Chile Travel Tips
From salty-desert top to glacier-crowded bottom, Chile is a jaw-dropping reminder of nature's beauty and power. This narrow trickle of a country is jammed with enough geysers, mountains, beaches, forests and volcanoes to keep adventure nuts slavering for a lifetime.
Chile's mountainous geography spanning over 30° of latitude makes for some strange climatic variation.
3 Days in Patagonia: Suggested Itineraries
Written by Viator, August 2010
At the southern terminus of the Panamerican Highway, a fantastic, glacier-carved realm of natural beauty begins. This is the gateway to Antarctica, guarded by sharp-toothed granite peaks and ...
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Chile: The Lone Star
Written by Paige, Nicaragua, March 2012
Chile is sometimes called La Estrella Solitaria, “The Lone Star,” for the single celestial body on its tricolor flag. When the bandera was first adopted in 1912, however, its designers probably had ...
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Chile: The Lone Star
Written by Paige, Nicaragua, March 2012
Chile is sometimes called La Estrella Solitaria, “The Lone Star,” for the single celestial body on its tricolor flag. When the bandera was first adopted in 1912, however, its designers probably had ...
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Fresh Fish at Santiago’s Fabulous Mercado Central
Written by Paige, Nicaragua, May 2012
The classic spot in Santiago for fish fresh from the sea is the Mercado Central, a most traditional setting for the bounty caught off Chile‘s 6,435km (3,990mi) coastline. The surprisingly pretty ...
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Intoxicating Wine Tours from Santiago, Chile
Written by Paige, Nicaragua, May 2012
The wines of Chile rate among the slender nation’s most popular exports and attractions. Though you can sample some of the finest bottles in Santiago proper, connoisseurs will want to head into the ...
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La Chascona, Pablo Neruda’s Home in Chile
Written by Paige, Nicaragua, June 2012
In the heart of beautiful Barrio Bellavista, with its tree-lined streets, artsy shops and bohemian galleries, you’ll find the former house of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda and his beloved La ...
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Patagon Journal, A New Bilingual Magazine Covering the Chilean Patagonia
Written by Paige, Nicaragua, September 2011
International tourism to Chile’s spectacular slice of Patagonia is on the rise, and there’s a brand-new bilingual magazine covering the region. It’s operated by respected travel writer and ...
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San Cristobal Hill (Cerro San Cristobal)
Written by Paige, Nicaragua, September 2012
Rising to a tree-carpeted point above the capital of Chile, Santiago and centerpiece of its beloved Metropolitan Park of Santiago is the city’s second-highest point, Cerro San Cristobal, with the ...
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Santiago for Foodies
Written by esmith, February 2013
From the dry north that gives Chile the the olives and olive oil that flavor food around the world, to the central region, where most of the agricultural powerhouse of the country is located, to ...
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Santiago Named a Top Destination
Written by Paige, Nicaragua, February 2012
It’s been a rough year for tourism professionals trying to promote Chile’s Patagonia . Last winter’s ash-cloud eruption of Puyehue Volcano tangled flight schedules and undercut the ski season, ...
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Ski Tours from Santiago
Written by Viator, September 2012
Thanks to its location near the base of the Andes mountain range, Santiago, Chile, is essentially South America’s “ski town.” With multiple major resorts within a couple of hours from Chile’s capital ...
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Spending Christmas in Santiago, Chile
Written by esmith, December 2012
As you might imagine, there is no giant ice-skating rink with a big Christmas tree in the middle in Santiago, Chile at Christmas time. It’s summertime here, and while you will find some sweaty, ...
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The Chilean Miners Go Hollywood
Written by Paige, Nicaragua, August 2011
On August 5, 2010, deep in the Atacama Desert , the San José copper mine in Copiapó collapsed. It was assumed that all those trapped inside had perished, until a drill bit sent ...
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Things to do in Puerto Montt, Chile
Written by esmith, March 2013
Puerto Montt is the last city in continental Chile before a series of islands and fjords take over. It is the jumping-off point to Chiloé, with its iconic wooden churches and the starting point ...
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