Free Walking Tours Valparaiso

Valparaiso is one of Chile’s most iconic cities. To explore it is to immerse yourself in a distinctive side of Chilean culture steeped in history, art, color, and life. On the Free Walking Tours in Valparaiso, you will come across UNESCO World Heritage sites with excellent cuisine, architectural treasures, and a turbulent past that make up the "Jewel of the Pacific", as it is known today. Join the Essential Valparaiso City Tour with a guide and hear interesting tales about pirate raiders, city foundation in the 16th century, and historic natural disasters that shaped the city. Navigate through the city center and its hilly outskirts to understand Valpa’s bohemian personality and why it has a strong symbolic meaning in the country and entire continent.

Book Free Tours in Valparaiso and embark on a wonderful voyage up and down the funicular railway. On the way, you’ll come across important highlights such as Prat Pier. Here you’ll hear stories about its economic significance and the history and culture of the ‘porteños’. You’ll stop off at the charming neighborhoods of Cerro Alegre and Cerro Concepcion, high up on the hills overlooking the port. You reach these neighborhoods by taking one of the iconic funiculars, such as El Peral or Queen Victoria. At the top, you’re greeted with a charming neighborhood full of colorful street art, cafés, galleries, and restaurants serving delicious food. Travel further and you'll find Pablo Neruda’s house. It is now a museum dedicated to his life and work.

From beautiful hills to stunning views, traditional elevators, art, and colorful architecture Valparaiso is a unique and fun experience! You can spend a day simply wandering around its colorful streets and checking out some of the incredible street art with Valparaiso Free Walking Tours. If you want more of the city’s history go up to the Parque Cultural de Valparaiso originally a Spanish fort then a prison during the Pinochet dictatorship, nowadays it has transformed into a community arts hub. After you have worked up an appetite try the local specialty 'chorrillana'. This is not for the faint hearted (or vegetarians) it’s a delicious dish consisting of 3 types of meat. For nighttime fun head to Calle Cumming which has a great array of bars and sip on a pisco sour as the sunsets.