Located 68 km from Concepción, this city was founded in 1585, and was a cutting-edge fort on destroyed on various occasions, until its final foundation in 1648, It has a population 20,460. The city comes to live every 20 January and 20 March for the celebration of St Sebastian. The Sanctuary, built in 1856, houses an ancient image...

Tomé lies 29 km. north of the city of Concepción. A port and seaside resort famous for its textile industry, endowed with wide streets and modern buildings. It’s coastal and rural setting makes it an important tourist center.Tomé’s beaches begin further south of Punta de Parra. Punta de Parra, accessible...

Situated 30km from the city of Concepción and 545km from Santiago, between the Gulf of Arauco to the east and the Cordillera of Nahuelbuta, Coronel has a population of 95,374. The city was originally built near to the old Carbonífera Schwager Company, and is today an active center for the fishing industry and a timber port...

Its name means ‘water of peumo’ and it lies 9km from Concepción. It has approximately 40,000 inhabitants. This was the first city founded in the south by Pedro de Valdivia in 1550, who named it Concepción of the New Extreme. This was the original city of Concepción until it was moved to its actual site in 1764, after being...

A seaside resort located 37km north of Concepción and only 9km from Tomé; visited by thousands of tourists every season. Its 2,400 meter-long beach and gentle waves make it suitable for water sports. Excellently equipped hotels and high level restaurants can be found there. To the north of Dichato there are more great beaches, such...

Lota is an old mining town located 9 km south from the city of Coronel. The town is dependent on its industry of coal mining, begun in 1852 by Matías Cousiño. Lota was founded in 1662 by the Spanish Governor Angel de Peredo, and on 5 January 1875 it was awarded the title of ‘City’. In 1852 Matías Cousiño bought the lands...