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Cerro San Cristobal   Santiago

Cerro San Cristobal, Santiago

 32 Reviews  Cerro San Cristóbal is a hill in northern Santiago. It is 880 meters above sea level therefore about 300 meters over Santiago. It was named after St Christopher by the Spanish conquistadors because of... 

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Death Valley   San Pedro de Atacama

Death Valley, San Pedro de Atacama

 9 Reviews  I enjoyed this place so much I visited there 3 times: once for hiking, once on horseback and once for sandboarding. Most agencies will organize a hike of this place along with the tour for Valle de La... 

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Plaza de Armas   Santiago

Plaza de Armas, Santiago

 33 Reviews  The Plaza de Armas or city square has the same points of interest as Plazas de Armas world wide - it is the goverment and justice centre and the centre for worship. In Santiago this one of the few... 

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El Tatio geysers   San Pedro de Atacama

El Tatio geysers, San Pedro de Atacama

 14 Reviews  After visiting the geysers there is nothing better to do than a re-invogorating soak in the thermal pools which are delightfully warm. So don't forget your bathing suit and a towel. Also be prepared... 

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Cerro Santa Lucia   Santiago

Cerro Santa Lucia, Santiago

 35 Reviews  The expedition to the Kingdom of Chile led by Pedro de Valdivia came to the Central Valley in December 1540. After exploring the vicinity of Mapocho river, on December 13th, 1540, the expedition... 

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Moon Valley   San Pedro de Atacama

Moon Valley, San Pedro de Atacama

 22 Reviews  An interesting area with stones and sand formations that per millenia the floods and the winds have given it a series of colors and texture to the desert, it presents an extraordinary attractive by... 

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Cajon del Maipo   Santiago

Cajon del Maipo, Santiago

 11 Reviews  My friend and I booked the "wine tour" package at Cascada de las Animas, an eco-tourism resort in the Cajón del Maipo. The wine tour includes transportation to / from Santiago, a tour of the Concha y... 

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Atacama salt flat   San Pedro de Atacama

Atacama salt flat, San Pedro de Atacama

 9 Reviews  The Salar de Atacama is the second largest salt flat in the world, after the much larger Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. It is surrounded by mountains and volcanos, and is part of the Los Flamencos Natural... 

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La Moneda   Santiago

La Moneda, Santiago

 27 Reviews  La Moneda, is the seat of the President of the Republic of Chile and houses the offices of three cabinet ministers. It was originally built as the colonial mint with construction starting in 1784. The... 

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Quitor   San Pedro de Atacama

Quitor, San Pedro de Atacama

 5 Reviews  Pukará de Quitor (Fort of Quitor) is located 3 Kms. from San Pedro, over the hill of Quitor. This Pukará was build by the atacameño people to defend themself from other towns that inhabited... 

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Mercado Central.   Santiago

Mercado Central., Santiago

 13 Reviews  Santiago's Mercado Central was opened on September 15th, 1872, by President Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, to house the Palace of Arts. Its construction took ten years, as the metalwork was made in... 

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Caves   San Pedro de Atacama

Caves, San Pedro de Atacama

 3 Reviews  When we took a tour which combined the Death Valley, Moon Valley and Quebrada de Kari I didn´t really know what this part of the tour would be like. It is a relatively recent addition to some of the... 

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Metropolitan Cathedral   Santiago

Metropolitan Cathedral, Santiago

 15 Reviews  The site for the cathedral of Santiago was nominated as far back as 1541. Construction of the current church was started in 1748 and it was consecrated in 1775. The facades were added in 1780 nad by... 

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P. Le Paige museum   San Pedro de Atacama

P. Le Paige museum, San Pedro de Atacama

 5 Reviews  The famous “mummies” (actually they are very well preserved bodies) were removed from the Museum´s exhibition in May 2007, due to a demand from the Lickanantay (local natives) community. This demand... 

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Las Chascona (Pablo Neruda's House)   Santiago

Las Chascona (Pablo Neruda's House), Santiago

 11 Reviews  La Chascona is one of Pablo Neruda's residences. You can only explore the house on a guided tour but it's worth paying for. The house has a nautical theme throughout and the name, La Chascona, is... 

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Iglesia De San Francisco   Santiago

Iglesia De San Francisco, Santiago

 12 Reviews  A little bit further along the big and busy Avenido Libertador Bernardo O'Higgings, you can se the oldest church of the city : The Iglesia San Francisco. This Iglesia San Francisco dated from the... 

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Museo de Bellas Artes   Santiago

Museo de Bellas Artes, Santiago

 9 Reviews  Unfortunately, I couldn't visit the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes because I happened to be in downtown Santiago on a Monday, the only day the museum's not open. However, I did make a short detour to... 

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Casa Colorada   Santiago

Casa Colorada, Santiago

 8 Reviews  The Casa Colorada, built in 1769, is one of the most nicely preserved colonial buildings in Santiago. Again, not only has it survived the city's extreme modernization, it also made it through several... 

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Skiing   Santiago

Skiing, Santiago

 13 Reviews  How to get there: Toma la autopista urbana Costanera Norte, después Av. Kennedy y luego Av. Las Condes hasta el camino a Farellones. Sigue hasta la curva 40 y toma el desvío a Valle Nevado, desde... 

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Museo Pre Columbian   Santiago

Museo Pre Columbian, Santiago

 11 Reviews  I highly recommend visiting this excellent museum with a large collection and detailed explanations (in English too) of the Pre-Colombian art and treasures of ancient cultures of South America, Mexico... 

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Vin del Mar   Santiago

Vin del Mar, Santiago

 4 Reviews  COMO LLEGAR En Santiago, la capital chilena, los buses hacia Viña del Mar se abordan en el terminal Alameda, en la avenida que lleva el mismo nombre. Los vehículos salen cada 15 minutos y el costo del... 

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Puerto Montt   Santiago

Puerto Montt, Santiago

 5 Reviews  Puerto Montt is a relatively new city in Chilean colonial history. It was founded by German colonists in 1853 and named after Manuel Montt, President of Chile between 1851 and 1861. The city is... 

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Valparaiso   Santiago

Valparaiso, Santiago

 2 Reviews  Valparaíso is one of the most important Chilean harbours, and is the see of Chilean Congress. The picture shows some pelicans near the harbour. Valparaíso es uno de los puertos más importantes de... 

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Valparaiso: La Sebastiana - Neruda II

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This was the second house of Pablo Neruda I visited during my stay in Chile. It is located up on the hills high above Valparaiso - like a bird´s nest. Of course also amazing views from there! La Sebastiana was named after it`s architect, a certain Sebastián Collado, who planned to spend his evening of life there. An eccentric guy himself I suppose as he wanted to build a "landing place for helicopters or potential spaceships" there :). Collado passed away though, and so Pablo Neruda could buy the house, to be precise he co-ownded it with 2 other persons. It was inaugurated in 1961. The house was devastated by military after Pablo Neruda´s death. Also here you`ll see an amazing collection of odd things and coloured glass (he prefered to drink out of white and green glass, because he found the water has a better taste then :)). I especially liked the doors made of coloured glass and the...

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Santiago: Cerro San Cristóbal & Santiago Zoo

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Cerro San Cristóbal is a hill in the centre of Santiago from where you can enjoy a spectacular view over the city, at least if there is no fog :). Once you`ve entered a knight`s castle-like building at the end of C/Pio Nono you can go up the hill by using the lovely funicular, which was inaugurated in the year 1925. Most famous user of the funicular was Pope John Paul II. on the occasion of a mass he hold at Cerro San Cristóbal in 1987. One stop of the funicular when going up is Santiago zoo. I didn`t find Santiago zoo that great though, as some of the enclosures they have there are really too small. They have several white tigers, giraffes, deer ... . I liked the funny monkeys chasing each other and I could see an impressive but scary collection of spiders and huge chilean frogs :). I also liked the zoo`s huge aviary. If you continue going up by funicular you`ll see a church and if you...

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Valparaiso in general ...

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Some years ago I saw some pictures of Valparaiso on the VT and immediately decided that I had to go there on day ... and so I did :). Valparaiso is located at the pacific coast of Chile. It is an important harbour town and an Unesco World heritage site. When I arrived there from Santiago my first thought was that i wouldn`t like it - it seemed to be a bit tumbled down and chaotic. However - after a few hours being there I started loving it with all it`s colourful houses very often made of corrugated iron, it`s troleybuses, the cobble stone streets and especially the ascensores. Valparaiso`s chaotic accumulation of houses is built on hills - and to go between the centre or port and those hills you should use one of the 15 ascensores of that city- kind of funiculars, which fortunately weren`t harmed during earthquakes. Actually they look like small metal boxes going up and down and a ride...

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Termas Geométricas

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Around the Pucón/Volcano Villarica area you`ll find a lot of thermal springs. One of them is Termas Geométricas. When I arrived there, I felt like being on another planet :) - it is in the middle of the forest right between the rocks with a spectacular landscape around it! There is even a waterfall on the end of the termas area. There is no sterile spa building like I was used to - there is just a red coloured wooden construction (designed by Germán del Sol, for the ones who are interested :)) which is integrated perfectly in the landscape. The roofs of the buildings are covered with grass.Off the high season you just pay in the restaurant there, which has a huge open fireplace in the middle of the room, where people are warming up and sipping a hot soup after their bath. You can also rent towels there. They have lockers as well - but no heated changing room - you have to undress in the...

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Parque Nacional Vicente Pérez Rosales

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Parque Nacional Pérez Rosales is Chile`s oldest National park. It is situated around volcano Osorno relatively close to the Argentinean border in the South of Chile, Région Los Lagos. vegetation is simply amazing!Basically you should go along Lago Llanquihue to a little village called Ensenada. From there it is only about 16km on a partly unpaved road to Petrohue. There you can visit the waterfalls of the river Petrohue, which might not be that spectacular, but nevertheless beautiful with all that turquoise coloured water. You can see loads of salmons there in the river. They charge a small entrance fee. For the brave ones- they also offer rafting tours at river Petrohue.If you continue on the unpaved road then, you`ll arrive in Petrohue at Lago Todos Los Santos on the foot of Osorno volcano. Originally Lago Llanquihue and Lago Todos Los Santos were one single lake (which is almost...

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Frutillar - German settler`s village

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Frutillar is a small village, located at lago Llanquihue in the Los Lagos area. It is divided into 2 parts - Frutillar Alto and Frutillar Bajo. While Frutillar Alto looks like a typical chilean village, Frutillar Bajo is completely different: It`s architecture switches you back to Germany in the 1950ies! There are neat little houses with perfectly kept gardens - and if you are looking for a hotel you have the choice between for example "Hotel Bauernhaus", "Residenz am See" or "Frau Holle". Also the street names are partly German. There is a nice open air museum - Museo de la Colonización Alemana. I think the entrance fee was around EUR 2,50. There are several wooden buildings, one even with a waterwheel, which shall give you an overview over the life of German settlers at Lago Llanquihue in the 19th century.There are a couple of restaurants in Frutillar - as everyone reccomended the Club...

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Salto del Laja

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If you are going down to the south from Santiago you are probably looking for a place where you could spend a night to rest. I chose Salto del Laja. It is Chile`s biggest waterfall. It is located about 500 km from Santiago and about 30 km to the North from Los Angeles. It´s easily to find - just go down the Panamericana (ruta 5) - there is an exit called Salto del Laja. Don`t expect it to be a second Iguazu - Salto del Laja is much smaller! Nevertheless it is a spectacular and fascinating place which will attract everyone who likes nature! You can wander around close to the waterfalls. When I was there no entrance fee at all was charged. The small village of Salto del Laja is nothing special, there are quite a few lodging options there, mostly cabanas for rent.

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Desert Scenery

by mad4travel

When you do the trip to the El tatio geysers most of it is in the dark, so you have no idea about the kinds of scenery you are travelling through (except to say you know you are going upwards). So it comes as a nice surprise to find that the scenery is rather beautiful, with sweeping vistas of snow capped volcanoes and saguaro cacti.There are a couple of villages on the way and its worth a while to stop and wander.Vincunas are quite common here (a distant cousin to the llama) too.

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Puerto Montt

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Puerto Montt is a port city in southern Chile, located at the northern end of the Reloncaví Sound in the Llanquihue Province that is gateway to the lake district.The city's economy is now based upon agriculture, forestry, fishing, and salmon aquaculture in the surrounding islands and fjords. It is also the gateway to Chiloé Island and the many other smaller islands in Chile's inland sea.There is a fish market you can wander round and marvel at todays catch and a handicraft market which stretches along the high st to capitalise on its increasing tourist trade. The place has a very marime feel and remided me somewhat of british Columbia in Canada.The flight from Santiago takes two hours.

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Salar de Atacama

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Salar de Atacama is the largest salt flat in Chile. It is 55 km south of San Pedro de Atacama, is surrounded by mountains and has no drainage outlets. Large volcanoes dominate the landscape, including the Licancabur, Acamarachi, Aguas Calientes and the Láscar. The latter is one of the most active volcanoes in Chile but unfortuntely could not manage more than a puff of smoke when I was there.The salt flat covers some 3,000 km², is about 100 km long and 80 km wide, which makes it the second largest in the world, after Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia . The quality of light and the colours here are fantastic (watch out for sunburn though!). Flamigos inhabit the lakes at certain times of the year and make a fantastic sight withtheir pink colour standing out against the whites and blues of the lake.

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