Looking over the top of the Church.

Valparaiso

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March 21st 2015
We flew from Puerto Monte, Chile to Santiago Chile. We rent a car at the airport and drive two hours to Valparaiso. We are expecting a charming town but are surprised to see a large seaport city. We arrived in Valparaiso a day earlier then planned. We called our hotel and asked if they had a vacancy, it was Friday night and they were full. They called around and booked us into a hotel nearby. By t ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso

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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