For many years, Valdivia, together with all its rivers, was subsumed into Chile’s famous Lakes Region, leafy and splashy and beautiful, yet different. In 2007, this region got […]

Shaped by the crashing waves and untamed landscape, the Isla Grande de Chiloé is the fifth largest island in Chile, developing an identity distinctly different than the mainland. […]

Chilean poet Pablo Neruda once wrote in Ode to Valparaiso, “Valparaiso, how absurd you are, what a lunatic, crazy port,” perfectly summing up the aesthetic of this quirky […]

Since the mid-1980s, Chile has solidified itself in the International wine community as a country that not only produces exceptional varietals but does so at an affordable price […]

Few artists have made such an impact on their country’s identity and ideology as Pablo Neruda. A Nobel Prize winning Chilean poet, his work is celebrated both locally […]

Rapa Nui’s ancient spiritual protectors, the moai, silently gaze upon their island. While the statues’ eye pieces have long since broken or disappeared, their hollowed sockets still create […]

Planning a trip to Southern Patagonia can be a little overwhelming. It’s far away so you want to make the distance worthwhile by seeing as much as possible. […]

From the sand dunes of San Pedro de Atacama to the rocky peaks of Torres Del Paine, Chile overwhelms Santiagüinos with possible travel destinations provided that they have […]

Chileans clad in Andalusian waist jackets, flat wide-brimmed hats and traditional ponchos strode proudly around looking formidable at the famous annual Rancagua rodeo national championship, which took place […]

I am ashamed to admit that I knew nothing about Chile before I arrived, except that I simply had to go to San Pedro de Atacama. I knew […]