Chile travel guide
Before you go to Chile
- Currency
- CLP $
- Card networks
- Visa, Mastercard, Amex (limited)
- ATM fees
- Around CLP 5,000-8,000 per withdrawal, with foreign cards capped near CLP 200,000 per transaction
Cities in Chile
- Santiago Chile's sprawling capital sits in a valley between the Andes and the coastal range. A world-class city of striking modern skyscrapers…
- San Pedro de Atacama A small adobe village at 2,400 m altitude perched at the edge of the world's driest desert. Gateway to ethereal landscapes: the salt flat,…
- Easter Island Rapa Nui, the most remote inhabited island on Earth, sits 3,700 km off the Chilean coast. Its 900+ towering moai stone statues and…
- Valparaíso Chile's "Jewel of the Pacific" cascades across 42 hills above a working port. Its UNESCO-listed historic quarter bursts with funicular…
- Torres del Paine One of the world's great national parks, Torres del Paine protects a dramatic landscape of granite towers, turquoise lakes, hanging…
- Puerto Natales A wind-swept Patagonian town on Última Esperanza Sound and the main gateway to Torres del Paine National Park. A lively base for hikers…
- Viña del Mar Chile's "Garden City" stretches along the Pacific coast just 7 km from Valparaíso. Its wide sandy beaches, flower-clock, casino, and…
- Puerto Montt The main hub of Chile's Lake District and gateway to Patagonia. Its busy Angelmó seafood market is legendary, and the charming…
- Chiloé Island Chile's second-largest island is a misty, myth-soaked archipelago of 14 UNESCO-listed wooden churches, colourful palafito stilt-houses over…
- Iquique A Pacific port city squeezed between the Atacama Desert cliffs and the sea. Its Victorian-era nitrate-boom heritage, long beach strip,…
- Temuco The capital of La Araucanía and the heart of Mapuche indigenous culture. Its covered municipal market is one of Chile's finest for crafts…
- Valdivia A lush river-delta city famous for its German settler heritage, craft beer scene (the highest density of breweries per capita in Chile),…