Posts in Tag: Chile
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Torres del Paine – There is Nothing Like It
In my introductory post on the Adventures Abroad trip to Chile in the spring of 2024 I highlighted the big three as I called them – Torres del Paine, Atacama and Easter Island. After flying to Punta Arenas and driving the End of the World Highway we arrived at the first of them, Torres del […]
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Punta Arenas and The End of the World Highway
This is my fifth post from the fall 2024 tour of Chile with Adventures Abroad. Since I’m writing this in June, 2024 that seems like a rather absurd statement since fall is over three months away – so what am I, a psychic? Not at all. One of the things about travelling on the other […]
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Vina Santa Rita – Tasting Chile’s Wines
In the last post from the Adventures Abroad Chile tour we travelled to the UNESCO World Heritage city of Valparaiso where we had a great walking tour followed by a great seafood meal in Vina de Mar. On the way there and back from Santiago we passed by a number of wineries in the Casablanca […]
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Valparaiso – Chile’s Faded Superstar
This is my third post from Chile and the first one that deals specifically with a day on the Adventures Abroad itinerary. In the first post I described a day in Santiago with local guide Chris Whatmore that I recommended as a warm up for the AA tour. In the second I gave an overview […]