One of Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda’s favorite pastimes was to come into the city while away at his home in Isla Negra to pick through the antiques at the weekend markets scattered around Valparaíso. On Saturdays, Plaza O’Higgins has perhaps the most popular antique market in town,...
On Wednesdays and Saturdays, a huge outdoor farmer's market of fruits and vegetables opens early in the morning to sell all kinds of local produce dirt-cheap. Here you can get a kilo of kiwi for CLP 200 (US$0.40) or a big chunk of sweet potato for next to nothing. But the long walk down the...