Puerto Varas and the lake district Last you heard from us, we had just caught a very comfy overnight bus to Puerto Varas on Wed 27 Dec. Puerto Varas is in the Chilean Lake district, 12 hours bus travel south of Santiago. We decided to splash out for our first long bus journey in Chile, so booked ourselves 1st class in a cama (“bed”) overnight bus, which meant big, comfy seats that went completely flat, including leg and foot rest. We both had a great nights sleep, and arrived in Puerto Varas at 10am feeling great. In fact, the best I’ve ever felt considering we’d left Valparaiso 16 hours before. Definitely recommended! We booked into Hostel Patiperros, a basic, but clean hostel in a great location only 200m from the main square. It was a grey
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