Info about Chile Travel
Chile tourism
Virgin landscape and tourist infrastructure increasingly made the best Chile has become one of the most popular tourist destinations, especially for Patagonia and the Lake District.
Chile, with its elongated shape, enjoy almost all types of terrain and potential temperature and the only kind of climate that exists here is not tropical. The landscape is changing so frequently as it forwards from north to south, that is hard to believe that you are in the same country. Patagonia, the region dry, arid southern continent attract visitors from around the world, for beautiful landscape, with its huge ice fields, with hundreds of glaciers, the Andes peaks and emerald fjords.
Chile's most popular destination is the Lake District. With a magnificent region is full of volcanoes with snow-capped peaks, glacial valleys, national parks, forests, hot springs and, of course, a sparkling lakes multuime sunlight.
European heritage is evident everywhere in Chile, travel with a chance to feel familiar with the culture here, more than in other Latin American countries and there are also many local traditions preserved until today, along with european influences created a unique culture. Chile will also offer fine wines and marine food, shops and workshops producing handicrafts and architectural variety. You can visit Arica, with its beautiful beaches and the Cathedral of San Marcos. Nearby is the Altiplano wonderful landscape with volcanoes, salt marshes and lakes on a high plateau, which are home to Aymara Indians and the Atacama desert, you can make trips to hot springs in the valley oasis Mamin and Pica. You will enjoy the sea breeze at Coquimbo and Los Vilos. Stroll along streets lined with beautiful examples of spanish colonial architecture in La Serena, the provincial capital. The city lies at the mouth of the river Elqui, where you can organize trips to the region rich in fruits of Elqui valley.
If you go in Chile you can explore the islands, the temperate zones of the country and more pastoral, where Andean peaks provides a wonderful background for the green fields, vineyards and orange groves. Main port, Valparaiso has many attractions, and in Santiago you can visit the statue of the Virgin Mary atop Cerro San Cristobal. Down the hill, in the Latin Quarter of Barrio Bellavista, you must see the home of the poet Pablo Neruda, La Chascona.
In Chiloe island you can see Magellan penguins, in a landscape of evergreen forests and fjords. Abundant wildlife of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego includes large colonies of sea elephants, sea lions and penguins. You can do also rafting on the rivers Maipo, Claro, Trancura and Bio-Bio, and special operators organize trips a week for you. In fjords and bays of the Chilean coast and other water sports awaits. In Chile you can enjoy national specialities that include empanada, and cazuela of parrillada. Chile is a country famous for its wines. Pisco is a hard liquor, made from grapes that remain after compression. In conclusion if you want a holiday in Chile you need to go and see all the wonders offered by this country.