Valparaíso and Viña del Mar Coast Tour with Casablanca Wine Tasting

About This Experience

The day heads west from Santiago to the Pacific coast. In Valparaíso, a UNESCO World Heritage site, you walk the streets and hills of the old port, where the listing points to the old elevators, colorful stairways, sea viewpoints and hillside houses, many of them covered in murals by local and international artists. One funicular ride in Valparaíso is included. The tour also takes in Viña del Mar, and the last stop is a vineyard in the Casablanca Valley for a wine tasting, where you can also buy bottles at the winery store at sale prices. The listing does not name the vineyard.

Pickup from your accommodation is included, and the pickup time is sent the night before the tour. The day runs about 10 hours. Cruise passengers can ask to be dropped at the Valparaíso port instead of returning to Santiago, with 1 large and 1 small bag carried in the van, but the winery stop is made on the way back to Santiago, so anyone leaving in Valparaíso misses the tasting. The tour runs in English, Spanish and Portuguese and needs a minimum of 2 people; if too few passengers book, you are offered an alternative or a full refund.

It suits first-time visitors to Santiago who want to see Valparaíso, Viña del Mar and a Casablanca winery in one day without driving. It is a coast day with one tasting at the end, so if the wine is the main reason you are going, compare it with the Casablanca tours on this site that visit two or three wineries.

Lunch is not included. The listing describes a Chilean-style lunch at your own expense, so bring money for it, along with something for gratuities and any wine you want to buy. The tour is listed as suitable for all fitness levels, though the Valparaíso section is spent on foot on steep streets and stairways. If you need a port drop-off you must tell the operator in advance how many bags you have, or they cannot be carried; luggage beyond 1 large bag and 1 carry-on per person costs an extra fee.

Highlights

• Walk the streets and hills of Valparaíso, a UNESCO World Heritage site
• Old elevators, colorful stairways and sea viewpoints across the Valparaíso hills
• Hillside murals by local and international street artists
• A visit to the seaside city of Viña del Mar
• Wines for sale at the vineyard store after the tasting
• Tour runs in English, Spanish and Portuguese

What's Included

• ✓ Hotel pickup and drop-off in Santiago
• ✓ Pickup time sent to you the night before the tour
• ✓ One funicular ride in Valparaíso
• ✓ Wine tasting at a Casablanca Valley vineyard
• ✓ Optional drop-off at Valparaíso port for cruise passengers, with 1 large and 1 small bag

Not Included

• Lunch (a Chilean-style lunch at your own expense)
• Gratuities
• Extra luggage beyond 1 large bag and 1 carry-on per person (extra fee)

What to Bring

• Money for lunch, which is not included
• Cash for gratuities
• Money or a card if you want to buy wine at the winery store
• Comfortable shoes for Valparaíso's steep streets and stairways
• A note of how many bags you have, if you need a port drop-off

Good to Know & Caveats

• The pickup time is sent to you the night before the tour.
• The tour needs a minimum of 2 people; if not enough passengers book, you are offered an alternative or a full refund.
• If you ask to be dropped off in Valparaíso you miss the winery, because the tasting is on the way back to Santiago.
• For a Valparaíso port drop-off you must tell the operator in advance how many bags you have, or they cannot be carried in the van.
• The luggage limit is 1 large bag and 1 carry-on per person; more bags are possible for an extra fee.
• Lunch is at your own expense and is not part of the price.
• The listing rates the tour as suitable for all physical fitness levels.

Meeting Point

Pickup from your accommodation in Santiago is included; the pickup time is sent the night before.