Day 2: SANTIAGO / VIÑA DEL MAR
/ VALPARAISO
Buffet
breakfast served at hotel`s restaurant. We begin the route
from your hotel, in a trip of 120 kilometers to the Pacific
Ocean. Here we will apreciate the great variety of the
landscape of Curacaví Valley to follow until Casablanca
Valley known mainly by the great production of white wine
Sauvignon Blanc among others. Arriving to Valparaíso (Main
port of our country), recently declared Cultural Humanity
Patrimony by UNESCO. We will be supraised by its houses in
the hills it makes Valparaíso a very beautiful city: We
shall visit the main atractives of the city: Victoria square,
Sotomayor square, Glorias Navales Monument, 21 de Mayo
Boulevard; (we will follow up to the viewing point to
apreciate this wonderful port, one of the most important of
our country); we also walk among its hills in its differents
elevators, (1883-1902) to be in contact with the port
enviroment. We follow the trip until Viña Del Mar, known
like Garden city. In this place we see the flower match,
Games casino and Reñaca; place where we will stop to lunch
(by passengers account); alter that we will make a short
walk by the beach. Arriving to Santiago, by coastal way we
will show and visit Quinta Vergara, place known due to
International Song Festival, to arrive in Santiago. Finished
in your hotel.
Day 3: SANTIAGO / SANTA CRUZ (
COLCHAGUA VALLEY ) / MONTES VINEYARD / VIU MANENT VINEYARD
Buffet
breakfast served at hotel’s restaurant. Visit to vineyards
Viu Manent and Montgrass with wine tasting included. By the
afternoon visit to Colchagua Museum. Lodging in Santa Cruz.
Located 280 km far south from Santiago, this beautiful
valley, perfeclty delimited by mountainous chains in the
direction of the sea, one is in the zenith of its
vitivinícola development. For already five years to the
date, the traditional vineyards of the zone, have been
receiving new neighbors. The reason of its arrival is
obviously product of the quality of the grapes that are
obtained here, and that with the appropriate handling leads
to excellent wines. This has been credited in the main world-wide
aids and specialized magazines, but mainly by the consumers
of all the orb. The Valley of Colchagua counts at the moment
on an approximated surface of 16,000 has, planted with
vineyards, which corresponds to 20% of the total surface of
vineyards of Chile. The main varieties correspond to the
classic ones of Bordeaux: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot,
Cabernet Franc, Carménère, being this last one, a present
stock only in Chile, and mainly in the Valley of Colchagua.
Also, there are in smaller number, stocks for white wine
being the Chardonnay and SauvignonBlanc the main ones.
DAY 4: CASA SILVA WINERY AND
VINEYARDS
Departure from
the Hotel in Santa Cruz towards Casa Silva vineyards.
The winery is open for
tourism year round. You'll visit the traditional facilities,
taste the wines, and enjoy the beauty of the Colchagua
valley.
The basic 1-hour tour
includes a visit through the winery, one of the oldest and
most beautiful in Chile, the adjacent vineyards, and a wine
tasting.
After the visit, we'll come back to hotel in Santiago.
Day 5: Santiago / Airport.
Breakfast at
the hotel. At according time transfer to airport.
