Spanish Courses in Santiago & Valparaiso, Chile: Spanish Crash Courses

Valparaíso is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and it is called the “Jewel of the Pacific”. Valparaíso Harbour is famous for its long and well-known history. Enjoy a view of this historical Chilean city and its architectural beauty while having a promenade on a motorboat in the sea. You can see Valparaiso hills and its beautiful landscape.

Laguna Verde is a tiny town located at 1,5 kilometers from Valparaíso. Its beach is enclosed by a little bay surrounded by hills which are covered by rocky places and pine trees. Visit the amazing road which takes you to Laguna Verde; go round the town where you can enjoy the countryside and the beach at the same time.

This is a place that a tourist cannot miss, since here the tourists can see the Museo Casa del Poeta (The Poet’s House Museum) which is Pablo Neruda’s creative shelter. Neruda is not only the most important Chilean poet: he’s the best-known writer in the Chilean Literature. Visit and Pablo Neruda’s tomb and his amazing house-museum.

La Sebastiana was opened by Pablo Neruda in 1961 and that day he invited his friends to celebrate. He wrote his best works which took him to a world-class level there and he was awarded the Nobel Prize of Literature in 1971. It was abandoned for a long time but the Spanish company Telefónica and Fundación Pablo Neruda (Pablo Neruda Foundation) restored the house. Visit Pablo Neruda’s house located in Cerro Florida in Valparaíso.

The first funicular was built in Concepción Hill in 1883 and it was steam-operated. In 1887, another funicular was built in Cordillera Hill. Currently, there are 15 funiculars and all of them were declared Historical Monuments by the National Monuments Council. Get on the Valparaíso funiculars and enjoy the experience.

La Campana National Park was founded on Octoer, 17th, 1967 and it’s surface has 8,000 hectares. It was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1985. Enjoy the view of the Park, taking a walk through its beautiful environment surrounded by nature.

Mr. Pascual Barburizza, a Yugoslavian philantropist, donated his “El Olivar” estate to the Chilean Salpeter Company and then it was transfered to the Salpeter and Iodine Sales Corporation which kept it open for a couple of decades. This Corporation was unable to comply with Barburizza’s last will which was to use this land for agriculture, so they decided to transfer it to the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture. The latter declared this place Experimentation Centre and National Botanic Garden, so it became the Jardín Botánico.

These are some of the museums in Valparaíso: Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaíso (National History Museum of Valparaíso), Museo del Mar Lord Cochrane (Lord Cochrane Museum of the Sea), Galería Municipal de Arte Valparaíso (Municipal Galery of Art Valparaíso), among others. Visit the museums and get a gist of the Chilean culture in them.

There are 12 hectares of dunes which are considered a Nature Sanctuary protected by tje National Monuments Act. Go sightseing and take part in the touristic and sport activities in the dunes of Concon.

Alonso de Quintero arrived at Quintero Bay in 1536 on a ship called “Santiaguillo”. The first dock was created there when Diego de Almagro came on an expedition.Go visit Quintero dock and its beaches.

Olmué is a little town in the Fifth Region of Valparaíso in the Quillota Province in the central part of Chile. They have a special festival called El Festival del Huaso where a number of national and Latin American artists come. That’s where the La Campana National Park is. Visit Olmué and go trekking round the this beautiful town.

The Valparaíso Metro- also called Meval- started working on November, 23rd, 2005 and it became fully active on November,24th, 2005 Go along the subway from Puerto station to Limache station.