Viña del Mar
Viña del Mar is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast.
Viña del Mar is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Often referred to as La Ciudad Jardín, the city is located on the central coast, on the basins of the Reñaca and Marga Marga streams and along the shores of Valparaíso Bay.
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Worth seeing in and around Viña del Mar
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Sausalito Stadium
Sausalito Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Viña del Mar, Chile. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CD Everton.
1.9 km · stadium in Viña del Mar, Chile · Wikipedia - 02Chamber of Deputies
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of Chile's bicameral Congress. Together with the Senate, it forms the National Congress, which is chiefly responsible, alongside the President of the Republic, for the drafting and passage of legislation.
5.7 km · Lower house of Chile's National Congress · Wikipedia - 03Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, formerly known as Estadio Regional Chiledeportes and Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, is a multi-purpose stadium in Valparaíso, Chile. It is commonly known as Estadio Playa Ancha, due to the suburb where it is located.
8.2 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 04Senate of Chile
The Senate of the Republic of Chile is the upper house of Chile's bicameral National Congress, together with the lower Chamber of Deputies. Its composition and powers are set out in Chapter V of the current Constitution of Chile.
5.7 km · Upper house of Chile's National Congress · Wikipedia - 05Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso
The Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, also known as Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, is one of six Catholic universities in Chile and one of the two pontifical universities in the country, along with the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Founded in 1928, it is located in Valparaíso Region and has about 18,000 students.
5.5 km · university in Chile · Wikipedia - 06Federico Santa María Technical University
The Federico Santa María Technical University is a Chilean university member of the Rector's Council, founded in 1931 in Valparaíso, Chile. The university has campuses in Valparaiso, Viña del Mar, Santiago and Concepcion.
4.2 km · Chilean university · Wikipedia - 07Reñaca
Reñaca is a seaside town in the commune of Viña del Mar, Chile. The town is located along the coast in between the city of Viña del Mar and the city of Concón.
6.2 km · town and beach area in Viña del Mar, Chile · Wikipedia - 08Chilean National Congress Library
The Library of the National Congress of Chile is a service of the National Congress of Chile that serves as an information center for the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The library advises parliamentarians in the social sciences, law, legislation, history, and the development of Chile.
5.7 km · Chilean library · Wikipedia - 09Trolleybuses in Valparaíso
Trolleybuses in Valparaíso, Chile, have provided a portion of the public transit service since 1952. The trolleybus system is the second-oldest in South America.
5.5 km · monument · Wikipedia - 10University of Valparaíso
The University of Valparaíso is a state public university in Chile, with its headquarters and the majority of its campuses in the city of Valparaíso. It has several other campuses in the Valparaíso Region and in Santiago, which is 100 km from Valparaiso.
7.1 km · university in Chile · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
La Quinta Vergara - a beautiful garden with trees and plants from all over the world. Inside the park you can find the arena La Quinta Vergara, home to the yearly Festival de Viña takes places every year in the last week of February. The festival always marks the end of the summer in Chile and popular in the entire country.
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Things to do
Spend time on the numerous beaches found along the coast. They are quite pretty but not very friendly for swimming. Viña del Mar has a casino, so if you like gambling, this is the right city for you. The Casino and Hotel Enjoy of Viña del Mar is at Avenida San Martín 199, near the mouth of the Marga-Marga River. If you are in Viña del Mar during February, there is a music festival taking place in Quinta Vergara.
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Where to eat
A very popular treat in Viña del Mar is the alfajor, a typical Argentinean/Uruguayan type of cookie that has also popularized in the village. They can be purchased in several small pastry shops around the downtown area. Usually, alfajores are filled with manjar, fruit, or other sweets and then covered in chocolate. They are a delight for the visitor.
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Getting to Viña del Mar
- Airports
- Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL), 82 km · Governor Francisco Gabrielli (MDZ), 258 km
- Stations
- Rodelillo Airfield, 4.9 km
- Santiago → Viña del Mar97 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · CLP$6,200–8,300
- Concepcion → Viña del Mar444 km · quickest by air, 7h 37m · CLP$85,890–131,290
- Temuco → Viña del Mar642 km · quickest by air, 8h 24m · CLP$105,670–162,020
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Viña del Mar
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Viña del Mar. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundColectivos are taxis painted in black with yellow roofs that run fixed routes, and are a very common mode of transport between (and within) Valparaiso, Viña del Mar, and other surrounding areas.
- Get aroundRather than a funicular, it is the only vertical elevator whose entrance is at street level.
- Go nextTake a colectivo from Calle 12 de Febrero, behind the bus terminal, they leave as soon as they fill up.
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