Freddo is the ice cream brand any River Plate local would recognise with their eyes closed, and its shop on Eugenio Sainz Martínez street is the only ice cream parlour with its own door inside the village of José Ignacio. Among so many chef-driven restaurants and sophisticated beach clubs, this corner solves summer's most democratic craving: good ice cream after the beach, no reservation and no waiting list.

The menu is the classic one: dulce de leche in all its variations, creamy flavours, fruit sorbets, plus alfajores and packaged treats to take back to your rental. It works perfectly as an excuse to wander the village's sandy streets, cone in hand, between the square and the lighthouse. If you are travelling with kids, it is the essential afternoon stop.