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The wine trail, an acquired seduction
DAY 02: SANTIAGO/ISLA NEGRA/VIÑA DEL MAR/VALPARAISO
Alter buffet breakfast at the Hotel you will depart Santiago in the morning for a full day heading towards the coast. Enjoy the first stop in Pomaire, a small village where the inhabitants work the local clay to make a variety of dishes, pots and interesting sculptures amongst other handicrafts.
 
Continue to Isla Negra, a small beachside community with a pretty beach backed by fragrant pine trees. This is the place Chilean Nobel Prize for Literature winner Pablo Neruda chose to build one of his houses, and where he spent great part of his life.
 
Of his many homes he always considered Isla Negra to be his favourite.
 
This visit will take you into his house and we will be able to see his impressive collection of miniatures, boats, bottles, seashells and many more interesting objects that he collected on his travels around the world. Of Pablo Neruda's three houses, this has to be the most fascinating since he always had in mind to make this house a museum after he had passed away.
 
Typical Lunch will be served at local Restaurant.
 
After lunch Continue to the North coast and continue to the picturesque port of Valparaiso built in the 16th century on a total of 43 hills which are reached by narrow windy streets, staircases and a series of lifts (funiculars) which is now declared by UNESCO as patrimony of Humanity because of its eclectic architecture and urban development.
 
You may wish to visit here the Museum house of Pablo Neruda, La Sebastiana. The house is situated on one of the hills overlooking the bay and contains some of the poets collections, specifically related to the sea. Continue your visit to the town of Viña del Mar, known as the Garden City for its pretty parks and flower lined streets. Visit the Gaming Casino, the coastal road and the beach area of Reñaca.
 
Accommodation at Hotel of your choice.

 
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