The Huasco Valley Region

The Huasco Valley is a fertile strip of land that rests between La Serena and Copiapó. The lands provide Chileans with sumptuous olives, delicious wines and good pisco. The region is also home to mining which provide economical benefits to the area, though sometimes at the detriment of the land.

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Museo Chileno de Arte Precolumbino

This museum, specializing in pre-Columbian Chile, is one of the country’s best. Located in an elegant white building in the center of Santiago, the museum is a journey through time. It displays a ...

Types: Museum
Location: Center, Santiago, Chile

Plaza de Armas

The Plaza de Armas dates back to 1541 when Pedro de Valdivia founded Santiago. The square was used as an army training ground, with a protected area in the middle that was used to store arms. The ...

Types: City Plaza
Location: Center, Santiago, Chile

Isla de Mancera

In the center of Bahía de Corral at the mouth of the Valdivia River is Isla Mancera, previously called Guiguacabín by the indigenous people. This small island played a big role in the defense ...

Types: Other Activity
Location: Near Valdivia, Valdivia, Chile

Corral

On the south shores of Bahía de Corral is the village of Corral. Here, history and nature are prime attractions, with ruins of Spanish fortresses alongside beaches for swimming and fishing. In town, ...

Types: Other Activity
Location: Near Valdivia, Valdivia, Chile

Cervecería Kunstmann and Museo de la Cerveza

To have a taste of home, German immigrants in Valdivia began brewing their own beer. With the 1960 earthquake, however, all the cervecerías were destroyed. Nary had a drop come out of the taps, ...

Types: Museum
Location: Near Valdivia, Valdivia, Chile

Niebla

The road west from Valdivia cuts across Isla Teja, then the Puente Cruces bridge, back to the mainland. It passes Cervecería Kunstmann (Km 8) and along marshes. Nearing Niebla, cabañas and camping ...

Types: Other Activity
Location: Near Valdivia, Valdivia, Chile

Parque Saval

The grounds of Parque Saval come alive on weekends with families picnicking, strolling and just enjoying the outdoors. This 30-hectare park has two major attractions. Across the water lily pond that ...

Types: City Park
Location: Isla Teja, Valdivia, Chile

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo

Photos in the reception area of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo show this building's fate – formerly the Anwandter Brewery – before and after the 1960 mega quake. In a wing that was left ...

Types: Museum
Location: Isla Teja, Valdivia, Chile

Isla Negra

Tour guides at Pablo Neruda’s Isla Negra home will claim that, of his many houses, this home was the place that most embodied the poet’s spirit. Neruda’s “Isla Negra” home is not on an ...

Types: Museum
Location: Valparaíso , Chile

Museo Histórico y Arqueológico Mauricio van de Maele

On the banks of Río Calle Calle, the former home of the Anwandter brewing family houses the Museo Histórico y Arqueológico Mauricio van de Maele. Named for the museum's founder, the first-floor ...

Types: Museum
Location: Isla Teja, Valdivia, Chile

Poblado Artesanal

Poblado Artesanal is a living and working artisan village on the south side of Arica. Founded in 1979, this brainchild of José Raúl Naranjo Menenses has white-washed huts with straw roofs. ...

Types: Market
Location: Arica, Chile

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The Huasco Valley Region

Things to do in The Huasco Valley Region

Museo Chileno de Arte Precolumbino

Plaza de Armas

Isla de Mancera

Corral

Cervecería Kunstmann and Museo de la Cerveza

Niebla

Parque Saval

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo

Isla Negra

Museo Histórico y Arqueológico Mauricio van de Maele

Poblado Artesanal

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