Cerro Alegre Valparaiso

Valparaiso is either the prettiest ugly city or the ugliest pretty city. it's along the pacific ocean about 90 minutes outside santiago, and a popular Chilean vacation escape. there is graffiti art everywhere. everywhere. along cement stairs, garage doors, corners, buildings, alleyways, boats, along park benches. there are so many murals, paintings …

We decided to visit Valparaiso following numerous recommendations from other travellers that we met mostly in San Pedro de Atacama. Given their rave reviews of this beautiful coastal town, we changed our plans and caught a bus 2 hours north of Santiago instead of heading south to Pucon – big mistake!

Valparaiso is a little naval …

Valparaiso is like the black sheep of the family, whose list of character flaws are so well known by all the relatives that there is no need to make an effort at pretending to be more genteel. In actual fact, Valparaiso has come into its own, but hasn't quite realized it. This city is vibrant, self-deprecating and oh-so-likeable.

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... because a woman at the bus station showed us photos of a series of apartments she was renting out for $10 a night on Cerro Alegre, one of the more bohemian (that's the word they use) and interesting neighborhoods. And the lodgings were actually nicer ...

... often alleys and steps but no roads seperating the properties. The Alecon hostel is in a great position on the top of Cerro Alegre and 2 minutes from one of the 100plus year old funculars. - we would never have found the place ...

... viejito (older) taxi driver.  He took us to our hotel which was called Hotel Camila in Cerro la Loma, close to Cerro Alegre.  Ulises, the owner,  gave us a honeymoon deal to stay in the best room with a spectacular view of the entire city ...

... made bigger offerings to the spirits. It was really interesting anyway. After the museum we headed back to Valparaiso where we visited the hills Cerro Alegre and Cerro Concepcion which were quaint hilly cobbled streets to walk around. We then had mid ...

Well folks I took a few days off, I clicked my toes together, and now I am in Valparaiso Chile.  I arrived to Santiago on Tuesday.  It is a beautiful city but extreamly metropolitan, a rather large change from the back woods ...

... end in itself and exclusive of others. After checking into the Luna Sonrisa Hostel - a charming and vibrantly painted hostel on Cerro Alegre with a wonderfully nice young German woman in charge - Taylor and I ventured out for the evening. We quickly ...

... albergue desenhou pra mim num mapa xerocado. Numa certa rua tinha que virar a esquerda e nao deu, nao consegui. Estva no Cerro Alegre!! Demais, fui andando, andando pelos morros da cidade. Descubri que Valparaiso, tirando o porto e o centro era uma ...

... (Queen Vic lift) which goes up to Cerro Concepción and neighbouring Cerro Alegre, the main historical centre of the city. Cerro Alegre was one of the first immigrants communities to be established, mainly by Brits, whilst Cerro Concepcion was largely ...

... dad (because he had to go to Valparaiso for work) around 3 PM.  After meeting up with my classmates, we headed to Cerro Alegre to watch Charkypunk and one of his friends (forgot his name) paint grafitti.  It was really neat to watch how they ...

... there to do, so with no real plan I arrived an hour or so later. I'd been told to check out a few things - Pablo Neruda's house, Cerro Alegre and Concepcion as well as a ride on the ascenores. I didn't have a map when I got in, but the bus station had a ...