Small Group Best Deal: Panoramic Santiago city tour experience plus Viña del mar - Valparaiso - Casablanca in Two Days from Santiago

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Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Viña Del Mar - Valparaiso - Casablanca - Reñaca
38 stops
1
La Sebastiana
This four-story home, offering 360 degree views of the city, is highlighted by "the jar of smoke," a round, post-modern fireplace designed by Neruda himself.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
2
A beautiful lookout spot for aerial sightseeing.
Admission ticket free
3
The wedge-shaped Turri Tower is one of the oldest clocks in the city.
Admission ticket free
4
Plaza Sotomayor
Bordering the famous port in the center of Valparaiso, this popular plaza contains the country's naval headquarters.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
5
The impressive square-arched government building was moved from Santiago to protect it from socialist bombings in the 1970's.
Admission ticket free
6
Paseo Gervasoni
Many vintage chilean buildings line this hilly street, a popular site for a walking tour.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
7
Palacio Baburizza
This turn-of-the-century palace pays homage to the city's 16th century roots and currently houses the Fine Arts Museum.
15 minutes • Admission ticket not included
8
Navy Building
This impressive "fortress" is one of Valparaiso's most architecturally awe-inspiring military buildings.
20 minutes • Admission ticket not included
9
Cerro Concepcion
The amazing eastern views provided by this magnificent hilltop are some of the best in the country
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
10
Monumento a Los Heroes
The War of the Pacific in the 1880's was a major punctuation point in the history of Chile. The Chilean armed forces, anchored by the Navy, eventually triumphed over Bolivia and Peru. Chile seized land in the north with valuable mineral resources (saltpeter and copper), trashed Lima, and pushed Bolivia back from the seacoast into land locked status. Anyone wondering about whether these successes are important and well-remembered should spend some time looking up this quite impressive monument to the victory and its leaders. The monument also serves as a focal point of Sotomayor Square and can be seen from many of the surrounding hills.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
11
Wulff Castle
This National Monument is a nineteenth century castle that currently serves as a cultural center.
Admission ticket free
12
Avenida Peru
One of the main drags that hugs the ocean with breathtaking views.
Admission ticket free
13
Vina del Mar Casino
The first and largest casino in Chile offers games and entertainment for all ages.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
14
Playa Renaca
Renaca is reached from Vina del Mar in the south by a coastal road. To the rear of the main town and ocean front the town rises quickly with many steep roads. Shops bars and restaurants aplenty. The beach sandy and clean with a nice promenade
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
15
This is the "president's summer house", you can appreciate that while walking in the "Peru Avenue". It's a nice place, It is on the top of Castle Hill. "Castillo Cerro"
Admission ticket free
16
Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaiso
The buildings, street art and history all blend together to create an terrific experience. Wonder the streets, list local merchants, take the vehicular trams up and down steep hill sides. Walk streets with vista's of the sea.
Admission ticket free
17
Vina del Mar boasts that it is Chile's most luxurious beach resort town, attracting visitors from all over the world. Even though it was off season.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
18
El Arco Britanico
The Arco Británico is a monument on Avenida Brasil. It was donated to the city in 1910 by the British community to mark the centenary of the Independence of Chile. The monument, covered in Italian marble, is surmounted by a British Victorian lion and is decorated with the images of four Britons who participated in the Chilean War of Independence
Admission ticket free
19
Nice square commemorating the important literary history of the city. Very nice architecture around and some lovely gardens. Nice stop-over point on the way to Pablo Neruda's house. Shake hands with a statue. Put your arm around another.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
20
Paseo Yugoeslavo Ex Paseo Americano
This place is unique in many ways. The buildings are very european and the views are splendind. There are many stores and restaurants, aswell as lovely picture stops and lovely artcrafts sold all over the place.
20 minutes • Admission ticket not included
21
Corporacion Museo de Arqueologia e Historia Francisco Fonck
The Museum of Archeology and History Francisco Fonck, founded in 1937, is a varied and complete museum that shows objects of the original peoples of Chile: highlighting its large collection of the Rapanui culture, the Atacameños, Diaguitas, Mapuches, inhabitants of the area central and extreme austral, in addition to a wide collection of Peruvian pre-Columbian vessels. In the area of ​​Natural Sciences there is a complete sample of arthropods and animals from different areas of the country.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
22
Moai Del Ahu
This statue was brought in from Easter Island. It is extremely interesting. It is fun to take pictures standing by this statue. It makes you wonder about its original creators. It also entices people to want to visit Easter Island.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
23
Mirador Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda's house is one of the talked about destinations at Valparaiso. Its a small house on top of Cerro Bellavista.. It houses a museum showing glimpses of Pablo Neruda's life & offers a vantage point to look out over the city. There are shops outside the house that one can pick up pretty magnets from, & a quaint plaza closeby which has steps with beautiful mosaic.
20 minutes • Admission ticket not included
24
Muelle Prat
Enjoy the views from the boat and the culture within the port with local merchants and a big plaza to add to your experience of Valparaiso.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
25
Cerro Alegre
It's the historical part of Valparaiso located on the hills. The place is an UNESCO World Heritage because of its house's architecture. You can enjoy also the view of Valparaiso's seaside and many restaurants and shops.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
26
The Muelle Vergara is a great spot to catch some nice photos of the coastline on both sides. It is also a very popular fishing spot with the locals.
Admission ticket free
27
Flower Clock (Reloj de Flores)
Every visitor to the area should visit this iconic spot. Even on a not so sunny day its very picturesque.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
28
Artilleria appears to be the Valparaiso ascensor with the most reviews. It also probably has the best views from the top and the stroll back down is very nice too.
15 minutes • Admission ticket not included
29
Ascensor El Peral
One of the many elevator lines that take folks up and down the hills. Very practical in this very vertical city.
15 minutes • Admission ticket not included
30
Ascensor Concepcion
This is the oldest funicular in Valparaíso. The view is wonderful, even if you can see daylight through the floorboards. It is a real local experience!
15 minutes • Admission ticket not included
31
Paseo 21 de Mayo
Great place for taking a amazing photo of your visit to Valparaiso. You get to see the whole city and the complete bay (including Viña and Reñaca). There are restaurants nearby and it's surrounded by beautiful and off-the-beaten-path streets of the Playa Ancha hill.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
32
Paseo Atkinson
Paseo atkinson, use to be a living place in the past years, now is full of tourist that enjoy a nice view, from there you can see the bay, the hills and the plan of the city. Paseo atkinson is now a free access viewpoint located in Valparaíso, in the Concepción hill
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
33
Piano Staircase
Piano Staircase
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
34
Paseo Dimalow
A nice walk, different from the others in the sense that it does not have the same view, but it is surrounded by interesting buildings and commercial premises that have been preserved over time.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
35
Ascensor Reina Victoria
The Queen Victoria funicular, built by the British in the late 1800’s, is an efficient and pleasant ride up the mountain in an eight-person box
5 minutes • Admission ticket not included
36
Santiago
Departure from Santiago city
Admission ticket free
37
Valparaiso
Valparaiso, The Jewel of the Pacific, offers a unique appeal. Initially encouraged by groups of artists and bohemians and then by the community, Valparaiso has gone through a transformation through improvement projects.
Admission ticket free
38
Vina del Mar
The city, also known as the Garden City was founded on December 29th, 1874, by the engineer Jose Francisco Vergara Echevers, and has grown into Chile's most luxurious beach resort town, attracting visitors from all over the world. Some come for Vina Del Mar 's languid tropical atmosphere, its grand tree lined , its vast, soft stretches of white sand beach, and its sybaritic abundance of gourmet restaurants.
Admission ticket free
Day 2
Small-Group Panoramic Santiago Tour + Winery Tour
27 stops
39
Central Market (Mercado Central)
The Central Market in Santiago, Chile, has been named as one of National Geographic’s top ten food markets worldwide. Taken from National Geographic’s book Journeys of a Lifetime, the list runs through the best markets in the world for offering fresh local produce alongside a slice of local life.
Admission ticket free
40
Paseo Ahumada
Paseo Ahumada is four-block-long street in downtown Santiago. It extends in a north–south direction from Plaza de Armas to the Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins and is lined by buildings housing retail establishments at their lower levels. At its northern terminus is Plaza de Armas metro station, whereas that at its southern end is Universidad de Chile metro station.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
41
Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana)
is the seat of the Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, currently Celestino Aós Braco, and the center of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile. Construction of the neoclassical cathedral began in 1753 and ended in 1799. The architect was the Italian Gioacchino Toesca. Further alterations ordered at the end of the 19th century give it its present appearance.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
42
La Moneda
La Moneda, is the seat of the President of the Republic of Chile. It also houses the offices of three cabinet ministers: Interior, General Secretariat of the Presidency and General Secretariat of the Government. It occupies an entire block in downtown Santiago
10 minutes • Admission ticket not included
43
Central Post Office
The Central Post Office Building is a historic post office building on the northern edge of the Plaza de Armas, in Santiago, Chile. It is adjacent to the Palacio de la Real Audiencia de Santiago and is located on what was the land lot originally owned by Pedro de Valdivia and where he built his house.
5 minutes • Admission ticket not included
44
Ex Congreso Nacional
Is the former home of the Chilean Congress. Congress met in this building in central Santiago until Salvador Allende's socialist government was overthrown by Augusto Pinochet's military coup d'état on September 11, 1973. During the Pinochet dictatorship, Congress was moved to new premises in Valparaíso; the old building was declared a national monument in 1976 and between 1990 and 2006 housed the ministry of foreign affairs. The Senate moved its offices in Santiago to this building in December 2000
Admission ticket free
45
Castillo Hidalgo
On top of the Santa Lucia hill, in the historic center of the city of Santiago, is El Castillo Hidalgo, a building built in 1816 during the Reconquest by order of the last Spanish Governor of Santiago, Casimiro Marco del Pont. It is one of the most important buildings in the history of the city.
10 minutes • Admission ticket not included
46
Cerro San Cristobal
+++ If Option Selected +++ Although it’s probably on all of the Top 5 tourist sites of Santiago, Cerro San Cristóbal is not overrated in the least. This big hill in the middle of the city affords one of the most incredible Santiago panoramas available. Every time I head up, my knowledge of the city has increased, and thus I am able to point out more landmarks, distinguish different sectors, etc. For those unfamiliar to Santiago, the view from up here will let you orient the city in its surroundings: the Andes Mountains and the Cordillera de la Costa.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
47
Cerro Santa Lucia
+++ If Option Selected +++ This hill is actually quite the historical locale. First off, It is the remnant of a 15 million year old volcano. Secondly, the conquistadors used it as a lookout point when they were conquering Chile. It was atop this hill that Pedro de Valdivia declared the founding of Santiago in 1541. In 1872, governer Benjamin Vickuna Mackenna decided to turn the hill into a park to commemorate its significance in the city’s history. Since then, it has undergone many renovations. Today, it comprises 65,300 square meters, replete with bronze gates, metal stairways, and various fountains and statue
20 minutes • Admission ticket included
48
Sanhattan
This is the financial sector in the upper area of our city
Admission ticket free
49
Plaza de La Constitucion
is a plaza occupying a full square block in the heart of the civic district of Santiago, Chile. It is located in front of the northern facade of the Palacio de la Moneda and is surrounded by other government buildings such as those housing the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Banco Central de Chile and the Intendencia de Santiago
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
50
San Francisco Church
The church, along with the adjacent convent, is one of the oldest colonial-era buildings in the country. The church was consecrated in 1622.
Admission ticket free
51
Centro Cultural Palacio De La Moneda
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 Nacional, a state-run art-house movie theater, to two large temporary exhibition spaces that house some of the biggest touring shows to visit Santiago.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
52
Bellavista
Is an area that lies between the Mapocho River and San Cristóbal Hill in Santiago, Chile. It is known as Santiago's bohemian quarter, with numerous restaurants, boutiques, avant-garde galleries, bars and clubs. Many of the city's intellectuals and artists live in Bellavista, and Pablo Neruda's house in Santiago, La Chascona
Admission ticket free
53
Parque Metropolitano De Santiago
+++ If Option Selected +++ The park was created in April 1966, when incorporating the Chilean National Zoo and the services of San Cristóbal Hill, and is managed by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
25 minutes • Admission ticket included
54
Biblioteca Nacional (National Library)
The Biblioteca Nacional is, together with the Instituto Nacional and a small number of institutions, one of the first institutions created by the newly formed Republic of Chile in the Patria Vieja period. In the newspaper El Monitor Araucano, a Proclama de Fundación ("Proclamation of Foundation") of the Biblioteca Nacional was published on August 19, 1813. With this vision, a call was made to all the citizens to submit their books for the formation of one great public library
Admission ticket free
55
Palacio de Tribunales de Justicia
The building housing the Supreme Court of Chile, the Court of Appeals of Santiago, and the Court-martial Court of the Chilean Army, Chilean Air Force and Carabineros de Chile. It occupies a full block-front of Compañía Street between Bandera and Morandé Streets.
Admission ticket free
56
Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral GAM
Chile’s most famous poet, Gabriela Mistral (1889 – 1957), significantly inspired the work of this cultural centre for her love of words, her democratic conviction and her dedication to education. Born as Lucila Godoy Alcayaga in the small town of Vicuña in north-central Chile, she started writing and working as a teacher and at the age of 15. At 25 she published her first mayor work, “Sonetos de la muerte”, which brought her the Chilean literary award in 1912.
Admission ticket free
57
Cenco Costanera
The Torre Costanera, was designed by architect César Pelli and is 300 metres (980 ft) tall, making it the tallest building in Latin America and the second tallest in the Southern Hemisphere.
Admission ticket free
58
Parque Forestal
Parque Forestal is a large, narrow park dotted with numerous must-see locations in downtown Santiago. It borders the Mapocho River from Plaza Baquedano, also known as Plaza Italia, all the way to Estación Mapocho, a historical building and cultural center near the Puente Cal y Canto metro station. Mercado Central, La Vega, and the Bellas Artes museum are some of the other major destinations located in or adjacent to Parque Forestal.
Admission ticket free
59
Patio Bellavista
This open-air complex of bars, restaurants, and shops, located on the corner of Pio Nono and Constitución, is a relatively recent addition to the culinary, nightlife, and cultural landscape of the city.
Admission ticket free
60
National Museum of Fine Arts
The Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts is one of the major centers for Chilean art and for broader South American art. Established in 1880 (making it the oldest in South America) The current building, the "Palace of the Fine Arts" dates to 1910 and commemorates the first centennial of the Independence of Chile. It was designed by the Chilean architect Emile Jéquier in a full-blown Beaux-arts style and is situated in the Parque Forestal of Santiago.
Admission ticket free
61
Parque Bicentenario
Bicentenario Park (Parque Bicentenario) is a nature park set on one side of the capital’s financial district, better known as “Sanhattan”. Discover this modern and well-tended park and enjoy walking across its extensive lawns. Watch the swans and other birds in its two artificial lagoons and have fun in its themed spaces for leisure activities and on walks with family or friends.
25 minutes • Admission ticket included
62
Parque De Las Esculturas
Nestled between the Mapocho River and Avenida Santa María, you’ll find Santiago’s Sculpture Park (Parque de las Esculturas). Opened in 1982, this park is a type of open-air art museum that was initially created to beautify an area of the city damaged by a flood of the Mapocho River. The park features impressive sculptures by different Chilean and international artists. In the summer months it’s not.
Admission ticket free
63
Concha y Toro
Classic Winery tour if option selected including 3 winetastings
3 hours • Admission ticket included
64
Vina Undurraga
Classic Winery tour if option selected including 3 winetastings
3 hours • Admission ticket included
65
Vina Santa Rita
Classic Winery tour if option selected including 3 winetastings
3 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Wineries Options Details:
• Viña del Mar / Valparaiso / Casablanca Panoramic (8 hrs. Full Day tour)
• The tour start from your hotel or address from the districts of Providencia, Las Condes, Vitacura and Santiago Centro, or at a meeting point inside the same districts in a van with air-conditioning. Taking the 68 route coast way we start the tour crossing the Curacavi Valley which is one of the most important of agriculture of the central region then we arrive to casablanca to do a panoramic visit of the most important organic winery of the country. We continue around casablanca to do our second stop where you can enjoy a winetasting and olive oil with cookies of this same valley, after that we continue about 60 Kilometers towards the Pacific Ocean we will arrive in Valparaíso (Legislative Capital and main port of the country), whose historical center has been declared Cultural Patrimony of Humanity by UNESCO. Valparaíso will surprise us with its tucked houses and scenic elevators. Among its colored houses, “La Sebastiana” stands out, it was one of the houses of the poet and Nobel Prize Pablo Neruda, which we will visit. After that we will travel through 5 important points of the city: Paseo Yugoslavo, 7 Esquinas, Plaza Sotomayor, Paseo 21 de Mayo and the Valparaíso Lighthouse. Later, we will move to Viña del Mar, where we will take time to enjoy lunch in a local restaurant. Viña del mar, known as “The garden city” for its great amount of parks, counts also with beautiful beach.This city is the main destiny for tourist that each year come to this place to enjoy its marvels. We will visit the famous Clock of Flowers. One of its main attractions is its extensive coastline, with miles of beach, strolls and restaurants. We will also visit a Moai original from Easter Island, at the return to the city we will take Via Las Palmas, a very peculiar place with palm trees on the hills.

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