Tour to the museums of Valparaiso and Viña del Mar

3 to 4 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 1 more

We will visit the attractive museums in the area. We will enjoy fine arts museums, Natural History Museums, Maritime Museum, we will see an original Moai sculpture from Easter Island, Decorative Arts Museums and Fine Arts Museums that show the wealth of resident families and the great economic boom of the mid-nineteenth century. In them we will enjoy the residence, collection of objects and belongings of personalities of the city such as saltpeter worker Pascual Baburizza, the tobacco worker Fernando Rioja, the hero Arturo Prat, the anthropologist Francisco Fonck and the Nobel Prize for Literature Pablo Neruda.

What's Included

Private transportation
Entrance tickets to museums
Lucky Lockers - Luggage care and/or transfer to your hotel in the city (10 USD per baggage)

Meeting and pickup

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Itinerary

Duration: 3 to 4 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    The National Maritime Museum is located in the building of the former Naval School, on Artillería Hill in Valparaíso, Chile. The National Maritime Museum is the only national museum located outside the city of Santiago.

    30 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 2
    Palacio Baburizza

    Municipal Museum of Fine Arts of Valparaíso. Place of residence of the saltpeter merchant Pascual Baburizza Soletic.

    30 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 3
    Plaza Sotomayor

    In this square we will visit the museum present in the two oldest Fire Companies of Valparaiso. Bomba Americana, founded by English and North Americans and Bomba Germania founded by Germans.

    15 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 4

    We will take a short walk through Quinta Vergara to reach the museum that was the residence of the founders of the city of Viña del Mar.

    40 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Corporacion Museo de Arqueologia e Historia Francisco Fonck

    We will visit this museum that has the peculiarity of having at its entrance an original Moai sculpture from Easter Island.

    30 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 6

    We will visit the beautiful palace that was the residence of the wealthy Spanish tobacco merchant Fernando Rioja.

    30 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 7
    Palacio Carrasco

    Palace belonging to the Spanish saltpeter miner Emilio Carrasco, in whose square we can find a sculpture by Auguste Rodin, father of modern sculpture and author of the famous sculpture "The Thinker".

    5 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 8
    Wulff Castle

    Beautiful Franco-German castle that was the residence of the German saltpeter miner Gustav Adolf Wulff.

    10 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 9

    Beautiful castle belonging to the millionaire Rafael Brunet Brown built with French inspiration in 1923.

    5 minutes Admission ticket free
  • Palacio Presidencial (Pass by)

    Neocolonial style palace built between 1929 and 1930, during the economic crisis of the Great Depression. It is currently the Presidential Summer House.

    Admission ticket free
  • 10
    Flower Clock (Reloj de Flores)

    Beautiful Flower Clock built to beautify the city for the World Cup held in Chile in 1962. An iconic place in the city and a must-see photographic attraction.

    10 minutes Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Private and Luxury
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Historical Tours
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