Valdivia, Chile Travel Blogs

Valuable Valdivia
Apr 7, 1992

Valdivia is ideally located on the Valdivia River and in close proximity to the ocean. We went there to return the Chevette, sleep and take the bust to Pocun.

Sealions in the market
Mar 14, 2006 (8 photos)

... jug. After stirring for a while I sip the delicious velvety perfection, and think lots of nice thoughts about Chile and Valdivia. Rachel's capuccino is also delicous and differs from the usual European formula because it has cream instead of milk. We ...

Un burrito con salsa de fish pudding por favor.
May 1, 2005 (2 photos)

... heading a few hours further north, to adventure travel destination Pucon. But then I read the following in my guidebook, "Valdivia just may be Chile's most attractive and enjoyable city." It's Saturday after all, so I decide to give it a go. While walking ...

Si Senor, Habla Castellano
Mar 30, 2005 (3 photos)

... play particularily bad against Paraguay - and lose (no El Mundial Allemagne for them!) Thursday 31st March 2005 Spend the day in Valdivia, firstly wandering by the pleasant river, as the canoeist sweep by, and then the museum bit - I dont always go to ...

Finally in Chile
Feb 17, 2007 (12 photos)

... simple 5 hour bus ride to get across the border and another couple hours to arrive in Valdivia. Valdivia is noted in my guide book for possibly being Chile's most pleasant city.  I found it  just plain boring.  The only noteworthy thing ...

Fish Market & Chinese
Feb 4, 2009 (50 photos)

... day today, after last nights antics. We got the bus to Valdivia, stopping off at the lakes on the way. Our hostel in Valdivia was called La Casa Grande which was quite nice. In the afternoon, most of the group went off to the market, including Lorna. ...

Random Sea Lions!
Aug 20, 2005 (2 photos)

Oh rainy, rainy days! We arrived in Valdivia late afternoon and as was to be the norm in Southern Chile, we got adopted by a nice lady who invited us to stay at her house! So we thought why not??! We got settled in with a duvet and everything and headed ...

Queers throw the best parties
Oct 23, 2004

... meal. We all stayed until we were unable to continue with the eating and drinking - truly an epicurean delight. Valdivia was where I spent my first truly academic conversation in Spanish, about Cultural Studies, Deconstructionism, and historical ...

Valdivia
Feb 22, 2007

Valdivia

Feb. 13, 2006 - Valdivia
Feb 13, 2006 (1 photos)

A 3 ½ hour bus ride for $7 each brought us from Puerto Montt to Valdivia. We checked in at about 4pm at the Hotel Melillanca which Mariella arranged for us - none of the Lonely Planet recommendations appealed to us save the Hotel Palace, but she dissuaded ...

Feb. 14, 2006 - Valdivia
Feb 14, 2006 (6 photos)

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 (Valdivia) - St-Valentine's Day: Another clear blue sky welcomed us upon awakening and after a quick breakfast, Caroline & I headed out toward the riverside where we were to embark for our tour ($25 each). We were more ...

St Patricks in Valdivia
Mar 17, 2006

... it on the sign!)) into Chile) seemed to take a lifetime to do their searches at the border. All the faffing meant that I arrived in Valdivia well after dark which I don`t really like doing cause you can look like a bit of a target with your weary eyes and ...

Beer time!
Oct 20, 2008 (3 photos)

... directional skills. It was a little further away from the bus station than we would have liked as we were carrying our heavy bags. Valdivia was Ok, though the only problem was its constant rain. This being the lake district of Chile they tend to get a lot ...

Valdivia - they have a brewery
Jan 13, 2008 (6 photos)

Not much to say about Valdivia.  The have a brewery that turned out to be more of a restaurant but I was lucky enough to be there during the chocolate festival.

Chilean pecan pie. I mean it.
Jan 7, 2009

... south pop up in Central Chile, partly because of the similar climate (i.e. HOT, minus the tornadoes, substitute earthquakes) I guess. Valdivia is a pleasant college town nestled on a river, filled with parks and good stuff to eat. All the museums were ...

Hacia el norte
Feb 6, 2008 (3 photos)

... a la gente que nos recoge, y todos se contradicen... así que al final llegamos ahí, y claro, no había ruta para Valdivia ! Pero aprovechamos para almorzar ahí, frente al mar, con las casas construidas sobre las colinas dando a la playa. Nos fuimos enseguida ...

Big fat sealions in Valdivia
Jun 24, 2007 (4 photos)

... a receipt for your bag when they stow it too.  It cost us about 2 pounds each for today's journey. We reached Valdivia and I was surprised that it was such a big town. It's really not geared for tourists although there is one attraction that was ...

Valdivia
Nov 26, 2006 (4 photos)

We arrived early afternoon to Valdivia and went straight away to the famous fish market. Well, I guess the ridiculosely fat sealions there attract more people than the fish market it self. Horrible... those things are just HUGE!!! We bought fresh fish ( ...

Yet more sea lions
Mar 19, 2006 (2 photos)

... here, is there anything to see or do in this town?" "No." Needless to say we got straight back onto a bus, this time to Valdivia. We were only there for a night, but it seemed quite a nice town. We went out for drinks with two American girls, who told ...

Ancud - Valdivia
Feb 8, 2005

nettes hostal, gefuehrt von einem deutschen und einer chilenin. von hier aus machen wir eine inselrundfahrt und besuchen ein historisches museum ueber die meist deutschen einwanderer vor 100 jahren.

Valdivia
Feb 8, 2008

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Valdivia
Feb 11, 2007 (3 photos)

Valdivia is a city near the ocean and known by it's local beer and sea food - so we went to check it. a little thing I forgot to tell that this trip has a purpose and I have a mission - Find Locos!!! locos is a kind of shell that grow only in Chile and ...

Shawn goes to college
Mar 11, 2008

... "Yo ho don't you know sitting to close to the TV will hurt your eyes".  Good thing she doesn't understand English.  Valdivia has a large college across the bridge and since I love college campuses and I haven't seen one yet in SA I decide to ...

Valdivia
Sep 28, 2008

Valdivia

Sea lions in paradise
Mar 2, 2008 (7 photos)

... of the talkative hospedaje owner (a hospedaje is like a bed and breakfast), we only had a few minutes of light to admire Valdivia's chief attractions: the sea lions. And they are so cool! I just couldn't get over how much they look like lions. The ...

My own queen size bed
Mar 10, 2008 (1 photos)

... correct direction I need to head.  We say bye to everyone and we are off to our next destination.  Halfway to Valdivia the bus makes a quick stop and I see a pop machine which probably means it contains cans of pop which probably means I should ...

In search of the locos
Feb 12, 2007 (4 photos)

... these clams from Chile called Locos. Rona has been searching for them for 2 months and we heard that we could find them in Valdivia. Our search started in the fish market. I have never seen a more impressive fish market, there were just tons of fish and ...

The Northern Lake District
Dec 18, 2005 (20 photos)

... from the tourist office, nowhere on the brochures did it indicate the details of this great Ruca that we had visited. Valdivia was a beautiful city. In the past it had been an important centre of Spanish colonial control over Chile and was later a ...

Eine Deutsche Stadt / A Truly German Town
Dec 6, 2006 (5 photos)

... von drei Flussen und das Meer ist nicht weit. In den Fluessen leben Seeloewen und die holen sich beim Fischmarkt vom Valdivia ihre Leckerbissen (Ein Erlebnis besser als in jedem "Sea World"). Valdivia, ca. 12 hours per bus south of Santiago is a ...

Valdivia
Mar 26, 2006 (8 photos)

... woman made sure Eunice took all her belongings with her. Later that after noon Eunice and I took a really uncomfortable bus to Valdivia. Valdivia is advertised in the Lonely Planet as the most beautiful city in Chile... I guess I did not see it. ...