This tour will take you through the rich culture and history that Valparaíso brings. We walk through different neighborhoods, over the hills, and visit the unique places in the city where you hear the best stories from locals. Enjoy!
Meeting at the main door of the National Congress we will start the walking tour with this iconic
building that took the place of the biggest public hospital in Valparaíso and have some stories to
tell. We will continue walking through the Almendral neighborhood by Argentina avenue one of
the most important street in the city which will bring us to an special hill “Cerro Polanco” a hill
with a particular elevator because you have to go inside of a 100 meter tunnel inside of the hill to
finally came up in an incredible lookout tower. We will go downhill visiting the hill to came back to
Argentina Avenue where we will take the characteristic electric buses from the city a trolley bus,
an experience that take you to the old feeling of this harbor. After that we will jump into the main
square of Valparaíso “Plaza Victoria” where you will discover how the city was born and how was
it is development. At this point we will walk up hill to the amazig project call “Museo cielo abierto”
(Open sky museum) in which different artist made beautiful murals on the street to share art with
the whole city. Going through the hills we will heading to the ex-jail cultural center where we will
know the history of the jail and the transition until this times. Keeping us on the hills we will visit
the most known hills “Cerro Alegre” and “Cerro Concepción” place where used to live many of the
immigrant especially from England who decided to take root in Valparaíso, walking through this
hills we will finally get to the port neighborhood where the city and it is soul was born the place
where sailor, pirates and travelers had many stories and adventures and where many legends take
place. Here on the most important part of the city we will finish the tour with some advices about
where to eat a nice dinner or try some especial wine, at this point you will became part of our
history.
Points of interest:
Aníbal Pinto Square
Cultural Park Ex Cárcel (Former Jail)
Alegre and Concepción Hills
Viewpoints/Miradors: Atkinson, Gervasoni, and Yugoslavia
Justice's Palace
Sotomayor Square
Barrio Puerto
The tour is free but if you decide to support us, we will donate €1 per person to local projects in Valparaíso.