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The Best Attractions In Valparaiso Region

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The Valparaíso Region is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. With the country's third highest population of 1,790,219 million in 2017, and third smallest area of 16,396.1 km2 , the region is Chile's second most densely populated after the Santiago Metropolitan Region to the southeast.Its capital is the port city of Valparaíso, other important cities include Viña del Mar, Quillota, Quilpué, and San Antonio.
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  • 1. La Sebastiana Valparaiso
    Valparaíso is a major city, seaport, and educational center in the commune of Valparaíso, Chile. Greater Valparaíso is the second largest metropolitan area in the country. Valparaíso is located about 120 km northwest of Santiago by road and is one of the South Pacific's most important seaports. Valparaíso is the capital of Chile's third most populated administrative region and has been the headquarters for the Chilean National Congress since 1990. Valparaíso has seven universities. Valparaíso played an important geopolitical role in the second half of the 19th century, when the city served as a major stopover for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by crossing the Straits of Magellan. Valparaíso mushroomed during its golden age, as a magnet for European immigran...
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  • 3. Casablanca Valley Casablanca
    Casablanca , meaning white house, is a Chilean city and commune located in Valparaíso Province, Valparaíso Region.
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  • 7. Ski Portillo Portillo
    The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 were held in South America from 4–14 August at Portillo, Chile.To this day, it remains the only alpine world championships contested in the southern hemisphere. It took place well out of the established season, nearly five months before the first World Cup season, which began in early January 1967. Assignment did happen at the FIS-Congress at Athens in May 1963, but Germany , Switzerland and Austria did vote against.
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  • 9. Chilean Cuisine Cooking Classes Valparaiso
    Chilean gastronomy stems mainly from the combination of traditional Spanish cuisine, Chilean Indigenous Mapuche culture and local ingredients, with later important influences from other European cuisines, particularly from Germany, Italy and France. The food tradition and recipes in Chile are notable for the variety of flavours and ingredients, with the country’s diverse geography and climate hosting a wide range of agricultural produce, fruits and vegetables. The long coastline and the peoples' relationship with the Pacific Ocean add an immense array of seafood products to Chilean cuisine, with the country's waters home to unique species of fish, molluscs, crustaceans and algae, thanks to the oxygen-rich water carried in by the Humboldt Current. Chile is also one of the world’s larges...
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  • 10. Reñaca Vina Del Mar
    Reñaca is a popular and affluent area of beaches and balnearios in the Valparaíso Region of Chile.
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  • 11. Vina del Mar Casino Vina Del Mar
    Viña del Mar , is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Often referred to as La Ciudad Jardín , Viña del Mar is located within the Valparaíso Region, and it is Chile's fourth largest city with a population of 324,836 . Viña del Mar is also part of the Greater Valparaíso area, the country's third largest metropolitan area , after the Metropolitan areas of Santiago and Concepción. The Greater Valparaíso Area is home to 5 municipalities: Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Concon, Quilpue, and Villa Alemana.
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  • 15. Cerro Concepcion Valparaiso
    Hills of Valparaíso are the predominant geographical feature that rise above the main port area of Valparaíso in Chile. In many cases the hills have communities tied to the name of the specific hills. The sea level area below the hills with the four historical coastline is known as the 'plan' area, a term used after the 1906 earthquake for the project to rebuild the city The lower hills closer to the bay have Ascensores . Some tourist promotion material claim that the city is formed from 42 hills. Some maps of the lower hills have other named hills identified making a different total.In April 2014 in the upper hills around the top of Valparaiso a fire - known as the Great Fire of Valparaíso burned out of control, destroying 2,800 homes and killing 16 people, and displacing a large numbe...
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