Experience the best of Valparaíso
Valparaíso is Chile's Pacific port, a city of brightly painted houses and old funiculars climbing steep hills above a curved bay.
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The historic quarter of Valparaíso, a World Heritage Site, is spread over dozens of hills that fall steeply to the sea. Houses in every colour cling to the slopes, walls are covered in murals, and old funiculars known as ascensores still carry passengers between the port and the hilltops. Cerro Alegre and Cerro Concepción are the best known of the hills, with cafés, galleries and lookouts over the bay.
La Sebastiana, the house of the poet Pablo Neruda on Cerro Bellavista, is now a museum of his collections and has wide views of the harbour. Plaza Sotomayor, beside the headquarters of the Chilean Navy, marks the old heart of the port. Viña del Mar, with its beaches and flower clock, adjoins the city to the north, the dunes of Concón lie beyond it, and inland the Casablanca Valley produces white wines.
Seafood fills the menus: conger eel soup, sea urchin, shellfish and the local chorrillana, a pile of chips topped with beef, onion and fried eggs that Valparaíso claims as its own. Pisco sours and Chilean wine accompany it. Summers are dry and warm, with sea mist rolling in on many mornings, and the bay is lit by a long fireworks display at New Year.
- Free cancellation on 83% of experiences
- 4.7 across the top 13
Top 10 attractions in Valparaíso
Number 1Plaza Sotomayor
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Number 2Cerro Concepcion
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Number 3Ascensor El Peral
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Number 4Baburizza Palace (Palacio Baburizza)
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Number 5Paseo Gervasoni
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Number 6Corporate Museum of Archaeology and History Francisco Fonck
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Number 7Valparaíso Historic Quarter
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Number 8La Sebastiana
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Number 9Casablanca Valley
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Number 10Paseo 21 de Mayo
Guided tours in Valparaíso
42
Free cancellation
Walking and bike tours in Valparaíso
13- Free cancellation
Go beyond Valparaíso
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Viña del Mar · 6 kmVergara Pier (Muelle Vergara)
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Santiago · 106 kmViña del Mar
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Santiago · 106 kmPlaza de Armas
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Mendoza · 259 kmPuente del Inca (Inca Bridge)
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Mendoza · 259 kmUspallata
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San Juan · 334 kmCondado Lagoon (Laguna del Condado)
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La Serena · 351 kmThird Millennium Cross (Cruz del Tercer Milenio)
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Concepción · 440 kmConcepcion Independence Square (Plaza de la Independencia)
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Pucón · 693 kmVillarrica National Park
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Pucón · 693 kmVillarrica Volcano
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Córdoba · 709 kmJesuit Block (Manzana Jesuitica)
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Córdoba · 709 kmMuseo Histórico UNC
Questions about Valparaíso
- What is there to do in Valparaíso?
- We list 100 experiences in Valparaíso. The largest groups are day trips (31), city tours (14).
- What are the top attractions in Valparaíso?
- Ranked by the experiences that visit them, the top attractions in Valparaíso are Plaza Sotomayor, Cerro Concepcion, Ascensor El Peral, Baburizza Palace (Palacio Baburizza).
- What is the most popular experience in Valparaíso?
- By number of traveller reviews it is "Tour in Valparaiso: Street Art, funiculars and port", rated 4.9 out of 5 from 132 reviews.
- How long do tours and tickets in Valparaíso take?
- The typical experience in Valparaíso lasts about 5 hours; the middle half run between 2.5 hours and 7 hours.
- Can I cancel a booking in Valparaíso?
- The operator lists free cancellation on 83% of the 100 experiences we hold for Valparaíso. The cut-off differs by experience and is shown on each product page before you choose a date.
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