ushuaia was enhanced significantly due to the comfortable and lovely lodgings at Tierra de Leyendas. The accomodations were charming, the food was excellent and the owners more than generous.

Knowing how wild the weather can be in this part of the world, Tierra de Leyendas is a beautiful escape after a long day of excursions. The slippers at the front door and books of DVDs are just the start. Kudos as well to staffers Pilar and Claudia who put up with our many questions and were always at the ready when we needed a glass of wine, evening snack, restaurant recommendation or taxi.

When booking, definitely ask for a room with a water view. We didn't have it (the view is still lovely), but our friends did and we were a tad jealous.

It's a top notch place - I will miss the warm medialunas (crossiants) and calafate jam every morning!

Me and my partner are huge fans of this website and always check the hotels or B&B's on tripadvisor before we book. Since Tierra de Leyendas was rewarded for Best Hidden Gem of South America our expectations were high! We booked a deluxe room (with jacuzzi) to be sure to have a room with view towards the Beagle Channel. We were really looking forward staying at this prize-winning accomodation.

When we arrived from busy Buenos Aires we thought this place would be in a quiet and secluded surrounding, however this was/is not the case at all. It is set between other houses which were under construction.

The main dissapointment however was the dirt road that was right beneath our window (and the hotel itself) with a lot of traffic ( mainly taxi's for guests of the further and much more secluded&quiet hotel Los Cauquenes) causing a lot of noise. Since the rooms don't have double glazing and the dirt road is long, the sound of traffic going back and forth on the gravelroad was very penetrating.

We were very dissapointed about this fact. Instead of feeling "at the end of the world", it was more like being in a city (the room we had in BA was much more quiet)- and cetainly not in South America's best hidden gem. The next morning we decided to check-out and find another place.

We informed the owners about our dissapointment, it is not there fault that Tierra de Leyendas is next to a gravelroad. They said they never had complaints and when they started to get cynical by saying that some people are already put off by hearing
the wind or sea, we left.

During 5 weeks of travelling through Argentina we found a lot more places that truly could be labelled as South America's best hidden gem.