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<\/a>\nThe colourful houses on the hills of Valpara\u00edso. Its historic quarter is declared as\u00a0an UNESCO World Heritage<\/p>\n
Today Valpara\u00edso remains a one of the cultural and administrative centres of Chile. We get there in a rainy morning. Right in the centre at Plaza Sotomayor and metro station Puerto. We leave the car in the underground car park to explore the historic\u00a0 centre of Valpara\u00edso on foot.<\/p>\n
From the seaport the town stretches over several hills with colourfully painted houses.\u00a0Its historic part\u00a0lies on the hills cerro Alegre and cerro Concepci\u00f3n. Two hundred metres\u00a0from Plaza Sotomayor the ascensor El Peral, built in 1901, takes us up to\u00a0cerro Alegre for 100 CLP (15 Eurocents) per person.<\/p>\n On top there are bars, cafes, shops, boutiques and ateliers in the narrow streets running up and down the hills.\u00a0Few of them are well preserved and\u00a0picturesque. Many others are rather in a desolate condition although a milieu of artists and creative power has been newly formed here in recent years.<\/p>\n The rain has stopped and the warm sun rays return. Phantastic lunch in the Fauna Hotelrestaurant near Ascensor Reina Victoria: Medium fried tuna steak with couscous, almond and mango!<\/p>\n In the late afternoon we end the nice day in Valpara\u00edso with a short visit to Vinar del mar, 12 km along the coast to the north before returning to Santiago. We thought!\u00a0The whole town of Vinar del mar is just a traffic jam. From the entering until we leave it, stop and go all the way long. A modern town with many tower blocks along the beach. Overcrowded by holidaymakers. Shops and entertainments. We stay in the car and search for the next exit!<\/p>\n Previous page<\/a> \/ Next page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Situated on the west coast 110 km from Santiago the seaport and major city Valpara\u00edso used to be an important stopover for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean in the 19th century. It has lost\u00a0the geopolitical role since the opening of the Panama canal in 1914 which bypasses the long and hazardous Cape … Continue reading “Valpara\u00edso \/ Vinar del mar”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":237,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"gb","enabled_languages":["de","gb"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"gb":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2771,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions\/2771"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
\nAscensor\u00a0El Peral, funicular railways of Valpara\u00edso<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nOne of the many painted\u00a0house walls<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMany stairs link the hills together<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWaste separation a l\u00e0 Valpara\u00edso<\/p>\n