Valparaíso + Viña del Mar Day Trip

The classic day trip from Santiago, Chile, packs three places into about ten hours: the seafront of Viña del Mar, the hills of Valparaíso and a wine tasting in the Casablanca Valley. Two operators account for most of the reviews for this day on this site, and each sells the same tour on both Viator and GetYourGuide. This page compares them on what you actually see.

Valparaíso is about 120 km from Santiago, roughly 90 minutes by road on Ruta 68, and the Casablanca Valley lies about two-thirds of the way along that road. That is why the wine stop fits into the day without a detour.

The two most-reviewed coast days and their twins

Stamp’s Tour coast day has 8,948 Viator reviews and a 4.9 rating, the most-reviewed tour on this site. It runs 10 hours with hotel pickup, from $75 per person (October 2026). The operator sells the same day on GetYourGuide, where it shows 4.8 from 2,228 reviews and starts from $77, with a ticket for a 19th-century cable car included. Our Stamp’s Tour breakdown covers the listing in full.

Best Trip Chile’s Valparaíso, Viña del Mar and Casablanca day is the other bestseller: 4.8 from 1,350 GetYourGuide reviews, from $61 per person, about 10 hours. Its Viator twin shows 4.9 from 1,335 reviews, from $65.

Prices on the two platforms move independently, so compare both when you book. The live price is on the booking page.

What you see in Viña del Mar

Both tours start with Viña del Mar. Best Trip Chile’s itinerary is the more detailed: short stops at the Flower Clock (5 minutes) and the moai outside the Fonck Museum (10 minutes), a drive along the seafront on Avenida Perú, then 10 minutes at the Caleta Portales fishing cove. Stamp’s Tour names the Flower Clock and the moai in its GetYourGuide description.

The Flower Clock was installed in 1962, when Chile hosted the FIFA World Cup. The moai in front of the Fonck Museum is an original from Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The museum says the Rapa Nui people donated it, and islanders have since asked for it to be returned. Expect a photo-stop pace here, measured in minutes, and no museum visit.

What you see in Valparaíso

Valparaíso takes most of the day. The UNESCO World Heritage property is the Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso, inscribed in 2003. It covers the historic quarter, not the whole city, and the hills of Cerro Alegre and Cerro Concepción are part of it. Those hills are where the walking happens.

Best Trip Chile lists Cerro Concepción and Cerro Alegre with Baburizza Palace, Paseo Gálvez, Paseo Gervasoni and Paseo Atkinson (about 10 minutes each), the Piano Staircase, Ascensor El Peral and Plaza Sotomayor. Stamp’s Tour describes a walk through the streets and hills of the old port, with colourful stairways, sea viewpoints and hillside houses covered in murals by local and international artists.

Both include one funicular ride. UNESCO counts the funicular “elevators” on the hillsides as part of the city’s early industrial heritage, but only a handful of the historic ascensores run at any one time and several are closed for repairs. Treat the ride as whichever one is running that day. If you ride another on your own, carry cash, since many do not take cards.

The walking is on steep streets and stairways. The Stamp’s Tour listing rates the day as suitable for all fitness levels, and the Best Trip Chile listing says it is not wheelchair accessible.

Lunch and the wine stop

Neither tour includes lunch. You get free time in Valparaíso to buy it at your own expense, so budget for a meal plus tips.

The tasting is a single stop at a Casablanca Valley vineyard that neither listing names. Best Trip Chile gives it 45 minutes with the wine poured included, and the stop can fall in the morning or the afternoon depending on the vineyard’s schedule. Stamp’s Tour makes it on the way back to Santiago, and you can buy bottles at the winery store. If you want to know the winery in advance, the Emiliana version of this day names it: three wines with a tasting board at Emiliana, from $56 per person, 4.9 from 27 Viator reviews. Our Casablanca and Valparaíso wine tours page goes further into the wine side.

Which one to book

Book Stamp’s Tour if a long review record reassures you and you are happy to taste at the end of the day. Cruise passengers should note that asking to be dropped at Valparaíso port means missing the winery, and the luggage limit is 1 large bag and 1 carry-on per person.

Book Best Trip Chile if you want the itinerary spelled out stop by stop and the lower starting price. It also offers drop-off at Valparaíso Port on request, and airport pickup for USD 15 per person each way.

If the two cities matter less to you than the wine, pick a different day. The Four Casablanca Wineries tour (from $139, 4.8 from 671 Viator reviews) and Casablanca Valley 4 Vineyards (from $149, 4.9 from 148 Viator reviews) stay in the valley all day.

Where to go next

Compare the wine side in Casablanca and Valparaíso wine tours, see how to get to Casablanca Valley from Santiago if you are thinking of going on your own, or read the which-tour guide. When you are ready, check availability.