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Mirador Dorotea
A day hike through a lenga forest on private land to splendid views of Puerto Natales and the glacial valley. Less than 10km from Natales. Dorotea is the large rocky outcrop just off Ruta 9.
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Ahu Tepeu
This large ahu has several fallen moai and a village site with foundations of hare paenga (elliptical houses) and the walls of several round houses, consisting of loosely piled stones.
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Mercado Cardonal
As colorful as Valparaísos trademark houses – and built almost as high – are the fruit and vegetable displays in the Mercado Cardonal, bordered by Yungay, Brasil, Uruguay and Rawson.
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Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Espacio Quinta Normal
This branch of the downtown Museo de Arte Contemporáneo specializes in offbeat and experimental exhibitions. Its housed in the Palacio Versailles , declared a national monument in 2004.
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MAM Chiloé
Castros spacious Museum of Modern Art features innovative works by contemporary Chilean artists, many of them Chilotes. Its a fair hike from town, but worth it if youre an art buff.
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Parque de las Esculturas Exhibition Hall
On the north side of the Río Mapocho lies a rare triumph in urban landscaping: the Parque de las Esculturas, a green stretch along the river decorated with 20 unique sculptures by noted Chilean artists.
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Viña Santa Rita
Famous for the premium Casa Real Cabernet, Santa Rita offers bike and wine tours as well as picnics. To get here, take the metro to Buin station, then take bus 5064 to the entrance of the winery.
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Museo Martín Gusinde
An attractive museum honoring the German priest and ethnographer who worked among the Yaghans from 1918 to 1923. Focuses on ethnography and natural history. Public wi-fi is available in the library.
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Iglesia San Francisco
The granddaddy of all La Serenas churches is a colonial marvel, two blocks southeast of the plaza, and built in the early 1600s. Its a stone construction, with a tower and fancy baroque facade.
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Mercado de Chillán
The citys main market is split into two sections on either side of Maipón between Isabel Riquelme and 5 de Abril. It is currently closed for renovations, with a possible re-open date in 2015.
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Torreón del Barro
A couple of turrets can be seen around town: east of the bus terminal, the Torreón del Barro is from a Spanish fort built in 1774, while the Torreón de los Canelos dates from the 17th century.
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Museo Regional Salesiano
Especially influential in settling the region, the Salesian order collected outstanding ethnographic artifacts, but their museum touts their role as peacemakers between the Yaghan and Ona and settlers.
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Casa del Arte Diego Rivera
A joint Mexican-Chilean project finished in 1964, the upstairs Sala Hardy Wistuba specializes in works by local artists, sculptors and photographers. Also houses a small cafe and an excellent boutique.
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Museo Artesanía Chilena
This smart folk-art museum shows thousands of pieces of Chilean rural artwork, from ceramics to textiles to cowboy spurs; many were collecting dust in the Universidad Católica de Chiles storage for decades.
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Cerro de la Virgen
The dusty hike up Cerro de la Virgen, just north of town, offers vast panoramas of the entire Elqui Valley, but its hot and exposed – bring water. The summit is less than an hours walk from the Plaza de Armas.
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Ascensor El Peral
Ascensor El Peral starts from near the Tribunales (Law Courts) just off Plaza Sotomayor and continues to Cerro Alegre, which is home to the Palacio Baburizza (1916), which now houses the citys Museo de Bellas Artes.
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Ahu Te Pito Kura
Beside Bahía de La Pérouse, a nearly 10m long moai lies face down with its neck broken; its the largest moai moved from Rano Raraku and erected on an ahu. A topknot – oval rather than round as at Vinapu – lies nearby.
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Viña Cousiño Macul
A pretty winery set in Santiagos urban sprawl. Most of the vineyards are now at Buin, but tours take in the production process and underground bodega, built in 1872. Its a 2.25km walk or a quick taxi ride from the metro.
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Oficina Santa Laura
The skeletal remains of Oficina Santa Laura are a half-hour walk southwest across the highway. It’s worth the trip to snoop around the monstrous machinery, used to crush minerals, and visit the small, free museum.
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Ana Te Pahu
Off the dirt road to Akivi, Ana Te Pahu is former cave dwellings with an overgrown garden of sweet potatoes, taro and bananas. The caves here are lava tubes, created when rock solidified around a flowing stream of molten lava.
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