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Plaza Prat
The citys 19th-century swagger is hard to miss on Iquiques central square. Pride of place goes to the Torre Reloj (1877) clock tower, seemingly baked and sugar-frosted rather than built. Jumping fountains line the walkway south to the marble-stepped Teatro Municipal , a neoclassica
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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
This fine art museum is housed in the stately neoclassical Palacio de Bellas Artes, built as part of Chiles centenary celebrations in 1910. The museum features an excellent permanent collection of Chilean art. There are free guided tours Saturday and Sunday starting at 10:30am. Lo
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Instituto de la Patagonia
Pioneer days are made real again at the Patagonian Institutes Museo del Recuerdo , part of the Universidad de Magallanes. On display are a collection of antique farm and industrial machinery, a typical pioneer house and shearing shed, and a wooden-wheeled shepherds trailer. The lib
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Castillo de Corral
In the 17th century, the Spanish heavily fortified the point where the Río Valdivia and the Río Tornagaleones joins the Pacific. Today, the remains of these fortifications at Corral, Niebla and Isla Mancera are a strong reminder of the colonial past. The largest and most intact is
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Museo Arqueológico
The small Museo Arqueológico contains some interesting pre-Columbian pottery displayed in dusty exhibit cases.
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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos
Opened in 2010, this museum isnt for the faint of heart: the exhibits expose the terrifying human rights violations and large-scale disappearances that took place under Chiles military government between the years of 1973 and 1990. Theres no way around it – learning about the 40,00
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Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda
Underground art takes on a new meaning in one of Santiagos newer cultural spaces: the Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda beneath Plaza de la Ciudadanía. A glass-slab roof floods the vaultlike space with natural light, and ramps wind down through the central atrium past the Cineteca
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Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Gracia de Nercón
Just 4km south of Castro is another of Chiloes Unesco-recognized churches, restored in 2012. Built from cypress and larch wood between 1887 and 1888, its prominent 25m tower can be viewed from Ruta 5. Notable interiors include an all-wood sculpture of St Michael with a demon and co
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Ahu Tahai
Ahu Tahai is a highly photogenic site that contains three restored ahu . Ahu Tahai proper is the ahu in the middle, supporting a large, solitary moai with no topknot. On the north side of Ahu Tahai is Ahu Ko Te Riku, with a topknotted and eyeballed moai . On the other side is Ahu V
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Quebrada de Jere
An idyllic oasis of fruit trees, herbs and flowers can be found just outside the traditional Andean village of Toconao, located 38km south of San Pedro. The Quebrada de Jere , sometimes called Quebrada de Jeréz (Sherry Gorge) for its sweet water, nestles in a deep gash in the altip
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Parque Nacional Nevado Tres Cruces
Hard-to-reach Parque Nacional Nevado Tres Cruces has all the rugged beauty and a fraction of the tourists of more famous high-altitude parks further north. Quite apart from pristine peaks and first-rate climbing challenges, the park shields some wonderful wildlife: flamingos spend
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La Casa del Arte
The massive, fiercely political mural La Presencia de América Latina is the highlight of the university art museum La Casa del Arte. Its by Mexican artist Jorge González Camarena, a protégé of the legendary muralist José Clemente Orozco, and celebrates Latin Americas indigenous peo
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Iglesia de San Francisco
The first stone of the austere Iglesia de San Francisco was laid in 1586, making it Santiagos oldest surviving colonial building. Its sturdy walls have weathered some powerful earthquakes, although the current clock tower, finished in 1857, is the fourth. There is an attached colon
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Saltos del Petrohué
Six kilometers southwest of Petrohué, the Saltos del Petrohué is a rushing, frothing waterfall raging through a narrow volcanic rock canyon carved by lava. Anyone wondering why the rafting trips don’t start from the lake will find the answer here, although experienced kayakers have
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Museo Corbeta Esmeralda
This replica of sunken Esmeralda, a plucky little Chilean corvette that challenged ironclad Peruvian warships in the War of the Pacific, is Iquiques new pride and glory. The original ship was captained by Arturo Prat (1848–79), whose name now graces a hundred street maps, plazas an
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Av Angelmó Street Stalls
Along busy, diesel-fume-laden Av Angelmó is a dizzying mix of streetside stalls (selling artifacts, smoked mussels, cochayuyo – edible sea plant – and mysterious trinkets), crafts markets and touristy seafood restaurants with croaking waiters beckoning you to a table. Enjoy the fre
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Plaza de Armas
Since the citys founding in 1541, the Plaza de Armas has been its symbolic heart. In colonial times a gallows was the squares grisly centerpiece; today its a fountain celebrating libertador (liberator) Simón Bolívar, shaded by more than a hundred Chilean palm trees. Parallel pedes
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Cerro Santa Lucía
Take a break from the chaos of the Centro with an afternoon stroll through this lovingly manicured park. It was just a rocky hill until 19th-century mayor Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna had it transformed into one of the citys most memorable parks. A web of trails and steep stone stairs
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Museo Regional de La Araucanía
Housed in a handsome frontier-style building dating from 1924, this small but vibrant regional museum has permanent exhibits recounting the history of the Araucanían peoples before, during and since the Spanish invasion in its newly renovated basement collection, including an impre
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Seno Otway
Seno Otway, with about 6000 breeding pairs of penguins, is located around an hour northwest of the city. Tours usually leave in the afternoon; however, visiting in the morning is best time of the day for photography because the birds are mostly backlit in the afternoon. Arrive via
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