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 Cajón del Maipo general view by tommix
Trekking adepts will certainly appreciate a day trip to El Morado Natural Park, one of the lateral valleys of Cajón del Maipo, ended by a beautiful lagoon and glacier. In an another lateral valley there is also a huge dam and a artificial lake El Yeso. And it’s possible to windsurf there! Even there after aquatic exploits you will be also able to relax in a hot water – close to El Yeso reservoir are Baños El Plomo, another thermal baths.
The easiest way to get to Cajón del Maipo is – obviously – to drive your own (or rented) car. The main route from Santiago is by going along Avenida La Florida, which later changes its name to Avenida Camilo Henriquez – it will take you directly to the Las Vizcachas which is the beginning of the Cajón del Maipo. Another way is by going along Avenida Vicuña Mackenna until you arrive to Puente Alto. From there you can take Eyzaguirre which will connect to the main route G-25 just before Las Vizcachas.
But you can also arrive there with the public transport. There are numerous buses leaving for San José del Maipo (the “capital” of Cajón) from the bus station at Plaza Vespucio (next to Bellavista de Florida metro station).
Don’t forget that If you plan to go mountaineering or trekking deep into the mountains, you have let the local police at San Gabriel know what route you are planning to take and the day you expect to be back.
Also have in mind that in local villages it’s easy and advisable to buy homemade and tasteful bread, cheese, vine and stronger alcohols and also nuts, almonds or honey. Leave a Comment
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 it's less then 40 km from
downtown! by tommix
My preffered summer destination is the direction of Farellones with natural reserve of Yerba Loca... Leave a Comment
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 The monument for Caupolican,
the Indio-leader by globetrott, 4 more photos
So you will finally see all major parts of chilean history in my main picture:
The indio for the time before the European came, then on the left the fortification built by red bricks and finally the modern Chile in the back. From that tower a wide system of paths and steps will take you down to the lower city and to the Neptun-fountain. Leave a Comment
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Cerro Santa Lucia used to be the perfect place to defend the city of Santiago and at some places you can still see the old cannons of the medieval fortification. I am not sure wether they are the original or repilcas, in any case they look interesting and worth seeing. The one on my 4th picture you can see only from the highest viewpoint, but the others you can touch or even sit on. Leave a Comment
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Iglesia de la Veracruz is the name of this lovely church on my main picture,unfortunately it is locked during the day so I could not take a look inside. You will find it in the centre of the so-called area of "Lastarria" where artists are living and selling their works of art, there are nice cafes and restaurants as well as a fleamarket at least on saturdays.
I mainly enjoyed the special architecture of some of the unique buildings there. My photos #2-5 were taken in the street "Villavicencio", opposite of Iglesia de la Veracruz.
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For Lastarria search on your map for metrostation "Museo Precolombino" from there it is just about 100 meters ! Leave a Comment
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Step up the highest view-point on top of Cerro Santa Lucia, even though the steps are a bit worn out at some places,the panorama-view is really worth all the trouble. Santiago is an interesting mixture of modern sky-scrapers and tradional architecture and from nowere else you can see these modern buildings in a better way. Leave a Comment
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The monument for Gran Capitan Don Pedro de Valdivia is standing in the middle of the small square on top of Cerro Santa Lucia, a great park with a waterfall,some nice benches, a kiosk and a great view over the city of Santiago and its surrounding mountains.
b.t.w. Gran Capitan Don Pedro de Valdivia is the same person as on the big monument of Plaza de Armas ! Leave a Comment
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Take a look at this interesting construction :it is the trainstation of Santiago de Chile and it was constructed by Eiffel.
I saw it when I passed by it in my transfer-taxi from the airport, I am glad that the driver pointed at it and also drove a bit more slow, so I could take these pics out of the car. Leave a Comment
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The Japanese Garden is on the foot of Cerro Santa Lucia, at the side of Lastarria and it certainly had seen better times already. It includes a pond, but that was not filled with water anymore in the middle of summer, so the whole Japanese garden was a bit spooky with just stones and a bit of typical garden-architecture. Leave a Comment
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The Monument to the Indigenous People is quite a strange but interesting sculpture on Plaza de Armas, take a walk around it and take a look at the various strange symbols and details.Especially the backside I did not understand (my 5th photograph) , but maybe that is the sense of, so people start to think... Leave a Comment
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