La Serena, Chile Travel Blogs

Catching Up
Jul 28, 2006

... ruins of Machu Pichu or of the strange dressing habits of the residents of Taquile Island. I'll do what I can from here in La Serena, a city 7 hours north of Santiago in bus, where dad and I have escaped to clean air, lower population density and sunlight. ...

Little things I have learnt
Nov 21, 2005

... riding 15. I snore a lot more than previously suspected - sorry dorm-mates! Anyway, thatīs about it for now. I am leaving La Serena on a late bus tonight and heading 16 hours up the Panamericana to Calama. Its been really good here - been to see an ...

Romantic Valentines Night
Feb 14, 2009 (19 photos)

... down there because you know what she's like when free food is available, but bless her, she restrained herself! When we arrived in La Serena we headed straight for the beach. It was a really nice beach area and a fantastic surf. We went and chilled down ...

The Beach Life and Road Trippinī
Jan 19, 2007 (19 photos)

... roads, candle lit villages, abandoned mines and eventaully getting a little lost was an adventure and a great start.  The beaches of La Serena so long and splendid.  We have been up the worlds biggest cross, raced quad bikes on sand tracks and ...

La Serena
Mar 10, 2007 (3 photos)

... We headed to La Serena to meet up with my Mum and Dad again but arrived a night ahead of them so checked out the town. La Serena is a nice town, pleasant plaza, good shopping area and a big craft market for souvenirs (which can be sent home with ...

Did the earth move for you?
Nov 17, 2005

Heading North from Santiago, I am staying in the town of La Serena. This morning we had an earth quake!! I was sat on my bed and the room started to shake, thankfully it didnīt last too long and no damage was caused, but it made the CNN news in the US (our ...

36 hours in La Sarena
Dec 29, 2008 (18 photos)

... the almost 24 bus trip from San Pedro de Atacama to Valparaiso we planned to spend a day in the coastal town of La Serena, Chile's second oldest city. We arrived early the morning after taking the overnight bus from San Pedro and were fortunate to get an ...

Desert Blooms
Dec 13, 2004 (10 photos)

... another treat, with a stunning sunset over the massive Cross of the Third Millennium across the bay from the seaside resort of La Serena. This touching poem was written and sent to us by Lila Engberg, a friend and colleague in Guelph, Ontario: On ...

Stars (a few) and wine (a bit more)
Oct 21, 2006

La Serena lays at the entry of the Elqui Valley, known for the star observatries and the pisco vineyards and distelleries. Star observatries are located here because weather is always (except for the day we went to one) very clear and without clouds. We ...

Starry Nights in the desert
Mar 20, 2003 (2 photos)

... right in the middle of the desert. Coming here we have broken our bus-record. First we spent 15,5 hours on the bus from La Serena to Calama where we rested for 50 mins before boarding the 1,5 hour bus to San Pedro. So, in total 17 body-wrecking hours ...

Maria's house in La Serena
Mar 18, 2003 (2 photos)

... with bare eyes). And of course we were told on arrival about an travel agency which does tours to an observatorium just outside La Serena. Of course we immediately put our names down for it (we are typing this report from a computer at the agency's ...

The new crew
Apr 10, 2007

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Lazy Friday
Dec 18, 2004 (2 photos)

... 1200m to a public-tour observatory which had a 40cm telescope; this was on a mountain site near Vicuna, about 100km east of La Serena. The telescope was not as big as the 4m and 8m telescopes across the way on other local mountains, but still good ...

27 degrees but still Chile
Sep 19, 2008

... insist on doing it a good number of decibels higher than what is normally considered reasonable.  On a positive note, La Serena is a pleasant town, with many old interesting-looking churches and a weirdly english-looking centre - we kept ...

Serena deuxieme jour
Feb 11, 2009

... . Il y a du monde partout meme tard, des stands gonflables pour enfants, des concerts dans la rue, des cafes avec terrasses, des concerts avec danses folkloriques, de boui-boui, des grillades... Demain je retournerais la, avec Lucie cette fois ci.

los gehts
Aug 16, 2007

schoenes hotel und schoene stadt!

Ahh, Pacific Ocean, the granduer of all oceans.
Jan 14, 2006

... , the right age, the can't miss the cap... I found him, at last. So, for the record, Luigi resides in La Serena, Chile. World astrolgers usually fly to La Serena to glimpse in the heart of the universe inside the world famous observatories. It's a ...

La Serena
May 30, 2008

... really beautiful. Chilean buses are really good and you get given snacks and tucked in with a blanket if you fall asleep! We arrive in La Serena a couple of hours later and walk to our hostel, which we end up walking past a few times as there are no signs ...

To the beach!
Jan 15, 2009 (3 photos)

La Serena is a beach town in northern Chile.  The town looked pretty nice, but the first hostels we saw were dumpy, so Jeff decided we should camp out on the beach.  Works for me...  So 30 km south of town we found a campground right on the ...

Heading North
Oct 16, 2006 (5 photos)

... We have a whole house and court yard to ourselves. With facilities to cook, watch TV or just relax. I arrived in La Serena yesterday afternoon after a little adventure of my own. Originally I had booked the coach for the previous night, leaving the ...

La Serena
Mar 9, 2006

... A very boring entry from us on our way back from Iquique (yes, we finally got out!) we decided to stop in a town called La Serena which is about 5 hours north of Santiago. It was described by Lonely Planet as a trendy beach town (note to self, just give ...

deshalb...
Aug 28, 2007

sind wir jetzt wieder im norden!

Into Chile And Then Outer Space
Mar 26, 2008 (3 photos)

... and then explain in halting Spanish and with actions exactly what all her toiletries were for - including a spot cream - very embarrassing! La Serena is a fairly large town by the coast with a nice main square and nice beaches. The best thing we ...

Elqui Valley/La Serena/the desert
Mar 25, 2005 (10 photos)

Easter Friday 25 March ---------------------- We flew to La Serena & collected a rental car at the airport. We explored Vicuna briefly & managed there to book a trip to an observatory for the Easter Monday night (Chile has the worldīs leading ...

23/06/05 - 26/06/05
Jun 23, 2005 (2 photos)

... of the national parks nearby as there were not enough people to fill the tour. Word of advice- if youīre going to go to La Serena, go in summer and/or with more than one person. So, after having wondered around on bike and foot for a couple of days, ...

La Serena - pocitek ob morju
Aug 10, 2007

Ob 12.00 sva prispela na avtobusno postajo, kjer sva najprej zavila v okrepcevalnico in pojedla nekaj podobnega hot dogu... Dva dni v tem po videzu kolonjalnem mestecu sta nama bila v pravi uzitek. Brezskrbno pohajkovanje po ulicah, nakupovalnih ...

La Serena
Nov 23, 2008 (7 photos)

... angekommen sind, quartieren wir uns dort ein. Danach schlendern wir ein wenig durch die recht leeren Strassen (es ist Sonntag) von "La Serena". Ein huebches Staedtchen mit 29 Kirchen (an fast jeder Ecke ist eine zu finden) und einem schoenen Plaza de Armas ...

Finally a Beach
Dec 17, 2008 (8 photos)

  I had wanted to go to visit northern Argentina but for some reason all of the buses from San Pedro were booked up so I decided to migrate south for some beach action. Spent 16 hours on a bus down (so far the longest yet) but arrived at a very nice ...

A Stopover for Seafood
Aug 7, 2007 (7 photos)

... , cell: 97217271, apartment style rooms with kitchen, great place to stay, central location, and nice family - Restaurant:  La Serena Grill, amazing "caldillo de congrio", a lemon based seafood type of soup. Check out the photos or slide show for ...

Serene La Serena...Boat Tour
Dec 16, 2004 (4 photos)

ĄHola Everyone! Vicki here: We have been in La Serena for 1.5 days and have already decided to extend our stay here and skip Valparaiso after talking to lots of other travellers. This is a largish town / small city, very picturesque and well kept, ...