Hotel Jose Nogueira

Punta Arenas, Chile

Hotel Jose Nogueira Bories 959 Punta Arenas Chile

Local #: (56) 61 711000 Fax #: (56) 61 711011 http://www.hotelnogueira.com

Right in the middle of downtown is located one of the oldest buildings of the entire Patagonia, the centenary old mansion formerly owned by Don José Nogueira and Doña Sara Braun, two characters who “wrote” the history of Patagonia . Don José Nogueira, of Portuguese origin and a sailor by profession, was the most sucessful of the patagonian pioneers. He amassed a grand fortune during the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1890, ordered the contruction of a splendid mansion in the middle of downtown Punta Arenas.

The mansion became one of the most outstanding symbols of the city, and in 1982 it was declared a National Monument, therefore prohibiting its modification. In 1992 was settled as an small and exclusive hotel, which has the privilege of been chosen by his majesty the king of Spain Juan Carlos de Borbon as his temporary residence during his visit to Punta Arenas in 2004. And in January of 2007 The Princess Ana of England also lodged in the hotel.