Private Tour: Explore Viña del Mar, Valparaiso & Casablanca Winery From Your Cruise Port
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Valparaiso
Embark on a private tour from your cruise port in Valparaiso or San Antonio and explore the stunning cities of Viña del Mar and Valparaiso. Discover the UNESCO World Heritage sites, enjoy the beautiful beaches, and indulge in a wine tour in the renowned Casablanca Valley.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • La Sebastiana - This four-story home, offering 360 degree views of the city, is highlighted by “the jar of smoke,” a round, post-modern fireplace designed by Neruda himself.
  • Playa Ancha Hill - A beautiful lookout spot for aerial sightseeing.
  • Turri Clock Tower - The wedge-shaped Turri Tower is one of the oldest clocks in the city.
  • Plaza Sotomayor - Bordering the famous port in the center of Valparaiso, this popular plaza contains the country’s naval headquarters.
  • Parliament Building - The impressive square-arched government building was moved from Santiago to protect it from socialist bombings in the 1970’s.
  • Paseo Gervasoni - Many vintage chilean buildings line this hilly street, a popular site for a walking tour.
  • Palacio Baburizza - This turn-of-the-century palace pays homage to the city’s 16th century roots and currently houses the Fine Arts Museum.
  • Navy Building - This impressive “fortress” is one of Valparaiso’s most architecturally awe-inspiring military buildings.
  • Cerro Concepcion - The amazing eastern views provided by this magnificent hilltop are some of the best in the country
  • Monumento a Los Heroes - The War of the Pacific in the 1880’s was a major punctuation point in the history of Chile. The Chilean armed forces, anchored by the Navy, eventually triumphed over Bolivia and Peru. Chile seized land in the north with valuable mineral resources (saltpeter and copper), trashed Lima, and pushed Bolivia back from the seacoast into land locked status. Anyone wondering about whether these successes are important and well-remembered should spend some time looking up this quite impressive monument to the victory and its leaders. The monument also serves as a focal point of Sotomayor Square and can be seen from many of the surrounding hills.
  • Wulff Castle - This National Monument is a nineteenth century castle that currently serves as a cultural center.
  • Avenida Peru - One of the main drags that hugs the ocean with breathtaking views.
  • Vina del Mar Casino - The first and largest casino in Chile offers games and entertainment for all ages.
  • Playa Renaca - Renaca is reached from Vina del Mar in the south by a coastal road. To the rear of the main town and ocean front the town rises quickly with many steep roads. Shops bars and restaurants aplenty. The beach sandy and clean with a nice promenade.
  • Paseo 21 de Mayo - Great place for taking a amazing photo of your visit to Valparaiso. You get to see the whole city and the complete bay (including Viña and Reñaca). There are restaurants nearby and it’s surrounded by beautiful and off-the-beaten-path streets of the Playa Ancha hill.
  • Palacio Presidencial - This is the “president’s summer house”, you can appreciate that while walking in the “Peru Avenue”. It’s a nice place, It is on the top of Castle Hill. “Castillo Cerro”.
  • Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaiso - The buildings, street art and history all blend together to create an terrific experience. Wonder the streets, list local merchants, take the vehicular trams up and down steep hill sides. Walk streets with vista’s of the sea.
  • Los Canones Beach - Vina del Mar boasts that it is Chile’s most luxurious beach resort town, attracting visitors from all over the world. Even though it was off season
  • El Arco Britanico - The Arco Británico is a monument on Avenida Brasil. It was donated to the city in 1910 by the British community to mark the centenary of the Independence of Chile.
  • Plaza de los Poetas - Nice square commemorating the important literary history of the city. Very nice architecture around and some lovely gardens. Nice stop-over point on the way to Pablo Neruda’s house. Shake hands with a statue. Put your arm around another.
  • Paseo Yugoeslavo Ex Paseo Americano - This place is unique in many ways. The buildings are very european and the views are splendind. There are many stores and restaurants, aswell as lovely picture stops and lovely artcrafts sold all over the place.
  • Corporacion Museo de Arqueologia e Historia Francisco Fonck - The Museum of Archeology and History Francisco Fonck, founded in 1937, is a varied and complete museum that shows objects of the original peoples of Chile: highlighting its large collection of the Rapanui culture, the Atacameños, Diaguitas, Mapuches, inhabitants of the area central and extreme austral, in addition to a wide collection of Peruvian pre-Columbian vessels. In the area of ​​Natural Sciences there is a complete sample of arthropods and animals from different areas of the country.
  • Moai - This statue was brought in from Easter Island. It is extremely interesting. It is fun to take pictures standing by this statue. It makes you wonder about its original creators. It also entices people to want to visit Easter Island.
  • Mirador Pablo Neruda - Pablo Neruda’s house is one of the talked about destinations at Valparaiso. Its a small house on top of Cerro Bellavista.. It houses a museum showing glimpses of Pablo Neruda’s life & offers a vantage point to look out over the city. There are shops outside the house that one can pick up pretty magnets from, & a quaint plaza closeby which has steps with beautiful mosaic.
  • Muelle Prat - Enjoy the views from the boat and the culture within the port with local merchants and a big plaza to add to your experience of Valparaiso.
  • Cerro Alegre - It’s the historical part of Valparaiso located on the hills. The place is an UNESCO World Heritage because of its house’s architecture. You can enjoy also the view of Valparaiso’s seaside and many restaurants and shops.
  • Muelle Vergara - The Muelle Vergara is a great spot to catch some nice photos of the coastline on both sides.

It is also a very popular fishing spot with the locals.

  • Flower Clock (Reloj de Flores) - Every visitor to the area should visit this iconic spot. Even on a not so sunny day its very picturesque.
  • Ascensor Artilleria - Artilleria appears to be the Valparaiso ascensor with the most reviews. It also probably has the best views from the top and the stroll back down is very nice too.
  • Ascensor El Peral - One of the many elevator lines that take folks up and down the hills. Very practical in this very vertical city.
  • Ascensor Concepcion - This is the oldest funicular in Valparaíso. The view is wonderful, even if you can see daylight through the floorboards. It is a real local experience!
  • Paseo Atkinson - Paseo atkinson, use to be a living place in the past years, now is full of tourist that enjoy a nice view, from there you can see the bay, the hills and the plan of the city. Paseo atkinson is now a free access viewpoint located in Valparaíso, in the Concepción hill.
  • Piano Staircase - Piano Staircase.
  • Paseo Dimalow - A nice walk, different from the others in the sense that it does not have the same view, but it is surrounded by interesting buildings and commercial premises that have been preserved over time.
  • Ascensor Reina Victoria - The Queen Victoria funicular, built by the British in the late 1800’s, is an efficient and pleasant ride up the mountain in an eight-person box.
  • Viña Indómita - +++ If the service starts from San Antonio or Valparaiso +++

(Tourists are welcome at the Visitors’ Center to begin the tour of the vineyards, where they will learn about the viticultural management conducted during the year while enjoying the spectacular views of the Casablanca valley.

Then they will be ushered into the winery of modern architectural lines for a visit of the imposing tank room and the barrel room. The tour ends with a technical tasting of wines.)

  • Emiliana organic winery. - +++ If the service starts from Santiago +++

The tour begins with a walk through our gardens where visitors can interact with the animals that contribute to the biodiversity that sustains our land. They then visit the vineyard, where they will learn about soil types, the varieties planted, and the climate conditions of the Casablanca Valley.

The tour finishes in the winery’s cellar, where we store the biodynamic preparations we use to nourish and protect the vines.

The tour ends with a tasting of our organic wines:
Adobe | Novas | Signos de Origen | Coyam (variety according to availability)

  • Valparaiso - Departure from Valparaiso city
What's Included
  • Private air-conditioned minivan transport
  • Wine tasting experience
  • San Antonio, Viña del Mar, Valparaiso drop-offs (from Santiago services only)
  • Hotel or port pickup (specific conditions apply)
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

If you are going to use Valparaiso or San Antonio port for your cruise this is the Best way of enjoy the city of Viña del Mar and Valparaiso and enjoy the casablanca Valley doing a winery tour including wine tastings.  From your hotel or accomodation enjoy a panoramic city tour inside  Valparaiso which is declared World Heritage by Unesco with a lot of character and important historical aspects as well as being one of the principal cities for the economic activity of Chile. later visit Viña del Mar the best place to live in Chile. It’s a beautiful city with streets full of  flowers, and beaches are like no others. You will also visit the Casablanca Valley with wine tour with wines from this region having been voted the best in the world Later a drop off at 15:00 pm or the time that you request. This tour also has the option of do the pick up in one of this port visiting the vineyard and doing city tour later.

  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Minimum drinking age is 18 years
  • At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
  • Each traveler is allowed a maximum of 2 suitcase. Oversized or excessive luggage (e.g. surfboards, golf clubs or bikes) may have certain restrictions, please inquire with the operator prior to travel to confirm if your excess luggage is acceptable
Location
La Sebastiana
Ricardo De Ferrari 692,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Janee_c
Mar 24, 2023
Great job Juan! - What a great day we spent with Juan. He was on time at the port, his vehicle was able to hold all our luggage after coming off a 2 week cruise. Juan showed us the sights of Valparaiso (very colorful) and Viña del Mar as well as a lovely stop for a winery tour and tasting before dropping us at our downtown Santiago hotel. Perfect all the way around.
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Valinda_b
Dec 21, 2022
Our guide, Alex, is the best! - Alex (our guide) made every experience perfect! He stepped in at the last minute after two other guides were unable to meet us. He drove from Santiago to Valparaiso, Chile, very early in the morning to pick us up at the cruise terminal. An eight hour tour turned into 9 hours full of interesting information, personal stories and lots of laughs. We visited Valparaiso, neighboring communities and Santiago. We had a lovely lunch in a castle and enjoyed the Argentinian football win. He then delivered us to the airport for our trip home. I can't imagine the day could have been any better!
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Bert_w
Jan 25, 2024
Did not get tour was suppose to and the car was horrible to ride in because it was so dirty. - Our tour was suppose to be Valparaiso, Vina Del Mar and the winery. Our guide did not take us to Vina Del Mar he chose to go to Santiago. We were disappointed. His car was filthy inside. That was kind of upsetting. Didn’t really tell us much about where we were. I know the ship was late docking (we had no control) but he cut our tour short.
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Robin_h
Mar 7, 2023
Solid tour - Our guide Luis was excellent at communicating prior to our tour so that we were able to quickly meet after disembarking our ship. He was personable full of lots of details about Valparaiso especially during the walking tour we did of the gentrified area of restaurants that had a significant number of graffiti murals. We had requested to do this and spent about n hour on this. Luis was so full of info on this area we really learned a lot. Because we had just come off of 14 days on ship and had 2 couples in our group we asked him to cut short the walking tour so we could move on to the winery for lunch. We also needed to be in Santiago by 330 so this cut our day somewhat short due to our schedule not his. The winery was outstanding. Pure delight and great food and wine. We unfortunately were too late/too early for the actual English tour which would have been nice to do. Luis worked very hard to adjust his schedule to our needs which we appreciated. The only frustration we experienced was that while he spoke English well it was heavily accented and required a lot of concentration all the time which combined with our vacation exhaustion probably reduced us from appreciating him as much as he deserved. Pros- excellent knowledge and reliability Cons-can be pretty intense after a long cruise however as a way to spend an extra day instead of at the airport waiting it can’t be beat. I would do the trip again with Luis. I’d just be a little more up front about our needs.
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Sharon_a
Jan 21, 2023
Very reliable - Very reliable & lovely to deal with. Even though our arrival was delayed by 5 hours, the driver waited for us. He then made time for a shorter but interesting tour & drop off to our hotel. We really appreciated that he waited so long for us & still provided a tour.
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Stewart
Jan 2, 2024
Less than expected . - The trip was more of a taxi ride. We were picked up after 9 and done at 2pm. This was not a full day tour. The guide dead new and not knowledgeable about where we were going.
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128cindyg
Jan 2, 2024
Do not recommend outsourced - This is not a professional tour co. We waited well over an hour. No signs looking for us, 2 guys in sweat suits showed up. We are lucky they didn’t kidnap us. We drive up to 3-4 “things to see” our driver had never given a tour before. 7-8 hour tour was really a ride to the airport and a stop a vineyard, pretty sure they do the tasting for free. Totaling 4 hours. Do not recommend
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Craig_s
Mar 26, 2023
Bus breaks down - The most memorable part was that our van broke down 5 minutes after the tour started. We were forced to join a group tour that was also late and due to all of that, the tour that was supposed to start at 9:00 am, started at 11:30 am. People on the group tour needed to be at the airport in Santiago by 5:30 so all of our stops were short and the wine tour was only a quick tasting and then back on the bus. While our guide did a good job finding an alternative for us, we didn't get the value we expected.
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Laurajane_f
Mar 15, 2024
Very Tardy Driver - We got an email telling us where we would be picked up and to wait 10 minutes for our guide. If he didn’t appear, we were supposed to call a number that was provided. The day before the tour, we received 4 emails from the company to contact them through WhatsApp. We didn’t have that app, and we were offline because we were on a cruise. I emailed them with that information. On the tour day, we waited about 20 minutes before I called the number they provided. However, all I got was a recorded message in Spanish which I didn’t understand. I tried to call 2-3 times , hoping unsuccessfully to get a live person. At 45 minutes, a couple of other tour guides offered to help. One even texted the number. Being in a new country, and not speaking the language put us at a disadvantage.. At this point, we were exploring other options to get us to our hotel which was about 45 minutes away. Our guide finally showed up an HOUR late without any concern for his tardiness….not very professional. That was the first time that we have had any problems using Viator.
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Roger_s
Mar 24, 2023
Disappointed. - This tour was the worst. Here is the jest of it. There were 4 of us. Guide informed us he would be an hour late. He then sent a replacement. They came in two small cars to follow each other. The replacement did not know what tour we had. We just roamed around Valparaiso for hours looking at the harbor. Took us to restuarant for lunch. He did not know where our vineyard tour and wine tasting was to happen. We prepaid, did not get any of our prepaid activities. This was bad from beginning to end. He took a picture of group and said it was proof for payment. Oh, and he smelled of marijuana.
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