At mile 9.3 you’ll get a glimpse of the extensive Quillota Valley (valle de Quillota), covered with vegetable crops within greenhouses and divided into parceled lands with small fences. You can see some ranch houses, identified by the tall tress along its old parks and gardens of avocado (paltos), cherimoya (chirimoyos), and eggfruit (lúcumos)
trees.

Continue on the road passing by Quillota up to La Cruz. At mile 23.6 the road will go up when getting close to the hills and over the treetops you will get a view of the entire valley covered with fruit trees. By the hill there’s a dirt detour to La Cruz (you must pay attention, since there are no signs). This detour goes down towards the right and turns into a crossing underneath the highway, to access the station, and later the square of La Cruz, with a population of 12,860 and an altitude of 459.3 feet. Its history goes back to 300 BC when the valley was visited by groups of hunters and collectors that later formed villages on the east side of the Aconcagua river. Today there are some vestiges left of the Llolleo, Aconcagua and mainly Mapuche and Inca cultures.

The actual commune of La Cruz, created in 1902, was established on one side of the railroad line. More than a town, it’s a long street with ranches, country houses and villas enclosed by high adobe walls, over which appear the treetops of huge fruit trees. And more recently, condominiums have been built. La Cruz is the heart of the fruit growing in Chile and a place where you can find the main plant nurseries, and the most important Station of Fruit Plague Control (Estación de Control de Plagas Frutales).


In its small urban area are the square, the Municipality, and the Historical Museum (Museo Histórico), which comprehends the geographic, historical and archeological scopes of the commune. There are cultural consulting services and historical studies sessions offered on Thursday from 7 pm to 9 pm. It’s open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 1:30 pm and from 3 pm to 6 pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 1:30 pm. The admission is free.

Continue your trip towards Quillota along the long street of the town where you will see hundreds of signs offering fruits. You will be able to buy fruits and see the shaded villas in the area. At mile 26.7 you will get to Quillota square that means humedity of the river, and has a population of 59,806 and an altitude of 426.5 feet. When the Spanish conquerors arrived here, the Quillota valley was populated by natives under the hegemony of the Inca Empire and ruled by the cacique Michimalongo, who settled himself in a place next to San Isidro. From the very beginning the Spaniards subjected the natives to the “trusteeship of Indians” and the lands were coveted because of their good climate and quality. By 1609, the Franciscan order founded a chapel in the lands where today is the San Francisco church (iglesia de San Francisco).

Continue on the road passing by Quillota up to La Cruz. At mile 23.6 the road will go up when getting close to the hills and over the treetops you will get a view of the entire valley covered with fruit trees. By the hill there’s a dirt detour to La Cruz (you must pay attention, since there are no signs). This detour goes down towards the right and turns into a crossing underneath the highway, to access the station, and later the square of La Cruz, with a population of 12,860 and an altitude of 459.3 feet. Its history goes back to 300 BC when the valley was visited by groups of hunters and collectors that later formed villages on the east side of the Aconcagua river. Today there are some vestiges left of the Llolleo, Aconcagua and mainly Mapuche and Inca cultures.

The actual commune of La Cruz, created in 1902, was established on one side of the railroad line. More than a town, it’s a long street with ranches, country houses and villas enclosed by high adobe walls, over which appear the treetops of huge fruit trees. And more recently, condominiums have been built. La Cruz is the heart of the fruit growing in Chile and a place where you can find the main plant nurseries, and the most important Station of Fruit Plague Control (Estación de Control de Plagas Frutales).


In its small urban area are the square, the Municipality, and the Historical Museum (Museo Histórico), which comprehends the geographic, historical and archeological scopes of the commune. There are cultural consulting services and historical studies sessions offered on Thursday from 7 pm to 9 pm. It’s open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 1:30 pm and from 3 pm to 6 pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 1:30 pm. The admission is free.

Continue your trip towards Quillota along the long street of the town where you will see hundreds of signs offering fruits. You will be able to buy fruits and see the shaded villas in the area. At mile 26.7 you will get to Quillota square that means humedity of the river, and has a population of 59,806 and an altitude of 426.5 feet. When the Spanish conquerors arrived here, the Quillota valley was populated by natives under the hegemony of the Inca Empire and ruled by the cacique Michimalongo, who settled himself in a place next to San Isidro. From the very beginning the Spaniards subjected the natives to the “trusteeship of Indians” and the lands were coveted because of their good climate and quality. By 1609, the Franciscan order founded a chapel in the lands where today is the San Francisco church (iglesia de San Francisco).