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Almasur earns its 30 on distance and nothing else. By our map it’s about 700 m from Muelle Prat, two blocks above the plaza.
The Booking.com partner listing we read describes a buffet breakfast, a restaurant and a bar, plus a sauna and hot tub at extra cost. We couldn’t find the hotel’s own site, so none of it scores.
The listing still carries a COVID-era spa notice and a suspended shuttle — ask what’s actually running before you book.
Book it if
- You want free parking two blocks from the square
- You’ll pay for a sauna
Look elsewhere if
- You want facts from the hotel itself
- You need an airport shuttle
- You’re traveling with a pet
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Almasur publishes and our own map estimates.
The listing describes a restaurant and a bar, unconfirmed by the hotel. The sauna and hot tub cost extra, per the same listing.
No ride to the pier is listed. Muelle Prat is about 700 m away by our map; book a taxi for the bags.
The listing describes an extensive buffet breakfast without saying it’s in the rate.
Muelle Prat is about 700 m away by our map. A taxi with bags.
Free private parking for your stay, per the listing — nothing says you can leave a car while you sail.
Night-Before Score: 30 of 100
Every point comes from our map pins and, for the facts shown, a Booking.com partner listing on Cocha, which earns no points (we couldn’t find the hotel’s own site); the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
By our map estimate Almasur is about 18 km from Punta Arenas Airport in a straight line, and about 700 m from Muelle Prat. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
The listing says the hotel has temporarily suspended its shuttle and puts the airport 22 km away. That notice may be old, so ask.
No ride to the pier is listed. Muelle Prat is about 700 m away by our map; book a taxi for the bags.
From PUQ without a hotel shuttle
No fare is published by the airport or an operator that we could find. Three unofficial guides put a shared van at about CLP 5,000 to 6,000 a head and a taxi at about CLP 10,000 to 13,000. There’s no direct city bus, though Bus-Sur’s Natales buses stop at the airport if you ask when you buy the ticket, per one of those guides. Antarctica21 and Quark include the group transfer from the airport on Day 1, so check your documents first. The airport page has what is and isn’t published.
Free private parking for your stay, per the listing — nothing says you can leave a car while you sail.
Parking for your stay: Free private parking, per the listing.
No ride to the pier is listed. Muelle Prat is about 700 m away by our map; book a taxi for the bags.
Flying in the morning you sail? Australis checks in from 13:00 to 17:00, and both air-cruise lines want you in town by early afternoon; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
Muelle PratMeasured to Muelle Prat, where Australis checks you in from 13:00 to 17:00 and boards at 18:00, Almasur is about 700 m away in a straight line. Flying the Drake with Antarctica21 or Quark instead? Then the pier doesn’t matter — your day starts at the operator’s briefing in town and ends at the airport. The Punta Arenas cruise guide keeps the two apart.
Source: australis.comDistance
~700 m, straight lineAbout 700 m from Muelle Prat between our map pins, roughly 12 minutes on foot at an easy pace. That’s our estimate, not the hotel’s.
Airport bus
Not statedThe airport has no direct city bus, per an unofficial local guide; a minibus, a taxi or the line’s transfer does the job.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedFree private parking for your stay, per the listing — nothing says you can leave a car while you sail.
In town
No cruise parking publishedNo cruise parking is published for Muelle Prat. Several hotels list parking for your stay — though none of the ones we checked says a car can stay while you sail, so ask before you count on it.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Not statedA restaurant with international cooking and a bar, per the listing — neither scores, because it’s a listing.
Breakfast
Depends on the rateThe listing describes an extensive buffet breakfast without saying it’s in the rate.
Address
Armando Sanhueza, near the plazaArmando Sanhueza 965, 6200729 Punta Arenas (Booking.com partner listing); formerly Hotel Rey Don Felipe
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Almasur and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm the hotel’s own website, breakfast inclusion, whether the spa and shuttle are running now, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
The listing describes an extensive buffet breakfast without saying it’s in the rate.
Parking for your stay
Free private parking, per the listing
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Not allowed, per the listing.
Food and drink on site
- RestaurantInternational
- Bar
Rooms
No room count is published on the listing we read.
Accessibility
Its listing doesn’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsNot stated
- Pets allowedNo
Also worth knowing
- Formerly Hotel Rey Don Felipe
- Sauna and hot tub at an extra charge, per the listing
- The listing carries an old COVID-19 notice on the spa, so ask what’s open
- The listing says 19% IVA is added for Chileans and residents; foreign visitors paying in US dollars with a passport and tourist card are exempt
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Shuttle suspended, per the listing.
- Sauna and hot tub cost extra.
- No pets.
What we couldn’t confirm
- The hotel’s own website
- Breakfast inclusion
- Whether the spa and shuttle are running now
Every hotel fact here comes from our map pins and, for the facts shown, a Booking.com partner listing on Cocha, which earns no points (we couldn’t find the hotel’s own site), read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins; every hotel pin is our estimate from the street address.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Almasur: the Punta Arenas cruise guide and our South America and Antarctica cruise guide.
Two blocks to the plaza, then a taxi to the pier.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Almasur for the night before. No payment on the form.
Almasur FAQ
Is Hotel Almasur the old Rey Don Felipe?
Yes. Its listings carry both names, and Swoop calls it Hotel Almasur, formerly Rey Don Felipe.
Does Almasur Punta Arenas have an airport shuttle?
Its listing says the shuttle is temporarily suspended. Ask the hotel.
How far is Almasur from the cruise pier?
About 700 m from Muelle Prat in a straight line, by our map estimate.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the sailing and we’ll line up Almasur, the ride to the ship and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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