Zapallar, Chile Travel Blogs

San Pedro de Atacama and Valparaiso
Nov 13, 2006 (5 photos)

... enough to get on another bus to Valparaiso, a resort on the Chilean coast close to the capital Santiago. Valparaiso, Chile's very own Brighton We've heard some great opinions from other travelers about Valparaiso, and although it was a pleasant ...

Oh, to be a vineyard owner...
Oct 6, 2006 (15 photos)

... a few hours after lunch so we killed time in the internet cafe as usual. By 8pm we were on the road to Zapallar and a couple of hours later we had arrived at Alejandro's amazing beach house, perched on the cliffs overlooking the crashing Pacific Ocean. We ...

Los Vilos
Aug 18, 2007 (3 photos)

This weekend I took a bus to a small place called Los Vilos that declared the 6 other gringos and I to be the only tourists they would see all winter. It was a humble little town without a lot happening there, a few little fruit and veggie markets, a few ...

Cachagua, sos un zorro!
Feb 28, 2006 (4 photos)

Being too keen on having arrived at Cachagua beach i just had to go to the part where the waves were the highest. After some time i got tired and a lifeguard blew in his whistle like crazy to give me a signal that this part of the ocean wasn't allowed for ...

Day 53 - Copiapa to Los Vilos, Chile
Nov 17, 2007 (5 photos)

Woke up to a great breakfast with chocolate cake included.  Wheeled out of the hotel parking lot, into a service station and met up with a Brazillion bikers (3 couples from Brazil).  Had coffee, took pictures, exchanged conversation, ...

A Lucky Escape
Nov 24, 2005 (5 photos)

We arrived in Valparaiso very weary on the morning of my birthday after 24 hours on the bus south from the Atacama desert. The journey actually went quite quickly thanks to about 4 films and some Michael Jackson videos - they´re bad(!). The scenery out ...

The long village
Nov 17, 2006 (5 photos)

... between the high Andes and bright red and green hills. They call the wind ´El Zonda´ here. It sweeps across from Chile, dumping all the moisture on the mountains before heading down into Argentina, making temperatures jump up then drop steeply when it dies ...

Pucon to Zapallar
Jan 14, 2008 (8 photos)

Yesterday we drove from Pucon in the south of Chile to Zapallar on the Pacific coast, west of Santiago. If our first impression of Pucon was of the English Lake District then Zapallar is Carmel in California. We arrived as the fog rolled in from the ocean, ...

What are Zapallar and Kermess?
Nov 11, 2008 (49 photos)

... at her parents' beach house in Zapallar! So, you're probably wondering...what is Zapallar and what is Kermess?  Zapallar is a really beautiful, scenic, quaint beach town about 2 hours northwest of us.  Peggy, myself and four other ...

Zapallar, Map Pin Only
Mar 12, 2007 (7 photos)

NOW WITH PHOTOS!!! Check the Pucón entry for descriptions.

Los Vilos - "Pile of Seafood"
Jan 2, 2008 (10 photos)

New Year, New Driving! We started off early on the 1st of January, not feeling as fit as we should - we must confess - after finishing all the beer, wine and champagne the previous night... We selected a special route which looked like a ...

Christmas in Pacific Port City
Dec 27, 2005 (4 photos)

I spent christmas at a rather excentric family run hostel in the suburb hills of Valparasio. The hostel, is a large mansion that has seen better day and was owned by a very friendly German woman (Martina) and her equally madcap Chilean husband (Enzo), ...

Beaches, Pizza, and Family Time!
Jul 19, 2009 (6 photos)

... I enjoyed viewing the mountains surrounding us.  We drove about an hour north of Vina del Mar, to visit the beaches of Zapallar.  A lot of upper class people have summer homes there.  It was a gorgeous day to walk along the beach and take ...

Trip to Zapallar- Exclusive Beach Town
Feb 13, 2005

... all the mansions surrounding the beach and sampled locos! They are illegal in the states but only seasonaly illegal in Chile! The tasted like chicken. Zapallar is a must if you ever go to Chile. One of the few nice cities this country has to offer.

Off to see the sea
Jul 6, 2006 (4 photos)

I decided to join some of the guys form my hostel in a day trip to the beach - we had been promised sunshine & beaches. We got rain & industrial port - but never mind a day trip is still a day trip! We did manage lunch & on the way back form the ...

Mountain Joe and Mountain Jane
Dec 29, 2006

6962m above sea level

Another pleasant day in Zapallar
Oct 10, 2009 (6 photos)

... there will be brilliant sunshine and perfect temperatures. As a result, you just don't appreciate the perfection anymore. Zapallar is idyllic sleepy coastal town with Mediterranean style villas overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Days are spent beach ...

Valparaso, Chile
Sep 19, 2006 (2 photos)

Chile

TOURS - Vineyards, the beach and major sites
Apr 27, 2007

Christian - our Chilean Guide, great sense of humour and good English. He looked after us for two days.  The first day we went to a wine school outing place.  First place to be set up as a teaching facility.   Quite interesting ...