Valparaiso and Lunch with a Local Family Full Day tour

Valparaiso is one of the oldest cities in Chile, the only one without a foundation date and for many years, the main port of Chile and South America. Nestled among its 42 colourful hills is a bright past, key in Chile's development, a port culture with bohemia and vanguard. Modern technology, including telephone, elevators, trolley buses, and cinema, arrived in this city over time. This first newspaper in South America was also founded here. With the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, Valparaiso began a slow decline in prominence but its rich legacy was key to being declared Patrimony for UNESCO in 2003. We will walk the streets of Valparaiso and learn about its history. We will admire the murals of local artists mixed with 19th and 20th-century architecture. We will ride a 100-year-old elevator to visit Sotomayor Square and a “colectivo” up Merced Hill to the home of Coto and Fabiana, who will prepare lunch for us and share some histories of their lives in the port.