Historic sites

Valparaíso

Chile Valparaíso Valparaíso

Valparaíso
Photo: Julia Sumangil, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A colourful port city built on steep hills, a UNESCO site, with street art, old funicular lifts, and Pablo Neruda's house, La Sebastiana.


Walk Cerro Alegre and Cerro Concepción. It's 1.5 hours from Santiago. Watch belongings.

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