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| CHIMBARONGO |
Located
only at 20 kilometers South of San Fernando, is the
origin of whicker crafts, which is exhibited and sold
year round in shops located on both sides of the higway.
There are many utilitary items made of whicker: baskets,
tables, boxes, trunks, animal figures, furniture and
many others. Our indigenous people knew Chimbarongo
as “The rare fog zone”. The town developed
because of the whicker industry, which until nowadays
it is it’s main activity. Of it’s 10 thousand
inhabitants, 4 thousand people are dedicated to this
special craft.
In the town you can also find the
Iglesia de la Merced, the temple of San José
de la Leñadura and the Santa Elisa winery.
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| DEL
FLACO THERMAL BATHS |
The Termas del Flaco are located at 77 Km. East of San
Fernando, in the heart of the Andes mountains, at an altitude
of 1,736 meters above sea level.
This
place is amongst one of the best thermal water springs
because of their water quality, due to their characteristics
and composition, in addition of it’s climate,
are greatly appreciated for it’s curative particularities.
There
are walking programs which will lead you to the dinosaur
footprints and attractions such as La Mina and La
Virgen.
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| PICHILEMU
(small forest, in mapuche language) |
Capital
city of the Cardenal Caro province and located only
at 124 Km. Of San Fernando, in the Pacific coast.
Pichilemu offers wonderful seafood restaurants, unique
clay pottery, particular to this area, beautiful black
sand beaches, all good for swimming, windsurf and fishing.
The neighbour areas of Punta de Lobos
and Cahuil are a must to visit while
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| SIERRAS
DE BELLAVISTA |
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40
Km. of San Fernando, towards the Andes, this maginificent
area raises in between dense forest.
This
beautiful place, which has been since long time ago
a refuge for quietness and peace, was before part of
the Bellavista, Talhuensillo, Barrancas and El Guanaco
farms. It was Mr. Dante Lepori who had the idea of this
mountain village taking the example of the Italian villages.
Amongst the old pine and native forest many beautiful
and charming homes nestle themselves as vacation refuges.
Next to them, there is a small mountain lake which invites
to enjoy it’s beauty.
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| PELEQUEN |
This
is a small village located 20 Km. North of San Fernando.
It’s particularity is given by it’s unique
pink stone craft developed by the local artisans, who
carve coffee table bases, water fountains and diverse
stones for flooring.
The
pink stone is taken from the neigbour hill, in the same
way as in the old times, using home made powder. Then
the stone is carved by hand with hammer and chisel,
becoming in beautiful art, after the big effort that
this process involves.
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| COLCHAGUA
MESEUM |
30
minutes drive towards the coast you will find the city
of Santa Cruz, which holds one of the most complete
and beautiful museums in the country.
The building is a of a classic Chilean colonial
style, is full of a vast collections of objects of different
nature; from prehistoric pieces which hold insects in
fosilized amber and animal remains of considerable size,
garnments and tools which belonged to primitive people
who inhabitated this and other regions of Latin America,
as well as antique horse carriages, recreations of historic
scenes, the first bus that this area had whem “modernity”
reached this area. Also there are many farming tools
which were still used by local farmers not so long ago,
including a whole steam locomotive and passenger cart,
one of the first ones in Chile. |
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| THE
WINE ROUTE |
The farm owners of the Colchagua Valley
have opened the doors to their wineries to show part
of the winemaking secrets to their visitors.
The wine route program is an organized visit to the
local boutique wineries, most of them in the hands of
the same traditional families for years, where the process
of winemaking can be seen directly, going from the old
way to the modern technology used nowadays in these
fertile valleys since colonial times.
The invitation then, is to letting yourself inmerse
in this atmosphere which bases come from the traditions
of the Chilean country, its people, a blend of Spanish
settlers and our original people, the mapuches, who
show their warm way of being, their pride and hard work.
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| EL
HUIQUE MUSEUM |
The Museo de El Huique, which is located 45 minutes
drive of San Fernando, close to Santa Cruz, is an ancient
farm house, which belonged to a Chilean family of Basque
origins, which one of it’s members was a former
Chilean President, Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
(1896-1901).
The houses include a beautiful chappel, which were donated
by the family to the Chilean Army with the condition
to be preserved through the years. Today is a museum
pen to the public. Visiting this place is going back
in time and will show the visitors the way the farm
was run and how this family lived in this part of our
beautiful country.
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