Vina del Mar, Chile Travel Blogs

... our bags both ways, fortunately the wine was OK! Once again the journey across the Andes took longer than expected and we got into Viņa del Mar at 19.00ish rather than 16.30 as it said on our tickets! We found a hotel, doing our settling for one because ...

A travel blog entry by alexndean
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... the hard work of carrying his little black note book around with him, or at least his pen! Today we  leave for Vina del Mar and Valparaiso - twin cities on the west coast of Chile. A shuttle bus picks us up from the hotel and delivers us to our ...

A travel blog entry by gwaymar
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... to be completly rebuilding the track, figured that the bus was my only option. Flagged one down eventually that said Vina Del Mar - theres no such thing as a bus stop, and arrive in this relatively pretty city - prettier than Valapairiso centre anyway, ...

A travel blog entry by shaunduvall
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... flink aantal van deze liftjes uitgerust. Boven krijgen we mooie uitzichten op de haven en in de verte het strand van Viņa del Mar. We dalen weer naar ons basisniveau terug en consumeren in een alweer zeer typische gelegenheid een jugo de naranja (die blijkt ...

A travel blog entry by esbjorn
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We are spending a quiet and rather reflective week in Viņa del Mar - a beautiful resort city on the central Chilean coast - enjoying the gardens, beaches and sunny weather. No snow for us to shovel down here! Christmas without Mike is going to be very ...

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... and driver to ourselves, which was awesome because we kept asking him to stop to take lots of pictures. Starting off in Vina del Mar, we saw a panoramic view of the city, and then headed to the archeological museum to see the giant moai statue out front ...

... like Mexico.  I often use it myself, speaking in the third person about my new and exciting experiences in Chile, sending my students roaring with laughter.  From the University, where foreigners are very common, to elementary schools tucked ...

Vina del mar is superb for it's seafood restaurants. I like to work up my appetite or walk off my meal with a wander along the neaches in the evening.

Last night I went to the Hotel del Mar in Vina del Mar. The Hotel del Mar is a famous casino in Chile. My roommate Lauren and I got dressed up and went there to try our hand at Blackjack. I was under the impression that the minimum bet was 3,000 pesos ...

... necklace from my neck that i loved, but at least he didnīt have a knife! I continued to enjoy my day. I am now in Vina Del Mar and loving the sunshine and beaches. Off to Valparaisio tomorrow to explore for a few days then i fly to Rio De Janeiro where i ...

I am just sittin in bed with my lovely host mom Margarita. She's falling asleep next to me but doesn't seem to mind that I am still on the computer stealing wireless internet from our dead neighbor Carlos. Life is going pretty smoothly aside from the fact ...

noach nie konnt ich so gut schlafen wie heute im bus! bestimmt 8 von 14 stunden! wunderbar! jetzt aber duschen und dann ist fast alles wieder gut! ausser: dass wir am montag ja wieder schule haben, argentinien voll geil ist, ich mehr reisen moechte,...

Hello everyone, So today is cold and raining again. It was bound to happen, as the weekend was sunny and warm. But itīs ok, I have some studying to do today, and I have to cook a traditional Chilean dish for my class tomorrow. I think I am going to ge ...

Sa, 23. juni 07 22uhr Richtig realisier hab ich noch nicht, dass ich jetzt weg bin. Klar am Bahnhof hab ich geheult wie ein Schlosshund, aber dann am Flughafen ist man so im Stress, dass man wieder vergisst, wieso maneigentlich hier ist. InBasel ging ...

Lamentably, mom and Josh are too technologically inept to create their own travel blog to document their journey to the Firetower off of Pine Street in Medfield, Massachusettes. I felt selfish being the only person to receive this email from Josh giving ...

... the building! The Moais are those statues that the indigenous people of la Isla Pascua (Easter Island) built. The island belongs to Chile but it is really expensive to travel over there to see them, so it was nice to see one in the museum. Although, it ...

... in the ground while also being pulled by cables. After that, we took a boat ride around the harbour.   My time in Vina has become a little more mellow, I've had some more time to relax and get settled in. I am still trying to get used to the ...

... beim näheren hinsehen sahen wir, dass an den Löffeln noch die Lippenstiftreste unserer Vorgängerinnen hingen. Zum Glück gibt es aber in Chile immer ein Glas Wasser zum Kaffee. Wir hatten ja 2, also opferten wir eines und wuschen unsere Löffel darin ab. Juliana ...

nach langem hin und her beschlossen wir dann doch alle zusammen eine grosse wand anzumalen.

... our bags it got quite scary i must admit at one point and so we decided to leave this dockers town. the next day in vina del marīs beach town of Renaca.the weather was not to hot as it is the end of summer here (equivalent of September i guess). Spirts ...

... at the "Vina Mar". This is a new vineyard by the same owners as Vina Tarapaca. We came back to huge waves in Vina del Mar. Nicholas writes about this ..... the first wave was huge and caught my Mum and Dad. Unfortunately my dad was rolling up my ...

... desire to capture their gatherings. Reņaca, once simply the beach down the way, is now the most fashionable spot in Chile. Those people might look like they're doing the beach thing, but they're actually intently maintaining the social hierarchy by ...

When approaching Vina del Mar for the first time, it is always good to approach from the old Santiago Road down Agua Santa for the best view. If arriving at sunset then the reward is more special still and there are miradors en rout.

... We took the shuttle back to Valparaiso and caught the bus back to Santiago. It was a really great day trip to Viņa del Mar... Maybe we should have given Valparaiso a second chance, but we just couldnīt see that charm everyone was talking about. Perhaps ...

und nachher gehts dann grad wieder wieter in den sueden

... laundry.  i know, i know, when does the fun start?  well, we finally got out of the house at 2 and took a bus to viņa del mar, the next town over.  where valpo is built on hills and is a very artsy town (tim you would love it here), viņa is a ...

We went to the Beach to watch the New years Eve fireworks. Dinner at the "Enjoy del Mar". Lovely modern resturaunt next to the Casino with a view of the presidentail palace, estero, beach and most importantly, the new year fireworks.

... our last day in Valparaiso, we had arranged a days horse riding amongst the forests, sand dunes and beaches close to Vina del Mar, Chile's premier beach resort and playground for the rich and famous. We left the hostel and got the funicular railway down ...

... different. Yesterday was interesting though, becuase after school, my friend Patti and I decided to go to the other campus outside of Viņa, to go play soccer. We were invited by the coach of the UVM girls team to practice with them, so we thought that ...

Am Samstag morgen war ich mit Jesi, Isa, Flano und Seba erst im Supermarkt und dann auf der "Feria". Das ist ein grosser Markt in Bellota. Und es gibt alles. Wir haben dort aber nur Gemuese und Obst gekauft. Daheim haben wir dann alle zusammen Muscheln ...