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Centro Gabriela Mistral
This striking cultural and performing arts center – named for Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature – is an exciting addition to Santiagos art scene. There are concerts and performances most days. No matter what, you sho
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Cervecería Kunstmann
On Isla Teja at Km5 on the road to Niebla, youll find the souths best large-scale brewery. Tours leave hourly from noon to 11pm (CH$10,000; November to March) and include a takeaway glass mug and a 300ml sampling of the Torobayo unfiltered, available only here, straight from the ta
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La Chascona
When poet Pablo Neruda needed a secret hideaway to spend time with his mistress Matilde Urrutia, he built La Chascona (loosely translated as messy hair), the name inspired by her unruly curls. Neruda, of course, was a great lover of the sea, so the dining room is modeled on a ships
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Museo de la Moda
This slick, privately operated fashion museum comprises a vast and exquisite permanent collection of Western clothing – 20th-century designers are particularly well-represented. Star attractions include John Lennons jacket from 1966, the cone bra Jean Paul Gaultier designed for Ma
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Rano Kau & Orongo Ceremonial Village
Nearly covered in a bog of floating totora reeds, this crater lake resembles a giant witchs cauldron – awesome! Perched 400m above, on the edge of the crater wall on one side and abutting a vertical drop plunging down to the cobalt-blue ocean on the other side, Orongo ceremonial vi
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La Sebastiana
Bellavistas most famous resident artist was Pablo Neruda, who made a point of watching Valparaísos annual New Years fireworks from his house at the top of the hill, La Sebastiana. Because its first-come, first-served, its recommended that you get here in the morning. Getting here i
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Museo Gustavo Le Paige
Even if museums arent your thing, make an exception for San Pedros superb Museo Gustavo Le Paige. The Atacama is nirvana for archaeologists because of its nearly rainless environment, which preserves artifacts for millennia. And so this octagonal museum is packed with such fascinat
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Chile's Top Road Trip: the Carretera Austral
Along some sections of the Carretera Austral “highway” may be a misleading term. Photo © Mr Hicks46, licensed Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike.
Not so long ago, to visit northern Chilean Patagonia’s wild temperate rainforests, pristine lakes, rushing rivers, fathomle
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Ghost Towns of the Atacama
Humberstone Factory. Photo © Wayne Bernhardson.
Most Northern Hemisphere residents think of the Southern Cone countries – Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay – as summer destinations. In the southern winter, of June, July and August, they tend to stay closer to home for their travels, but th
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From the Lodge at Valle Chacabuco
Last August, I wrote about the new Lodge at Valle Chacabuco, part of the audacious new conservation project in Chile’s Aisén region, just northeast of the town of Cochrane. Estancia Valle Chacabuco is in the process of being turned into Parque Nacional Patagonia, which would incorporate the existi
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Paine Catches Fire: The Aftermath
It’s felt like a long week in Torres del Paine, and a lot has happened in the aftermath of the fire that consumed almost 15,000 hectares (roughly 36,000 acres) in Chile’s premier national park but was finally brought under control last Sunday night. President Sebastián Piñera has responded to furi
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Discover the Wild Variety of Chile
Torres del Paine National Park. Photo © Patrick Poendl.
In Benjamín Subercaseaux’s memorable phrase, Chile embodies una loca geografía — literally, “a crazy geography.” Here northern deserts, Mediterranean heartland, deep mountain lakes, soaring volcanoes, temperate rainforests, and Patagonian wil
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Discover Valparaíso: Chile's Most Cosmopolitan City
Dating from 1894, Ascensor Artillería extends for 175 meters with a 30-degree gradient. Photo © Phil Whitehouse, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
Like San Francisco, Chile’s main seaport owes its growth to the California gold rush, when it was a strategic stopover on the passage around
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Ruta del Vino de Casablanca: Chilean Wineries
The vineyards of Viña Veramonte in the Casablanca Valley.Photo by Jameson Fink of Wine Without Worry licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
Midway between Valparaíso and Santiago, several wineries have united to promote the Casablanca valley, one of Chile’s fastest-growing and most accessible wine
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Ski Resorts near Santiago, Chile
El Colorado resort. Photo © Otavio Piske, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
From the eastern comuna (borough) of Lo Barnechea, a narrow paved road climbs gradually up the Río Mapocho Canyon, past the entrance to the massive La Disputada copper mine, and then snakes up dozens of switchbac
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Santiago de Chile Day Trip: The Village of Pomaire
Pottery for sale in the village of Pomaire. Photo © Steven de Polo, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
Santiago and VicinityAbout 70 kilometers southwest of the capital via Ruta 68, the dusty village of Pomaire produces many of the clay pots that contain cazuela de ave, paila marina, and
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Northern Beach Towns in the Vicinity of Viña del Mar
Horcón, Chile. Photo © Hector Garcia, licensed Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike.
Chilean HeartlandFrom the Viña del Mar suburb of Concón to Papudo, the northern beach towns offer visitors the same general sorts of attractions, but they are not quite cookie-cutter resorts. In fact, in
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Museo Fundo Hualpén near Concepción
At the mouth of the Biobío, 18 kilometers west of Concepción, businessman, farmer, whaler, nitrate baron, and writer Pedro del Río Zañartu (1840–1918) inhabited this late-19th-century mansion (tel. 041/2426399, 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Tues.–Sun, free, parking US$4), set in Parque Pedro del Río Zañartu, its
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The Hills of Valparaíso, Chile
Dating from 1894, Ascensor Artillería extends for 175 meters with a 30-degree gradient. Photo © Phil Whitehouse, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
Valparaíso is a walker’s city, so long as those walkers are willing to test their legs and lungs on its steep staircases and narrow alleyways—thou
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What to See and Do in Chillán
Fresh produce for sale at the Chillán Market. Photo © Consuelo Poblete, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
Beset by natural disasters throughout its history, Chillán lacks even the limited colonial character of heartland cities such as Talca. But the birthplace of Chilean liberator Bernar
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