Guidebook for Viña del Mar

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Guidebook for Viña del Mar

Parks & Nature

There are over 3000 plant species in the nearly 400 hectares of parkland that comprise Chile's Jardín Botánico Nacional. It's 8km southeast of the city center; take a taxi or catch bus 203 from Viña along Calle Alvarez to Puente El Olivar, then cross the bridge and walk about 500m north to the park's entrance signs.
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Viña del Mar Botanical Garden
305 Cam. El Olivar
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There are over 3000 plant species in the nearly 400 hectares of parkland that comprise Chile's Jardín Botánico Nacional. It's 8km southeast of the city center; take a taxi or catch bus 203 from Viña along Calle Alvarez to Puente El Olivar, then cross the bridge and walk about 500m north to the park's entrance signs.
Nowhere is Viña's nickname of the 'Garden City' better justified than at the magnificently landscaped Parque Quinta Vergara, which you enter from Errázuriz at the south end of Libertad (here called Eduardo Grove). It once belonged to one of the city's most illustrious families, the Alvares-Vergaras.
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Quinta Vergara
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Nowhere is Viña's nickname of the 'Garden City' better justified than at the magnificently landscaped Parque Quinta Vergara, which you enter from Errázuriz at the south end of Libertad (here called Eduardo Grove). It once belonged to one of the city's most illustrious families, the Alvares-Vergaras.

Arts & Culture

The original moai (an Easter Island statue) standing guard outside the Museo de Arqueología e Historia Francisco Fonck is just a teaser of the beautifully displayed archaeological finds from Easter Island within, along with Mapuche silverwork and anthropomorphic Moche ceramics. Upstairs are old-school insect cases and taxidermied Chilean fauna.
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Corporacion Museo de Arqueologia e Historia Francisco Fonck
784 4 Nte.
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The original moai (an Easter Island statue) standing guard outside the Museo de Arqueología e Historia Francisco Fonck is just a teaser of the beautifully displayed archaeological finds from Easter Island within, along with Mapuche silverwork and anthropomorphic Moche ceramics. Upstairs are old-school insect cases and taxidermied Chilean fauna.
This children's museum has plenty of play areas and a big workshop for art classes. There are a few reproductions of masterpieces from the 15th to 20th centuries, including paintings and sculptures by both Chilean and international artists.
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Artequin Museum Vina del Mar
500 Potrerillos
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This children's museum has plenty of play areas and a big workshop for art classes. There are a few reproductions of masterpieces from the 15th to 20th centuries, including paintings and sculptures by both Chilean and international artists.

Sightseeing

A fantastic barrio for an afternoon stroll, with lovingly restored mansions, great city lookouts, a small 'castle' and the summer palace of the President of Chile. To reach the top of the hill, take the Bajada Britania (near Castillo Wulff) or Vista Hermosa (off Calle Valparaíso).
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Cerro Castillo
Avenida La Marina
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A fantastic barrio for an afternoon stroll, with lovingly restored mansions, great city lookouts, a small 'castle' and the summer palace of the President of Chile. To reach the top of the hill, take the Bajada Britania (near Castillo Wulff) or Vista Hermosa (off Calle Valparaíso).
Pretty Castillo Wulff, built by a prominent Valparaíso businessman in the early 20th century, hangs out over the sea: pass through the art exhibitions to the tower at the back, where you can peer through the thick glass floor at the rocks and waves below.
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Kasteel Wulff
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Pretty Castillo Wulff, built by a prominent Valparaíso businessman in the early 20th century, hangs out over the sea: pass through the art exhibitions to the tower at the back, where you can peer through the thick glass floor at the rocks and waves below.
Check out the cool iconography at Viña's oldest church, built and rebuilt between 1882 and 1912.
Minimarket "Parroquia"
339 Eduardo Grove
Check out the cool iconography at Viña's oldest church, built and rebuilt between 1882 and 1912.
Declared a Nature Sanctuary in 1990, this natural rocky promontory provides a magnificent view of the coast. Steep cliffs, crashing waves, the sound of sea gulls … and sea lions! Spectacular vantage point.
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Oceanische Rots
Avenida Borgoño
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Declared a Nature Sanctuary in 1990, this natural rocky promontory provides a magnificent view of the coast. Steep cliffs, crashing waves, the sound of sea gulls … and sea lions! Spectacular vantage point.

Food Scene

The best crab-stuffed empanadas at Las Deliciosas!!!
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Empanadas Fritas Las Deliciosas
25370 Av. Borgoño
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The best crab-stuffed empanadas at Las Deliciosas!!!
Great seafood
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Alto Mar by La Gatita
100 A Morales
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Great seafood