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Las Campanas Astronomical

Located 157 km north of La Serena and 94 km from La Higuera. You can get there by going north on the Pan-American Highway Ruta 5. After 125 km, you arrive at a junction. From the turning, it is 32 km to the observatory. It is a modern observatory located under the clearest skies in the world, standing 2,510 meters above sea level. La...

Cerro La Silla Astronomical

Located 156 km north of La Serena and 96 km from La Higuera, you can get there by going north on the...

Humboldt Penguins National Reserve

Located in the sector of Chañaral de Aceituno with a surface area of 859 hectares spread over three...

The Elqui Valley: The Charm of an

Birthplace of Chilean poetess Gabriela Mistral, site of astronomical observatories, and producer of...

La Herradura

Located 14 km south of La Serena and 2 km from Coquimbo, this is a former fishing bay and copper foundry. Today it is an attractive tourist resort with camping areas, a yacht club, hotels, cabins and other tourist services. In 1578 the English pirate Francis Drake discovered the Bahía de La Herradura (Horseshoe Bay), so called for its...

Andacollo

This city, with a population of 10,216, is 50 km southwest of Coquimbo. It is surrounded by desert...

Where to go in La Serena?

Beaches on Avenida del Mar The beaches along the Avenida del Mar make up one of the busiest...

How to get to La Serena?

La Serena is 472 km north of Santiago, 12 km north of Coquimbo, 254 km from Los Vilos and 88 km from Ovalle. You can get there: By Air: There are daily flights from Santiago, Iquique, Antofagasta and Copiapó that arrive at the La Florida international terminal in La Serena. Ask about departure times. By Car: From Santiago take...

Attractions around La Serena

Algarrobito Located 11 km from La Serena and 51 km from Vicuña, Algarrobito is a small town with typical farms and orchards, and a beautiful plaza with an adobe church. Above the town you will find the cemetery, one of the oldest in Chile. Embalse La Laguna This reservoir, with a capacity of 40 million m3, is located 183 km east...

History of La Serena

The city was founded by Juan Bohón as Villanueva de La Serena on September 4th 1944 and refounded on August 26th, 1549, which makes it the second oldest city in Chile. At that time, it served as a land and sea link with Peru.It was burned down by the indigenous population and rebuilt in 1549 by Francisco de Aguirre, when it...

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