Valparaiso Vacations, Valparaiso Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Let's not hold my sort-of-mugging against Valparaiso, overall it was a charming town and different from anywhere I had visited previously on my trip. But, having said that, I would advise people not to make the mistake of becoming complacent and thinking that because they have survived poorer more dangerous countries they will be lucky enough to have a totally trouble free trip!  Because just around the corner there will always be somebody motivated by greed rather than need, ...

We visited the coastal town of Valparaiso for the day. It was a short drive from Santiago and definitely worth the visit. We nearly had the beach to ourselves- and it was the Summer. Here- we learned just how funny Chilean men are. My friends and I decided to wear our Brazilian bikinis to the beach- which leaves little to the imagination, might I add...but , the smaller the bikini, the better! We literally had the beach to ourselves... so much room to lay out...so much room that others didn't...

Found that there was a train line that had just been operating for about 2-3 weeks which headed north from Valparaiso so decided to take a ride to see what there was to see.  It was clean, cheap and ultra modern.   The countryside took us through mountains and many villages.  Once we reached the end of the line we headed back to Vina del Mar and disembarked to walk along the seafront.  Took a pony and trap ride which cost us about $AUS12 which showed us a bit of the c...

Efter et par dage i La Serena, hvor vi saa de mange kirker og en frodig dal, hoppede vi igen paa en natbus til Valpraiso ved kysten ud fra Santiago. Vi havde en fantastisk dag hvor vi slentrede rundt i de gamle gader. Byen ligger i en bugt med husene naermest slynget ud over bjergskraaningen. Alle facaderne er malet i forskellige farver og hver ledig mur er dekoreret med grafitti og store malerier. Idet skraaningen som byen straekker sig op af er meget stejl, er der et utal af antikke "elev...