Day trip to Valparaiso & Viña del Mar

Just 115km away from Santiago there are two very popular cities ~ Valparaiso & Viña Del Mar. Probably the most popular day trip from Santiago. We departed quite early to fully enjoy the cities. We took direct bus to Valparaiso and in only 1 hour 20 minutes we were standing in the bus terminal of Valparaiso. Our first impressions were not good. The city was dirty, smelly, lot of homeless people everywhere and half destroyed buildings😅😢. We took bus to the city and after coffee we were ready to walk. Valparaiso is big port city built on 42 hills 😅 there are several funiculars driving for like 0,1€ up and down but anyway you must count with lot of steps. The city is not only well known for its funiculars and ocean views but it’s also well known as the most colorful city on Chile and popular among street art lovers. We liked to walk around but to be honest we do not necessarily need to go again. After the visit was over we had still half of the day left and decided to depart by local bus to nearby city Viña Del Mar. Viña is popular beach town and known as best place to live in Chile. The beach was nice, town has lot of nice restaurants, bars and clubs but apart from that there was nothing really special about it. We had nice lunch in Italian restaurant and then in the afternoon we took bus back to Santiago. In the evening we stayed at home and drink a bottle of local premium wine ~ Tarapaca (thanks to my father for recommendation 😁).Read more