VIÑA DEL MAR

• Distance from Santiago de Chile: 110 km.

Departing from Valparaíso and advancing towards the south down the coastline route, the visitor will arrive in this beautiful city, the most famous and important tourist center in Chile . It is also known as Garden City thanks to its wide green parks, both municipal and private, all of which display the most careful designs. This is a wide city that, together with Valparaiso , makes up am urban center of almost 600,000 inhabitants. It is completely linked with the main cities of the country, by land and air. Apart form its important tourist industry, this city grew as the dormitory of many people who have commercial, political or administrative endeavors in Valparaiso . Around it, there are famous seaside resorts, with their sophisticated constructions: Reñaca, Zapallar, Cachagua to mention just a few. Tourists must visit the Isla Negra or Black Island , the house - and now museum - of Nobel Laureate in poetry Pablo Neruda, filled with memorabilia and testimonies of the famous Chilean writer.