Chile Things To Do

Chile’s natural and geographical idiosyncrasies are a godsend for its tourism industry. The diversity of climate and terrain throughout the country makes possible a wide array of exciting and gratifying adventures for the budget traveler. The healing termas in Chillán will soothe your trail-hardened muscles, the laid-back culture of Chiloé or Easter Island will move you to abandon your frenzied work life, and the still, mirrored surface of Lago Llanquihue will offer you a chance to see yourself in the simpler light of a reflected sunset.

• Eat

While Chile’s cuisine is not internationally renowned, the proliferation of cheap and fresh fruits, vegetables, and seafood at Chile’s many open-air markets will keep your interest piqued and ...more

• Drink

Bold and flavorful, rich and fruity, sweet and subtle: world-famous Chilean wines will flirt with your palate and leave you begging for more. Satiate the oenophile within by going right to the source and ...more

• Be Merry

Salsa, salsa, and more salsa is the name of the game in Chile’s plentiful discotecas and salsatecas. Dance till dawn in Iquique, splurge on a night on the town in Valparaíso, and shake it ...more

• Pray

With over 80% of the population perpetuating Chile’s Catholic fervor, the atmosphere is set for exploration of the divine. Stir your spirituality by gazing upon vivid depictions of the Holy Trinity ...more

• Wonder

One of Chile’s most endearing features is its assortment of quaint museums harboring odd, miscellaneously mismatched collections. After checking the polished cosmopolitan exhibits at the Museo de ...more

• Conquer

Stxe "parques nacionales"unning natural expanses and a mind-blowing diversity of flora and fauna are stan­dard features of Chile’s world-famous parques nacionales. Ignore the rumblings ...more

• Burn

Sunburn, that is. Rub shoulders with the bronzed and beautiful on the white-sand beaches of ritzy, resorty Viña del Mar. But if you just don’t feel that glam­orous when languishing in ...more