Frutillar archivos - Turismo Chile

Cunco Community

This is a pre-Columbus community originally situated on the coast between the river Bueno and the Chacao canal. In the 15th century its people abandoned the mainland, forced by the Mapuches to emigrate to the northern part of Chiloé Island. The cuncos were farming/potters who developed an agriculture based on crops such as...

Vicente Pérez Rosales National

The park covers an area of 253,780 hectares at an altitude ranging between 50 and 3,491 meters above...

Osorno Volcano

The volcano stands 59 km west of Puerto Varas. The summit, standing 2,652 meters above sea level, is...

Where to go in Frutillar?

Museo Colonial Alemán The German colonial museum displays the way of life of the first colonists...

Attractions around Frutillar

Casa de la Cultura Emilio Held Winckler This Cultural museum is located in Calle La Esperanza in...

How to get to Frutillar?

Frutillar is 26 km from Puerto Varas, 20 km from Llanquihue, 70 km from Osorno and 983 km from Santiago. By Plane: You can take a flight to El Tepual Airport in Puerto Montt, Calle O’Higgins 107, where there are both international and local services. Other alternatives are the ‘Carlos Hott Siebert’ Airport in Osorno, Calle...

Semanas Musicales de Frutillar

The famous Frutillar Musical Weeks have been held every summer since 1968, in this beautiful...

Edmundo Winkler Reserve Forest

The University of Chile’s Faculty of Forestry Science, which is located at the end of Caupolicán Street, owns 33 hectares which were donated by Edmundo Winkler in the 60’s and which nowadays comprise a park full of forest species with its own nursery. A path takes you through the native forest which is conserved almost...

La Casa de la Oma

“Grandma’s House” is at kilometer 14 on the road out of Frutillar towards Tegualda. The building dates back to 1907, and its age and style recall the colonization period. Today it is fitted out as a “Hotel Museum” and visitors here can enjoy a family atmosphere where history and tradition are still alive. Here you will...

History of Frutillar

The Village of Frutillar was officially founded by order of the President of the Republic, Manuel Montt, on November 23rd 1856, a little over a year after the first 47 families of German colonists to arrive in the country had established themselves here. The first families of German colonists, among whom were Wilhelm Kuschel, Heinrich...

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