10 AMAZING PLACES TO SEE IN CHILE

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This list of amazing places to see in Chile It will help you prepare a trip to one of the most impressive countries in the world, making the most of your time.
Stroll through the cities of Santiago de Chile and Valparaíso, discover the landscapes of another planet of the Atacama Desert, relax and enjoy the cuisine on the Isla Grande de Chiloé, do the trekking of Torres del Paine and reach the magical Easter Island , are just some of the best things to do in Chile.
Based on the experience of our trip to Chile and Easter Island in 31 days, we have made this list of 10 essential places to visit in Chile.

1- Atacama Desert

In northern Chile and practically bordering with Bolivia we find the Atacama Desert, the driest in the world and one of the great reasons for a trip to Chile. There we find San Pedro de Atacama, the town on which all the tourism in the area revolves and from where most of the tours depart to know one of the most magical environments in Chile in which to enjoy an extraordinary geography, where the plains accompany the white salt and mountains and volcanoes that in some cases exceed 6000 meters of altitude, where we find hot springs and incredible geysers.
If we add to this that the skies in this area of Chile are one of the most incredible in the world, making them a paradise for astronomical observations, it is more than clear that we cannot leave Chile without going through here for a minimum of a few days, truth?.

Atacama Desert

2- Valparaíso

Valparaiso, Cultural Patrimony of Humanity and main port of Chile, is one of those amazing places to see in Chile that you can't miss Being fully accessible in one day from Santiago de Chile, this city known for its hills, its architecture and its colorful houses built on the slopes, is one of the most recommended outdoor experiences in the country. If we add a unique atmosphere to all this, it is clear that Valparaíso deserves to be included in our travel planning, right?

Valparaiso 10 amazing places to see in Chile

3- Chiloé

90 kilometers from Puerto Montt and 1200 kilometers from Santiago de Chile we find Chiloé, composed of the Isla Grande de Chiloé plus thirty more islets, some of them not inhabited, that make up one of the most incredible places in Chile. The access to Chiloé goes through to reach Pargua, from where you have to take a ferry that takes us to the Isla Grande de Chiloé through the Chacao Channel, once there, we will enter into our own culture in which its constructions stand out, like the palafitos, houses built on water based on piles and their wooden churches built between the 18th and 19th centuries, of which 16 have been declared World Heritage Sites.
In Chiloé there is the possibility of staying in a palafito or in cabins, with stunning views of the sea, we will do it in the latter, thanks to Alcamar Cabins, where we will spend the 5 days that we will be discovering this charming place, full of mythology.

Chiloé

4- Punta Arenas

Being Punta Arenas already a more than recommended place, if we add to this the possibility of taking a tour that takes us to Magdalena Island, located in the Strait of Magellan, 35 kilometers from the city of Punta Arenas, home of cormorants, seagulls and one of the largest penguin colonies in Chile, whose population is estimated at more than 60,000 pairs of Magellanic penguins. For a little over an hour and a half we will cross the waters of this mythical strait until we reach the island, where we can hike among the hundreds of penguins that live there between November and the first half of March, until we reach the lighthouse of the island , from where you have a unique perspective. After this incredible experience on Isla Magdalena, we will sail to Isla Marta, a small island that houses more than 1000 sea lions.
We will make our stay in Punta Arenas in one of its most recognized hotels, thanks to the José Nogueira Hotel, where we will spend a couple of nights, enjoying the city and of course, its incredible surroundings.

Magdalena Island

5- Puerto Natales

Door of entrance to Torres del Paine, Puerto Natales, provincial capital of Ultima Esperanza, not only stands out for that, since in the city there are also many attractions such as the Municipal Museum, its square or its pier, so characteristic of this city, that it receives all the visitors that arrive to Puerto Natales by sea.
One of the great activities that can be done from Puerto Natales and that we do not plan to miss is the navigation through the Balmaceda and Serrano Glaciers, a full day excursion, which will take us to one of the most extraordinary landscapes of this area of Chile.
Although we could stay in Puerto Natales for several days, we will only be 3 nights, where we will stay in the heart of the city thanks to The Singing Lamb.

Balmaceda and Serrano Glacier

6- Torres del Paine

What can we say about one of the cake cherries of any trip to Chile that has not already been said. With countless activities and options to enjoy one of the most incredible landscapes in the country, we will enter it by the hand of Hotel Las Torres, an emblem in the area, where we will not only stay, but also with them During the 4 days of our stay, we will make several tours, among which we highlight the Full paine, which will take us through some of the most important points of Torres del Paine such as the Black Bridge, the Nordenskjöld viewpoint, the Sarmiento viewpoint, the Pehoe Lake, the Salto Grande and the Gray Lake, where we will make a navigation to feel nature closely more wild

Las Torres Hotel

And how could it be otherwise, another day we will dedicate to one of the best known departures, the Trekking Base Las Torres del Paine, where we will try (and hope to achieve) get to the image more coveted Torres del Paine, after a trekking of about 8 hours, round trip, along 18 kilometers.
The remaining two days will be spent resting and getting to know other more accessible areas of the park, where we are sure we will discover some of the amazing places to see in Chile.

Torres del Paine. 10 amazing places to see in Chile

7- Easter Island

If there is something that we did not conceive when traveling to Chile was not going to Easter Island, one of those places to see before we die that we have on our travel list for many years and that we will finally arrive after a tour most complete in the country.

Easter Island

Although many people have told us that the island is can see In two or three days, we have paid attention to our instinct and friends like Enric and Cèlia de Quaderns de Bitàcola, which is already the second time they have set foot on this magical land, and we will stay there for 8 days in which we will stay in one of its most emblematic hotels, the Hangaroa Eco Village & Spa, where we hope to combine rest, unique visits on the island and above all feel that magic that everyone has not explained, it feels just to set foot on the island.

Hangaroa

8- Santiago de Chile

How could it be otherwise, Santiago de Chile will be our entry into the country, where we will spend 2 days enjoying this vibrant city, with the majestic mountain range of the Andes as a backdrop, which by the way, we would love to see snowfall. We have read that Santiago de Chile, despite modernization, still retains its charm, something that we hope to know by losing ourselves in its many charming neighborhoods, which partly preserve its colonial past.

Santiago of Chile

After these first days in the city we will go through it on several occasions, always as a link to take a flight that takes us to another area of the country and that is that such long distances will make us move in some moments by plane, for what we will stay near the airport thanks to the Manquehue Aeropuerto Hotel.

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9- Marble Cathedral

This will be one of the amazing places to see in Chile that will remain in the inkwell and that despite having 32 days to tour the country, it is impossible to see so many impressive places as the country has. Pending for the next visit we will have Marble Cathedral, a formation of calcium carbonate, which we found in General Carrera Lake. With the passage of time, the waters of the lake have gradually eroded the rocks, which has created these beautiful formations, which can be traveled in small boats from Puerto Río Tranquilo.

Marble cathedral

10- Llanquihue Lake

Known as the largest lake in Chile behind General Carrera Lake, where the Marble Cathedral we talked about earlier is located, Lake Llanquihue is another place we have had to leave pending for an upcoming visit to Chile.
Apart from the breathtaking views and the infarct landscapes that are had from its banks, towns such as Puerto Varas, Puerto Octay or Frutillar make this a place to devote several days.