Valparaiso: Located one hour from Santiago downtown and twenty minutes from Casablanca, Valparaiso, Chile’s main port, is a city full of magic and charm. Hundreds of multicolored houses dangle precariously from hillsides where countless mysteries are concealed.
This spontaneous, self-made city is currently reinventing itself with refurbished mansions, tiny bistros and charming Bed & Breakfast. The city’s rare elevators, unique cable cars in the world, which go up and down the hills, connect the sea and the sky until they blur into a single shade of blue. The narrow streets of Valparaiso, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003, invite visitors to board a trolley car and lose themselves within the city’s captivating beauty, full of charm and nostalgia