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Santiago - Chile
Reception at Santiago de Chile airport and transfer to the hotel. |

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Santiago - City Tour
We will visit the city of Santiago. We will visit some interesting places such as: the Presidential Palace known as Palacio de la Moneda (Government House), which is a neoclassic building because all coins of the country in the past were coined there.
To get to the Palace, we will take the main avenue, Bernardo O' Higgins Boulevard.
The Historical and Civic Center, along with Huérfanos and Ahumada pedestrian walkways, are the places which concentrate the main business activity of the city and lead to Plaza de Armas (Main Square), strategic place where the first city layouts were designed.
You can see the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Main Post Office and the Town Hall.
Then we will go to the University neighborhood, the Art Museum and the river Mapocho on its side, the Equestrian Club; afterwards, we will visit San Cristobal Hill, also called Metropolitan Park, main green lung of Santiago de Chile.
We will visit the residential neighborhoods such as Providencia (with its business area), Las Condes or Vitacura, main towns involved in the growth and modernity of Santiago. The Bohemian neighborhood of Bella Vista concentrates a great cultural, artistic and night life.
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Viña del Mar and Valparaíso
We will depart from our hotel towards the Pacific Ocean, pass by the agricultural valleys of Curacaví and Casablanca known for their fertile and fine agricultural and wine-growing richness. Then we will reach the city of Valparaíso, main port of the country.
Its picturesque silhouette, protected by a string of hills flowing into the sea, highlights the most important shipping destination in the South Pacific Ocean until the Panama Canal was opened in 1914.
We will go into the town center and its neighborhoods up the hills to better understand the most flourishing city of the beginnings of 20th century in Chile.
We will walk around its main squares and learn about the centennial tradition of its port. Walking along the coastline towards the bay, we will reach the city of Viña del Mar, the most famous and popular resort in the area with its neat parks and numerous palms depicting it as "Garden City". It is the epicenter of youth in summer. After visiting its beaches, casino and avenues, we will return to Santiago.
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Undurraga Vineyard in Maipo Valley - Folkloric Dinner Show
Breakfast at the hotel. Near Santiago, we will find great valleys that protect the harvests with an excellent combination of climate and soil, as in Maipo Valley.
In Talagante we will visit Santa Ana country state, area where Don Francisco Undurraga Vicuña founded Undurraga vineyard in 1885.
The winery was visited by important famous personalities due to its lineage tradition.
We will visit Undurraga Vineyard, its wineries and premises; appreciate how grape growing, harvest, and process and its transformation into wine are done, all this surrounded by a unique atmosphere mingling the old tradition with new technology. We will taste its traditional wines. This vineyard has German Riesling and French varietal stocks such as Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Pinot Noir.
At night, we can have an excellent opportunity to have a close contact with the roots, art and culture of the Chilean people. We will pick you up at the hotel to take you to the restaurant where you will enjoy a folkloric dinner show of the northern, central and southern Chile, which will end with typical dances of Easter Island and Polynesia.
Agile and charismatic dancers will offer us a colorful display of costumes and choreographies. After enjoying dinner, drinks and dance, we will go back to the hotel.
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Pomaire - Pablo Neruda's House-Museum at Isla Negra (Black Island)
Breakfast at the hotel. We will visit Pablo Neruda's House-Museum in the coastline resort of Isla Negra. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971.
We will learn about the life and personality of this great Chilean and universal poet. Neruda built this atypical house on his own; there he kept his most interesting collections, among them, the figureheads and multiple nautical objects.
Then we will pass by the city of Cartagena and go on along the Sun Road up to the craft town of Pomaire, where you can appreciate a great number of craftsmanship works made of clay. Then we will return to Santiago.
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Concha y Toro Vineyard
Breakfast at the hotel. In less than one hour we will arrive at Concha y Toro vineyard. We will be welcomed at Don Melchor square and invited to have a panoramic view of Pirque vineyard. Walking along the old park will take us back in time to appreciate the Pirque big house, residence of Concha y Toro family.
In this place, the most important Chilean wine-growing company was founded 100 years ago (1883). We can learn about the development of vineyards of first quality yield. Then we will visit the winery to learn about the methodology and materials used for producing wine. We will taste their Premium wines.
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Santiago
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Santiago de Chile. |