Valparaiso

We will spend time in Santiago on a land tour another year so considering exploring Valparaiso instead of doing the 3 hour roundtrip excursion into Santiago. Has anyone spent the day in Valparaiso? Suggestions?

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Last winter we enjoyed a day of "urban trekking with a local guide" with Patatour Chile (http://www.patatourchile.com/). We rode the rail system, a streetcar, a couple of funiculars and walked all about visiting fish and vegetable markets, viewing the incredible murals, etc. Our group (organized on the roll call) also requested that a full lunch be included in the tour and our guide picked a lovely restaurant with very good food and service. They have a five star rating on TripAdvisor that is well earned.

Last winter we enjoyed a day of "urban trekking with a local guide" with Patatour Chile (http://www.patatourchile.com/). We rode the rail system, a streetcar, a couple of funiculars and walked all about visiting fish and vegetable markets, viewing the incredible murals, etc. Our group (organized on the roll call) also requested that a full lunch be included in the tour and our guide picked a lovely restaurant with very good food and service. They have a five star rating on TripAdvisor that is well earned.

Exactly the information I was looking for - thank you!

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We spent several days in each of Santiago and Valparaiso. Santiago, to us, was just another big city.

We preferred Valparaiso. It is very unique. We did lots of walking. Good local transport.

Take a city bus to Vina Del mar about 10 minutes away. Beautiful beach and a neat Easter Island museum with a statue head from the island right outside. Valparaiso is a great city and we enjoyed the waterfront, funiculars and great food. We especially liked El Peral and Casa Cervecera Altamira which is a nice brewery/restaurant.

We spent two days in Valparaiso. Two and a half days in Santiago. And then another few days driving through the wine region in our rental.

Overall, we both agree that out time in Valparaiso was the best of the three. Very unique. We did the 'free walking tour'. It was excellent and proved to be a great starter to our two day visit.

One good thing about Santiago was how easy it was to get around by public transport/subway. We stayed at Ibis Estacion because it was beside the two bus terminals and had a subway station a half block away. Our bus from Valparaiso terminated there. Our bus to the airport to pick up our rental car started there so it was perfect for us. Room was very good, standard Ibis. Breakfast was good. Only downside was that there were not many good restaurants nearby. Not an issue since we found ourselves eating in the restaurant district on each of the three nights we were in town.

Main places in Valparaiso:, that you can not miss when you visit the city

1) Plaza Sotomayor Square, you can take a small boat and make a trip in the bay

2) Ascensor Artilleria to lift to paseo 21 de Mayo and the Navy Museum You can see a great view of the port of Valparaiso

3) Ascensor El Peral near the Court of Justice you can climb to the Balcony Yugoslavo with a great view and you can visit Baburizza Palace City Hall Museum of Arts

4) Downtown Valparaiso y Reloj Turri Clock

5) Ascensor Queen Victoria to climb Concepcion Hill and the balcony Gervasoni y to visit Lukas painter and balcony paseo Atkinson and to see nice painted walls and grafitis that show nice picture and old buildings of Valparaiso

6) Go to Ferrari 692 y Av. Alemania you can visit Pablo Neruda Nobel Writer House La Sebastiana US 11 the ticket

7) Almendral Fruits and Vegetables market

8) Fishman terminal El Membrillo

9) Parliament Building

10) The old electric buses type trolley of Avenida Argentina

11) Victoria Square

12) Fishman Terminal Portales

13) The Building of University , Federico Santa Maria de la avenida españa

Main places in Viña del Mar, that you dont miss when you visit Valparaiso

1,. La quinta Vergara Gardens Viña del Mar International Song Festival

2,. Viña del Mar square and the traditional Hotel Ohiggins

3,. Valparaiso Road with many shops

4.- The Casino, you can win or loss your money and Colombia Square

5.´ San Martin Road and the costanera Avenida Peru

6.- Wulf Castle and the Club arabe

7.- Flower Clock and the beach of caleta abarca

8.- Vergara port terminal

9.- El club Hipico Sporting

10. Sausalito Lagoon

11.- Liberty Avenue

12,The beach as ,,,, de 8 norte, de los marineros, las salinas y reñaca

13.-The Mall Marina Arauco for Shopping

Great information! Thank you everyone!!

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