San Martín Street district
Ushuaia, Argentina
Ushuaia's main commercial street with craft breweries, parillas with spectacular mountain views, and seafood restaurants.
Places in San Martín Street district
- San Martín Street parillas Parillas with spectacular views of the surrounding mountains.
- San Martín Street craft breweries Craft breweries along the city's main commercial street.
Practical notes for Ushuaia
- Best time to visit
- December to February (Southern Hemisphere summer) for the mildest weather and longest days, though this is also peak season with the highest prices.
- Getting around
- Most travelers fly in from Buenos Aires; the compact port city is walkable, with San Martín Street as the main commercial and dining artery and boat tours departing from the harbor for Beagle Channel excursions.
- Currency
- Argentine Peso (ARS $)
- Language
- Spanish. English is limited outside tourism.
- Timezone
- ART (UTC-3)
- Current trends
- Ushuaia's identity as the 'City at the End of the World' continues to anchor its appeal as Patagonia's southernmost gateway, with San Martín Street's craft breweries, mountain-view parillas, and seafood restaurants sustaining a lively dining scene, while Arakur Ushuaia Resort's hilltop position over Ushuaia Bay represents the growing high-end end of the city's accommodation spectrum amid rising prices during peak December-February and July-August seasons.
Other neighborhoods in Ushuaia
- Arakur hilltop district — Home to Arakur Ushuaia Resort, which sits atop Ushuaia's tallest hill with mountain hiking trails and gorgeous bay views.
- Port and harbor district — The working port from which most boat tours to the national park and Beagle Channel depart.
Read the full Ushuaia guide