Vina Del Mar

Vina Del Mar and Valparaiso

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May 12th 2006
I forgot to write about my day trip from Santiago to Valparaiso and Vina Del Mar. The bus takes about 2 hours to get there. Valparaiso is more picturesque while Vina Del Mar is more of a mix between the old and the new. As soon as I got out of the bus I got convinced into getting a daily tour and later got somehow tricked into getting the tour agent´s son to translate the tour for me from sp ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Viña del Mar

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more