Chile (Central Region)
Valparaiso
This is the working sister city to Vina del Mar. They actually border on each other, more or less. It is about 120 Km west of Santiago. This is the site of the Naval College, and it is the largest sea port for Chile. Its older streets and buildings speak to you strongly of the days when there was no Panama Canal and almost every ship that came around The Horn stopped and left a little of itself and its crew here.  wpe71.jpg (10812 bytes)

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Being situated 1/2 on the plane and 1/2 on the surrounding hills its cable cars and dwellings perched on the bluffs offer a unique look to the city. Excellent restaurants, old sailors bars, Viennese coffee shops...this might be your city. 120 KM. west north-west of Santiago and has excellent roads going there.

San Antonio
Really a bustling and growing seaport roughly on a line with Santiago and about an hour and some to its west, its growth has been phenomenal. It arguable has the best seafood restaurant in the world, La Juanita.