Best Rooftop View Hotels in Viña del Mar

Two Coastlines Seen From Four Rooftops

Does a rooftop view in Viña del Mar mean the ocean, or the city itself? Both are on offer here, and the best answer depends on which side of town a hotel sits. The Pullman and Sheraton Miramar look toward open water and Valparaíso Bay from their pool decks, Arka Hotel's rooftop faces the greener stretch toward Reñaca, and Eco Hostal Offenbacher-Hof's terrace, inside a building declared cultural heritage, takes in the hillside city itself rather than the coastline.

Above Playa Acapulco, one minute from the sand, the Pullman Viña del Mar San Martín's rooftop pool and sun terrace give a lounger's view that takes in both the beach below and the open Pacific beyond it. A fitness centre sits alongside the pool for guests who want a workout with the same view, and sea-facing rooms carry a version of the same outlook down at balcony level. The terrace stays open into the evening, so the same rooftop that fills with swimmers by day turns into a quieter spot to watch the coastline after dark.

An outdoor pool and upper floors set against Valparaíso Bay give Sheraton Miramar Hotel & Convention Center its rooftop-view identity, with Wulff Castle and the Casino Municipal building visible along the coastline from the right angle. The Farewell Bar adds a spot to watch the view turn to evening with live music playing, and the Sheraton Fitness Spa's indoor pool gives a sheltered alternative when the coastal wind picks up on the open deck outside. Guests attending a conference at the property can fit a view of the bay into a break between sessions without leaving the building at all.

Arka Hotel's rooftop pool looks toward greener ground than the Acapulco towers, six minutes from Reñaca Beach with a garden terrace built around the deck itself. The rooftop pairs with a buffet breakfast downstairs and family rooms throughout the property, making it a rooftop-view stay aimed more at a relaxed garden outlook than the open-ocean drama of the towers closer to the centre of town. Guests can move between the rooftop and the garden below without needing to change floors more than once during a typical, unhurried day spent here.

Eco Hostal Offenbacher-Hof offers the most distinctive view on this list: a terrace inside a refurbished, heritage-listed building with a panorama that takes in both Viña del Mar and Valparaíso at once. Guests can read by the lounge fireplace after watching the sun go down from the terrace, and the historic centre sits a five-minute walk away for a morning spent among the same streets visible from the rooftop the night before. The building's heritage status means the terrace itself looks much as it would have decades earlier, unlike the newer towers nearby.

Viña del Mar's built form, low-rise streets giving way to a handful of towers right along the seafront, is what makes a rooftop view worth seeking out here: from height, the palm-lined avenues around Quinta Vergara sit against the Pacific in a way that's hard to see from street level. Valparaíso's hillsides, visible from several of these terraces, add a second skyline to the view that most beach towns on this coast can't offer from a hotel roof.