Wine Origins Route in South America La Serena and Elqui Valley

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10 to 11 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 1 more

DE DE Chilean wine and pisco evolves from the oldest DE Chilean city, La Serena, to the oldest, most recognized and attractive DE cultural destination in the country, the Gran Valle del Elqui, a heavenly paradise of mountains that gave life to the most important treasures and cultural emblems of Chile and Hispanic America. You will discover the first vineyards and places where amazing bacchanals and the most extreme ENdimias were held in the new world, DE DE well as the places where the winemaking and alcohol trade EN Colonia began and spread in Chile and the Southern Cone. You will learn about the first DE bogas and vineyards DE Chile’s history and their amazing evolution that gave life to DE America’s oldest appeal, the Chilean pisco and later the DEnomination of origin of its famous nectar wines and bow ties. DE tasting spectacular wines and one of the most attractive geographies and atmospheres in the world of wine.

What's Included

Soda/Pop
Alcoholic Beverages
Lunch
tickets and tastings
Air-conditioned vehicle
tips

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

The pickup considers accommodations located on Avenida del Mar and the historic center of La Serena

Itinerary

Duration: 10 to 11 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    We will tour the historic sites DE La Serena and Coquimbo that gave life to the oldest city DE the coast DE the country and the origins of Chilean and Southern Cone viticulture

    30 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 2

    We will know the first sites and ancestral landscapes DE inhabited the most important indigenous cultures DE the Coquimbana coast (Picunches, Changos, Animas and Incas) next to the first settlements and haciendas houses of the Spanish conquistadors and the first indigenous churches and encomiendas that would start European agriculture, along the Andean and tropical Coastal Valley

    20 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 3

    You will meet the bo DE ga, vineyard and house DE the conquistador Francisco de Aguirre, the father of Chil ENo and Argentinian wine, DE where the vines departed from Chile to Argentina in 1556, creating the basis of South American viticulture

    15 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 4

    We will visit the store of typical products and wines of Viña Falernia to have a tasting of their main wines that changed the scene and map of Chilean wine.

    40 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 5

    We will have typical Chilean food at the Solar Kitchens of Villaseca based on appetizer, main course, accompaniment, desserts, soft drinks and wine.

    1 hour 30 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 6

    Photo stop to observe one of the oldest and most beautiful wine landscapes in Andean America

    20 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 7

    Walk and free time through this beautiful and ancient mecca of the most desired alcohols in the Andean world

    30 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 8
    Fundo Los Nichos

    We will visit the oldest underground cellar and pisco and wine nectar distillery in Chile. We will taste artisanal piscos and ancient concoctions

    45 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 9
    Alcohuaz Vineyards

    We will visit one of the highest altitude vineyards in the world that produces red varieties with ancestral and advanced methods. It is considered one of the most avant-garde wineries in the world.

    1 hour 15 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 10

    You will taste the first varieties of vines that arrived and crossed in South America, in a small winery of authorship that manufactures amazing nectar wines and assemblies of great invoice and precision, rescuing methods, varieties and ancestral techniques with classical oenological technology.

    40 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 11

    Tour and free time through one of the most important cities and cultural capitals of the country

    30 minutes Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • You can drink alcohol from 18 years of age
Supplied by Tembeta

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Wine Tastings
Full-day Tours
Bus Tours
Classic Car Tours
Wine Tours
Food & Drink
Spring Break
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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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