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June 27th 2006
During our stay in Valporaiso we decided to checkout the next-door city of Viña del Mar, a favoured holiday spot for Chileños and a piece of prime real estate along the coast. Valpo and Viña are pretty much contiguous and it's hard to see by looking at a map where one ends and another begins. Travelling through, the difference is certainly noticeable as you pass from the charismatic disorder ... 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