Locations
Quintero
Quintero counts with 16 beaches, which are its main attractive.
Quintero owes its name to Alonso Quintero, a pilot of Diego de Almagro, who discovered it by the end of 1536. The bay was visited by the English corsair Tomás Cavendish in 1587, which ended up in a skirmish against the Spanish troops, losing Cavendish twelve men. During the Colony, [...] Papudo
Papudo, with a population of 2,987, is a seaside resort with a long tradition that lies by a bay open to the North and protected by steep hills that are a natural barrier to the south wind.The name of Papudo comes from an old owner of these lands, the rich man “Carande or Cara Grande” (large face) that, since [...] Maitencillo
Maitencillo, with a population of 1,567, is the narrowest and longest seaside resort of the central coast area. Its houses are located at the foot of a sandy cliff that reaches the sea full with rocks, with small interwined beaches and natural sea water pools . Next to the ocean and surrounded by summer houses runs an oceanside road at [...] Horcón
Horcón is a fishermen creek in front of a town, located in a small and protected bay facing North. It’s surrounded by high, narrow and woody hillsides. It has a calmed ocean with a small beach in the creek (there’s a charge of $1,000 for parking) and there are also other beaches on its ends.
A town where artists and craftsmen [...] Zapallar
Zapallar, with a population of 1,626, is a small and enclosed esplanade with a shell shape, surrounded by sharp cliffs that create a micro-climate. A beautiful resort surrounded by flora and with a very well maintained urbanization, this resort is the most select and privileged in the coast. It was also declared Typical Zone (Zona Típica). Zapallar has big trees, [...] La Ligua and Catapilco cities
The visit to La Ligua and Catapilco is a beautiful trip to the fertile valley of the Ligua river (río Ligua) and to La Ligua with its textile industry. You will also get to travel along the lands that produced the most amount of gold in Chile. It’s a circuit of 50 miles round trip, from Zapallar, on a paved [...] Limache
San Francisco de Limache means boulder of willows and has a population of 34,948. Is a peaceful rural city designed around Avenida Urmeneta, with oriental planetrees (plátanos orientales) on both sides forming a green tunnel. It has beautiful country houses from the beginning of the XX century, with gardens where there are many different species of palm trees. These houses [...] Colliguay
Colliguay is located over a plateau of the coastal mountain range, surrounded by hills of regular height and the Puangue marsh, that forms many pools in its descend. After the Battle of Maipú, part of the defeated Spanish army found shelter here, giving birth to the town that today has a population of 600. It’s not a seaside resort, but [...] Easter Island
Isla de Pascua, also known as Easter Island or Rapa Nui lies over a big submarine platform merged due to a successive volcanic activity of three submarine volcanoes situated at 2,030 nautical miles from the Chilean coast, about 2,337 miles.
In its topography dominate smooth slopes with hills, inactive volcanoes, and semi-flat prairies in some cases. The coast is rocky with [...] El Yali National Reserve
El Yali National Reserve (Reserva Nacional El Yali) is geographically located in the commune of Santo Domingo, Province of San Antonio and its protected quadrant is determined by 33º South Latitude and 71º West Longitude.
Its surface, as a reserve, is a total of 1,285.8 acres, comprising the lagoons and nearby areas. Currently, CONAF, together with the Regional Department Office of [...] 