Refugia Chiloé

The lodge rises on stilts above the Chiloé shoreline, its glass walls and industrial timber a deliberate echo of the region's traditional palafito houses. Solar-powered, quietly luxe, and furnished with hand-knitted wool slippers and hand-crafted pieces, it's a design-forward retreat on an island that tends to get overlooked in Chile's greatest-hits itinerary. The hotel runs its own boat for archipelago excursions, and the mussels you pass on the farms tend to reappear at dinner. Michelin awarded it 2 Keys.