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Iquique Slideshow
Top Hotels in Iquique
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Holiday Inn Express Iquique
30 reviews -
Radisson Hotel Iquique
23 reviews
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Gavina Iquique
35 reviews -
Hotel Terrado Suites Iquique
36 reviews
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Cavancha Hotel Iquique
9 reviews -
Arturo Prat Iquique
13 reviews -
Terrado Club Iquique
19 reviews
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Sunfish Iquique
7 reviews
Iquique
Travel Blogs from Iquique, Chile
By the Seaside
This is a top pick! ... stray dogs outnumber the locals. We walk down Barros Arana for about a kilometre till we get to the hostel. Backpackers Iquique is close to the beachfront and is full of over-tanned and skimpily dressed Westerners who smoke maruijana and chat each ...
Long journeys, short tempers!
This is a top pick! ... we were all turfed out at yet another security checkpoint, where once again, all luggage was inspected. We eventually arrived in Iquique shortly before 10 pm, feeling drained and certainly travel weary. As luck would have it, we were able to check-in ...
water, water everywhere ....
This is a top pick! ... and seriously considering if her ex had been a major drug user. And so, after far too much cold weather, I've travelled to Iquique in northern Chile to soak up a few rays and prepare for the journey to Quito where I catch my flight home. I've left ...
From the petroglyphs of ancient time to the ocean
This is a top pick! From the petroglyphs of ancient time to the ...
Near Iquique - magnificent ride
This is a top pick! ... ; “No not yet, the water is brought from the lakes in the mountains and the underground aquifers” and “Does Chile have a recycling programme for bottles and cans” although we think we knew the answer to this. “No, but many ...
Bourgeois Communistes
... out and get a refund. So we did and we tried to find another hotel. We really liked the city of Iquique - it has a real nice downtown pedestrian area with lots of funky bars and restaurants. It has a big student population and so its ...
Part 5: Taking to the skies from Iquique
... .The town was officially closed in 1961. The social life in Iquique was also great and I will really miss the people that I ...
Cheeky Iquique
... company and leaves me in stitches sometimes without meaning to. Plan is to head north to San Pedro, then up to Iquique for sunshine and beaches, fly down Patagonia for snow, mountains and trekking then head to Pucon for a quiet spot ...
Dakar a Iquique
... . Les gens sont super aimables, et on sent que nous avons changé de catégorie de pays, tout est plus cher. Hostal booked a Iquique super sympa avec BBQ. Nous partons pour l árrivée du Dakar dans l´apres midi. Du sable, des gros moteurs, un sport ...
Viedma to Puerto Montt to Iquique. Bum's numb!
... lunches out as well. While in Valpo we changed our flights and flew from Santiago airport (avoided the city itself) to Iquique. What a weird and wonderful desert landscape! The town itself is full of contrasts. Some parts look like a ...
Early Start Birthday
Feb 25th - So, my birthday came in at 1:30am when I had to get up to catch the 4:15am flight from La Paz to Iquique, Chile. Arrived in Iquique to the thorough immigration and customs checks and then caught the transfer bus to my hotel. Had ...
Paragliding in Iquique
... seen and it was hilarious. I will hopefully get a picture up of it soon so you all can see. Anyways, we arrived in Iquique by 5pm and found a pretty good hostel. Iquique is another beach town, similar to Huanchaco and Mancora, it is very hot and ...
treking po pustyni...
... ja w 3/4 ciezarowka:) Przy okazji dowiedzielismy sie co nieco o zyciu Juana- naszego osobistego szofera:):):) Pozdrawiamy z hostelu w Iquique. Jutro rano ruszmy w dalsza droge na polnoc... PS. Piwo Escudo jest rowniez smaczne;) A dzisiejszy cytat dnia( ...
The pacific, how I miss her so
Squeezed between a grand mountainous sand dune and the raging pacific, lies Iquique hiding amongst low lying clouds that never shed a tear, Iquique expels a uniqueness I´ve never seen before. World cup football fever had hit and every man and his DOG ...
Pierszy dzien nad Pacyfikiem:)
Po 26 godzinach jazdy wzdluz mrocznych surowych gor z jednej strony i oceanu z drugiej, dotarlismy wlasnie do Iquiqe! Goraco i parno. Mamy za soba pierwszy polgodzinny spacer z plecakmi przez centrum miasta. Zaskoczyla nas kompletnie "kosmiczna" ...
Iquique - our last stop in Chile
... square was full of people. We tried in vain to figure out what was happening and then gave up and wandered some more. Iquique has quite a nice vibe to it. There were lots of families about and the town is big enough to have good shops ...
noel avec notre famille de substitution
et oui, cest la prmiere fois que je fete noel sans ma famille, ca fait bizarre... ms bon les traditions restent la, je depose le cadeau de sylv sous le sapin... et je le reveille un peu en hate pour qon ouvre nos paquets... puis cest ac notre ...
Sea and Sky
After another full day of travelling before I arrived in Iquique on December 12. Crossing into Chile was a bit of a shock to the system. After the last couple of months in small towns in Ecuador and Peru it seemed odd to see things like ...
Iquique
Only stayed one night here for transit to the airport the next day. Not much to say about it really........It's a small town with a good surf beach that is overlooked by - yes, dry and sandy ...
Day 50 - Arica to Pozo Almonte, Chile
Left our very nice room much later than usual because of a 2 hr time change. We are now 4 hours later than home. This works out okay as it gives us extra daylight at the end of the day. Our road took us up a 15km climb, then 21km down ...
Iquique
... by desert) but it seems a bit nicer. Again, a fairly laid-back town. Maybe this happens all throughout Chile, but in Arica and Iquique, taxi drivers will stop and let you cross the road -- really a shock after coming from Bolivia and Peru. ...
Pie de Limon en Chile
... Full marks to Michael for staying on his horse especially as it had a tendency to be spooked and gallop after the lead horse. Iquique Although we would have liked to have stayed at Hacienda Los Andes our budget will not allow it. After a gruelling 17 ...
Beach Time!
... guy who owned the hostel) jumped off the side of the cliff and spent about 20 or so minutes sailing down over the city of Iquique to the beach. Totally cool... took loads of pics from up there which I will upload, just on a mission to get the ...
Beach, heat and impressive cliffs
Squeezed between the ocean and steep cliffs of the desert brown mountain range, this is a major beach town packed with Chilean tourists....and me! Check it out on the ...
Surf city!!
... I know I couldn´t. That evening we had trouble finding a restaurant never mind an open one and the one we did go to was rubbish, beer was good though. The next morning thankfully we left Iquique and headed towards Arica our last stop in ...
Brush your Teeth
Davy here, i have not yet done an entry as Elve has typed them all so this is my first entry, here it goes, Went to the supermarket, bought wine, drank wine, ran out of wine, I drank beer and Elve drank beer for the 1st and last time ...
Iquique te odio
Iquique te odio: je n'ai que des problèmes dans cette ville Iquique te odio: I only have problems in this city ---------- Commençons par quelque chose de pas trop pire pour changer: le voyage entre Arica et Iquique s'est bien passé! Un peu en retard ...
The rhythm of a bongoist
... and the pack-o-dogs was looking inviting...... I could have done it....... you know,....on all fours......if I had to...... Iquique was, though, a real lovley place. A kind of country and western main street with wooden side walks and ...