Valparaíso port of my eternal love
turned on your balcony one day I saw an angel drunk
your streets drew
and fantasy of your nights
with colored lights
a magician invented
Valparaiso Heritage
Valparaiso's discovery arises due to the Castilian captain Don Juan de Saavedra, a member of the English expedition under the command of Don Diego de Almagro. It was the captain who discovered what is now our dear port in mid-May 1536. Juan de Saavedra was born
in a small village near the city of Cuenca, Spain, called Valparaiso. The Bay Valley quintile, with its picturesque appearance rugged hills, ravines and abundant streams, leading to the memory of the conqueror, his distant homeland and in memory of those feelings. Baptized our beautiful city with the name Valparaiso.
first port of the Republic and one of the most important of America. His curious and special topographical and small size of flat land surrounded by a semicircle of hills, give a picturesque natural amphitheater look impressive, especially for visitors who arrive at night to the city.
In this fusion of past and future, Valparaiso spreads rapidly crowding out the amphitheater of the city. Urban growth rises to the top of the hills, passing the Belt Road and approaching the limits of the port to Viña del Mar.
Surrounding its spectacular and beautiful bay, the intricate geography of the hills and ravines, with its colorful houses hanging on the slopes with their balconies and bay, Valparaiso give a magical and sensual charm.
for its natural beauty, the magic of balancing home in spectacular disarray, through the maze of ancient streets, its elevators, its history, its cafes and bars, which give life to the bohemian town at night, well as the warmth and simplicity of its people, the Pearl of the Pacific Valparaiso, has been named rightly a World Heritage Site. This research
of the mountains, lifts, ravines, creeks, their names and their origins, is a sincere tribute to our beautiful and beloved city.
The locals are not people who forget the past, on the contrary, it assumed and play in it. The identity of the people is what makes it so special to Valparaiso.
Windy City
To all who love Valparaíso, we lighten the soul as it clings by its mountains and streams, the breeze and smell their discover the treasures hidden in its winding alleys, its mysterious stairs in their historic houses. In those old houses and personal with colorful windows and flower pots, clothes of all colors hung to dry in the wind and sun, plus some old dusty faded carpet, waiting for the typical wind porteño fray and raises clouds women's skirts, showing the legs of the unfortunate that is currently in place. Valparaiso, the Windy City, with its incredible geography and its surroundings are a true fan and the blue sea that seems to hit the city from the hills.
who visit Valparaiso has to consider two visions of our port. Vision general, referred from many viewpoints and walkways that cling to the hills facing the beautiful bay. And the vision of detail, in the typical street in the aphthous houses in the unique lift or the picturesque and mysterious corner. Valparaiso
is steeped in history, traditions and fun facts especially at night, which has its own charm flavored legend and seafaring adventures.
When crossing streams and climbing mountains on foot or by cable car, enjoy a magical experience you will never be forgotten, Valparaíso port my friend, my heart is always with you.
Pacific Pearl
is impossible to look into the bay from the top of their viewpoints and do not get excited to look in the spring Prat the many swift boats that ply the bay, filling it with color and movement. Particularly the arrival of the big liners, which in summer time offer an unforgettable show that excited by its grandeur and colorful.
Valparaiso Nights sea
Valparaiso extends its light arms from Viña del Mar to Playa Ancha, giving her a magical view of the fortunate travelers that morning coming from the sea to the city. This wonderful experience and vision that our sailors are privileged witnesses, has been told by poets and writers. The magic and vision of our Valparaiso dream at night, with thousands of colored lights that illuminate everything they see our astonished eyes, we love and squeeze the soul of emotion. This city offers, who has had the fortune to contemplate from the high seas, thousands of blinking lights like a giant wreath of colors, and, on clear nights, a host of stars who, like celestial frame, overwhelms us and moving.
34 - Cerro Mesilla: hill is located behind Santo Domingo and its name comes from the diminutive of table for the flat shape of the surface. 
