Food Wine Culture Tours
216 Lindbergh Avenue
Frederick, MD 21701 USA
Toll free (866) 874-4219
Phone: (301) 663-9160
Package includes:
Day 1 – Depart USA for SANTIAGO
Day 2 – SANTIAGO (Dinner)
Arrive Santiago early morning. Meet and greet at the airport, and transfer to
your hotel. Lunch on own. In the afternoon, City tour of Santiago, including
visits to Palacio Cousiño; Club Hípico Race Track; Presidential
Palace and different residential areas of Santiago, pre-Colombian Art Museum
(optional). Continue tour to San Cristobal Hill and surrounding area. Welcome
dinner at local restaurant 10:00 pm.
Day 3 – Tour of SANTIAGO (Breakfast and Lunch)
After breakfast, we will take a Museum Tour, visiting the contemporary art gallery
at Plaza Mulato Gil, religious art from Cuzco School and the San Francisco Church
Museum. Lunch at Central Market. Afternoon at leisure. In the early evening,
there will be a pre-dinner presentation. “Vines & Wines of Chile”,
by A.González. Dinner on your own.
Day 4 - POMAIRE & ISLA NEGRA & VIÑA DEL MAR
(Breakfast and Lunch)
After breakfast, we will visit a clay artisans village – Pomaire. Afterwards,
we will drive to Isla Negra to visit Pablo Neruda’s House-Museum. Pablo
is the Chilean poet winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature who inspired
the film Il Postino (The Postman). He is considered the main poet of Spanish
language of the XXth century. After we visit the Museum,we will drive to Viña
del Mar where we will have lunch at a local restaurant. Your afternoon will
be free for you to shop, sightsee or just relax. Dinner will be on your own.
You will have an ocean view room from your hotel on the Pacific Ocean.
Day 5 – VALPARAISO (Breakfast)
After a hearty breakfast, we will do a walking tour of Valparaiso, World Heritage
City. You will have plenty of time to enjoy the old architecture, history and
culture of this city-port. Lunch will be at a local restaurant on your own.
In the afternoon, there will be a brief visit to Viña del Mar. We will
visit the Fonk Museum, which has artefacts from the Rapanui culture (Easter
Island). Dinner on your own.
Day 6 -- VIÑA DEL MAR – MENDOZA (Breakfast, Lunch,
and Dinner)
Today we will leave the hotel for Mendoza. On the way, we will drive to Panquehue
(2 hrs) in the Aconcagua valley. We will visit the Errázuriz –
Caliterra Winery, a joint venture between the Chilean Chadwick Family and Robert
Mondavi. After our visit, we will continue our drive to Mendoza, Argentina.
You will see spectacular valleys and sights of the Andes, at an altitude of
3,600 m. Lunch will be in Portillo, with view of the Inca Lagoon. We go through
a mountain pass and cross the border into Argentina at a height of 3,600 m.
You will enjoy a spectacular view of the Aconcagua Mountain, the highest summit
in the Western Hemisphere. Tonight there will be a dinner with a Tango Show.
Hotel in Mendoza.
Day 7 – MENDOZA (Breakfast and Lunch)
After breakfast we will visit the -- La Rural and Lopez wineries. We will also
have a barbecue lunch at the -- La Agricola winery, with folk music. In the
Afternoon, we will visit the Viniterra winery.
Day 8 -- MENDOZA – SANTIAGO – SANTA CRUZ (Breakfast
and Lunch)
We will bus to the airport for our noon flight to Santiago. After we arrive
in Santiago, we will continue our journey to the Maipo Valley where we will
visit the Concha y Toro winery. Lunch will be on the way. After our winery visit,
we will drive to Santa Cruz valley. Dinner on your own. Hotel in Santa Cruz.
Day 9 -- COLCHAGUA WINE COUNTRY (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner)
In the morning, after breakfast, we will visit the historic Colonial House of
El Huique. Our first wine tasting of the day will be at the Montes winery, in
the Apalta Valley. Shortly after this visit, we will visit the Viu Manent winery.
We will enjoy a barbecue lunch at Viu Manent Restaurant. The afternoon will
be free for your leisure, shopping, or sightseeing. At 5:30 pm in the afternoon,
we will visit the world class Museum of Colchagua, with its famous ambar collection.
There will be a Chilean cuisine class with dinner at the Hotel.
Day 10 -- COLCHAGUA VALLEY – MAIPO VALLEY (Breakfast
and Dinner)
In the morning, after breakfast, we will drive to Alto Jahuel, in the Maipo
Valley to the Santa Rita Estate. Lunch will be on your own at the Doña
Paula Restaurant. The afternoon will be free to enjoy the Park, the Chapel and
the silence. We will also visit the world famous Santa Rita winery. Farewell
dinner and hotel in the Maipo Valley.
Day 11 – SANTIAGO (Breakfast)
Lunch on your own. In the afternoon, we will drive to Santiago. You will have
time to visit the Art Galleries, museums or to do any last minute shopping.
Transfers to the airport for your flight back home will be at 7:00pm.