Church of Castro

Il était temps de sortir un peu des sentiers battus après ces 2 premières semaines, et nous voici donc sur l'île de Chiloé dans une chambre d'hôtes très buccolique. Dépaysement immédiat avec ces villages de pêcheurs, on se croirait de retour en Bretagne! Arrivés vers 23h comme d'habitude, nous partons de bonne heure pour visiter l'archipel avec les …

... the small fishing hamlet of Achao. It was set up by Jesuit missionaries in the mid 1700s and is home to the world heritage site Church of Santa María de Loreto of Achao, the oldest church in Chiloe, built by the island's boatmakers in 1730. It's only a ...

... collection of old churches scattered in towns throughout the island dating back as far as 1730.  The interior of the church of Delcahue contains a renowned mural that combines Christian and pantheistic imagery, which we photographed.  Of course ...

... even worse... There were about 3 tourists walking around in the first village I stopped and nothing really to see apart from the oldest church of Chiloe. Within 30 minutes I jumped on the bus and wanted to head back to Castro. In the bus, I bumped into ...