Valparaiso Bed and Breakfasts Reviews and Rates

Back to the City

February 20. We leave our small casa and quiet community of Laguna Verde for the big city of Valparaiso. Although we have been here a few times in the past week, we feel that we need to spend more time exploring the city and the surrounding area. We are sorry to say goodbye to Laguna and the people we met there (four if you are counting) but are …

Squashed kittens, Jenga houses, buckets of water

Valparaiso: Mix the winding streets of Rome or Venice, the graffiti of Berlin, and the steepness of San Fransisco and you´ve got Valparaiso, a town famed for its steep & windy streets, its
bohemian feel and street graffiti art on any and every public space. With its colourful houses that are seemingly stacked on top of each other on dozens …

Ballungsraum

Die nächste größere Etappe soll uns nach Santiago führen. Seit Puerto Varaz ist die Panamericana unsere Straße. Legendär, aber in diesem Abschnitt nicht berauschend, 2-spurig ausgebaut. Den Unterschied zu einer Autobahn bei uns erkennt man aber doch auf Anhieb. Hier ist die Straße nicht abgeschottet, sondern man lebt auch an ihr. Verkäufer auf dem …

On the coast

After my overnight bus I ended up in the port town of Valparaiso. Near the port and along the main streets it´s a bit of a grotty town, but once you take the old fashion "ascensors" up into the upper streets of the town, it has a feel of a small french town. I wandered around the town and took in the various exhibitions, as the town sees itself as …

Valparaiso

Yeah... Valparaiso is really nice. Some areas really remind me of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. It's a shame I only have a couple of days in this coastal city. Checked out Pablo Neruda's house today which was pretty neat.

Anyway, Flying back to Rio on Tuesday to meet my family. Yikes!

Un dia mas en Chile

Last day in Chile...

Sleep in late. We get our last minute shopping done and head to the beach. I meet up with Alex, we have lunch. Him french fries, me cappucino (not really a cappucino more a coffee with whip cream). Lunch, some kissing on the beach, more shopping, buy some wine (for peeps back home), kissing on the bus, play around on …

Meeting point, Chile

So after 2 flights, 2 taxis and a 2 hr bus for me and 22 hours of 3 different buses travelling over the Andes for Ben, we hope to reunite in Valparaiso, Chile on Sunday evening.....will keep you posted if all goes to plan!!!!

So all did go to plan and we met up in Valapraiso. The hostel we stayed in was really nice, was actually a house …

We get it! Valparaiso

March 22 So we said bye to Valpo (short for Valparaiso) and just got to Talca this afternoon, it took us 5 hrs in the bus. Sundays is the best day to travel because nearly everything in Chile is closed anyways. So far, we like it here, it is very quiet, a change from the two cities we just visited. This is the place known for its vineyards and wine …

Valpo

From Mendoza we once more took the scenic, trans-Andean bus in order to head to Valparaíso. Once again, my decision to splash out on good-quality earphones was rewarded in spades as I was able to block out the screams of some dizzy actress or other in whatever mediocre, maudlin garbage film it was that they insisted on blaring throughout the bus …

Off to coast the coast for some sun (and leisure)

¨I'll see you in Valparaiso!¨ was first time I had ever heard of famous fishing town on the Chilean coast while watching Russell Crowe's period piece ¨Master and Commander¨... truly one of my favorite films of all time. Before heading off to Buenos Aires, Chris and I agreed that a proper weekend of sun and seafood was in order. So we ventured …