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El Yeso Dam (Embalse El Yeso)
El Yeso Dam (Embalse El Yeso) Located in San Jose de Maipo outside of the Chilean capital, El Yeso Dam (Embalse El Yeso) dammed the Yeso River to create a lovely turquoise reservoir that can hold more than 253 million cubic meters of water. While only 60 miles (98 kilometers) outside of Santiago,
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Cousino Palace
Cousino Palace The Chilean building boom of the late 1800s, spurred by rising silver, copper, and nitrite prices worldwide, inspired some of the citys most marvelous architecture. Grand palaces, their stern neoclassical facades fashionably adorned touches of baroque and art nouveau frill. The fine
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Concon
Concon Travelers in search of picturesque beaches, iconic balnearios and extraordinary nightlife will find the ultimate tropical trifecta in the coastal commune of Concon. Home to three of the nation’s top beaches—Playa Negra, Amarilla and Boca, Concon has plenty of options for holiday visitors on
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Colchagua Valley
Colchagua Valley If you’re interested in tasting some of the best wines Chile has to offer, you’ll want to spend some time in the Colchagua Valley. Nearly two dozen area wineries are open to the public in what has become the country’s most prominent wine region, where the dry climate, plentiful su
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Club Hipico
Club Hipico Santiagos Club Hipico (Club Hípico de Santiago) is the most exclusive of Santiagos race tracks. Dating back to 1870, its the oldest racetrack in country and home to South Americas oldest stakes race — the Clásico El Ensayo, making it the best place to see thoroughbred horse racing whil
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Channel of Last Hope (Ultima Esperanza)
Channel of Last Hope (Ultima Esperanza) Not nearly as foreboding as it sounds, the Channel of Las Hope (Ultima Esperanza) is in fact a calm inlet stretching from Eberhard Fjord to Monte Balmaceda. In 1557, Spanish explorer Juan Ladrillero gave the channel its ominous name when he believed navigati
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Cejar Lagoon
Cejar Lagoon Located just 20 miles from the town of San Pedro de Atacama, this unusual desert sinkhole attracts many visitors. Filled with water, Cejar Lagoon is popular for the opportunity it provides to take a dip in the middle of the desert. The water can have salt concentrations up to 30 perce
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Casablanca Valley
Casablanca Valley Its close proximity to the Pacific Ocean and unique mix of clay and sandy soils has made the Casablanca Valley one of Chile’s top wine producing regions despite it’s relatively new arrival on the scene. The first vines were planted in the mid-1980s—more than 100 years later than
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Carretera Austral
Carretera Austral Whether by car or bike, it’s hard to dispute that the Carreterra Austral is one of South Americas most rugged — and scenic — highway routes. Winding through the wilderness of Patagonia, the road is often remote and rough but grants access to some of the most naturally beautiful p
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Barrio Italia
Barrio Italia Italian immigrant artists began settling the neighborhood surrounding Avenida Italia during the nineteenth century. During the first half of the 1900s, the neighborhood became a hub of commercial and industrial activity, and today, it’s quickly becoming one of Santiago’s trendiest ne
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Baburizza Palace
Baburizza Palace The art nouveau Baburizza Palace was built in 1916 and got its name after Pascual Baburizza, a Croatian businessman living in Chile, took it as his private home in 1925. Baburizza collected paintings from his travels through Europe, and upon his death, his collection and estate we
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Ascensor Concepcion
Ascensor Concepcion Built in 1883, Ascensor Concepcion is the city’s oldest elevator. Once powered by steam, today this electric ride sends travelers up to the Concepcion Cerro, where they are met with charming cobble streets, colorful homes and a handful of cafes, restaurants and bars that serve
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Angelmo
Angelmo Located at the west end of Puerto Montt, the small fishing port of Angelmo got its name — according to local legend — from the mispronunciation by indigenous locals of the name of a local doctor, Angel Montt, when the town was first getting established. Avenida Angelmo leads toward th
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Ahumada Boulevard (Paseo Ahumada)
Ahumada Boulevard (Paseo Ahumada) Santiago is a busy, walkable city, with a fairly compact downtown. But there are times when you’ve had enough of having to move along at the speed of the crowd, and wish you could have a more spacious place to be. And you can. There are three major pedestrian thor
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Otway Sound
Otway Sound Famed for its colony of adorable Spheniscus magellanicus penguins, the Penguin Sanctuary of Otway Sound - or Pingüinera de Seno Otway - is one of the most easily visited penguin preserves in the world. Almost 5,000 of the smallish warm weather penguins - all of them couples - make thei
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Chilean Museum of Pre-Colombian Art
Chilean Museum of Pre-Colombian Art Perhaps Chiles most important museum is the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino - or Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art, displaying 4,500 years of American history on a very human scale. Housed in the former Royal Customs Palace, one of the citys finest neo
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Vina Casas del Bosque
Vina Casas del Bosque The award-winning Vina Casas del Bosque winery lies within the Casablanca region of Chile. Casas del Bosque started as a boutique family winery in 1993 and now maintains 573 acres (232 hectares) of productive vines; the winery’s specialty is Sauvignon Blanc, but Chardonnay, R
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Quinta Vergara
Quinta Vergara Viña del Mar is nicknamed “Garden City,” and visitors to Quinta Vergara — a beautifully landscaped park — will understand why. Portuguese shipping tycoon Francisco Alvarez acquired a 19-century hacienda on the site of the park in 1840. His wife Dolores, an avid botanist, transformed
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Loma Larga Vineyards & Winery
Loma Larga Vineyards & Winery Loma Larga Vineyards & Winery got its start when Don Manuel Joaquín Díaz Escudero Alvarez de Toledo — grandfather of the current owners — brought back strains of wine grapes from France and planted them at a wine estate in the middle of Santiago. Years later in 19
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Elqui Valley
Elqui Valley Famous for its pisco production, Chile’s Elqui Valley is one of the country’s most enchanting and peculiar places. Carpeted in the fluorescent green of grape vines, the valley stands in stark contrast to the arid hills to either side. Pisco isn’t the only thing produced here either; c
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