Santiago (Valparaiso), Chile
Founded in 1536, Valparaíso is Chile's oldest city. It is also the gateway to Chile's central valley and the beautiful Viña Del Mar, the popular seaside resort only few miles away. Santiago, the nation’s capital, can be reached with a 90-minute ride across rolling valleys. With a population of over five million people, Santiago sprawls at the foot of the snow-capped Andes. One of the city's prime cultural highlights is the excellent Pre-Columbian Museum, which displays 4500 years of indigenous Latin American culture in modern surroundings.
