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The Diaguita People

This ancient Amerindian people were settled over the southern part of the American continent, in the areas of Catamarca and La Rioja in Argentina and the region between the Copiapó and Choapa Rivers in Chile. In the bibliography they are frequently mentioned as being of the same culture as the Calchaquíes, since the two...

Fray Jorge National Park

Comprises 9,959 hectares at altitudes of between 0 and 667 meters, in the costal area of the Limarí...

El Encanto Valley

Located 19 km west of Ovalle, this is a very important valley, due to the petroglyphs, pictographs, and tacit stones that are found here. It is a huge amphitheater, 5km across, that was a religious sanctuary at one time and that, nowadays, has been converted into an open-air museum of cultural and scientific interest. Archeological...

Combarbalá

Located on an arid plain on the banks of the river of the same name, this town has 4,882 inhabitants and is 191 km from La Serena, 134 km from Ovalle, and 178 km from Illapel. It is a little town with narrow, picturesque streets with adobe buildings colored with earth. It was founded with the name Villa San Francisco de Borja de...

Socos Hot Springs

These pools are located 370 km from Santiago and 38 km southeast of Ovalle, next to a brook that...

How to get to Ovalle?

Ovalle is located 88 km south of La Serena, 404 km from Santiago, and 179 km from Los Vilos. You...

Where to go in Ovalle?

Alameda de Ovalle (Ovalle walk way) This is in between Ariztía Oriente Street and...

Attractions around Ovalle

Salala This is a small estate 32 km south of Ovalle along Ruta 5. It is located on the bank of the river Limarí. It is inhabited by small farmers that grow vegetables and rear goats, they are known as ‘goatherds’, and are indigenous people of this region. Another activity of Salala is the production of clay handicrafts, made...

Sotaqui

Located 11 km east of Ovalle, Sotaqui is a little town, important because of its production of pisco and its religious festival. On leaving Ovalle, after crossing the river Grande, you find the Valley of Sotaquí where there are tall palm trees, left over from an old ranch. This ancient place was named a town in the times of the...

History of Ovalle

The city of Ovalle was founded in 1821, in the beginnings of the Republic. One of the reasons for the foundation of this city was the existence of a population of more than 3,000 people already there at that time. It was named Ovalle in honor of the late Vice President José Tomás Ovalle Bezanilla, who is believed to have died of...

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