IgoUgo

Valparaiso Journals

Valparaiso On Your Own

A February 2008 trip to Valparaiso by statesidecruiser

Soldiers everywhere - Valparaiso Photo - Valparaiso, Chile More Photos
Quote: The city of Valparaiso is one of the three most important in Chile.

Valparaiso On Your Own

Best Of IgoUgo

Overview

Soldiers everywhere - Valparaiso Photo - Valparaiso, Chile
Quote:
The city of Valparaiso is one of the three most important in Chile, and the government still meets in an elegant cathedral-like grey edifice not far from the port. The town consists of a narrow coastal strip bounded at the rear by high wooded hills, seven in all. Each hill has a purpose-built viewing area, and each gives views of the harbor in which your arrival vessel is always center stage. Also in the harbor at any given time are some of the vessels belonging to the Chilean navy, which has responsibility for an extensive coastline.Be aware upon arrival that there is zero-tolerance of the importation of any kind of comestible or foodstuff, and customs officers with energetic dogs arrested ...Read More

About the Writer

statesidecruiser

statesidecruiser
West Palm Beach, Florida

Popular Valparaiso Hotels

Robinson Crusoe Inn

User Rating:

Harrington B&B

User Rating:

Casa Aventura

User Rating:

Casa Hostal 199

User Rating:

Hostal Portobello

User Rating:

Local Shopping Bargains

User Rating:

Pablo Neruda House: La Chascona

User Rating:

Piedra Feliz

User Rating:

Club El Cielo

User Rating:

Pablo Neruda House: La Sebastiana

User Rating: