Colorful Valparaiso

Here is a link to more photos of Valparaiso

Valparaiso is colorful. There is graffiti art on everything! Look!:

It's also a pretty funky city; in a beautiful, fun sense, but in a bit of a downtrodden way too. There's a dog problem. There are lots of feral dogs around. They're nice and all that but it makes for some nasty sidewalks...

But the colors! They're all around and they're amazing.

Valparaiso is a vertical, coastal city with an important nautical history. And right next door, up the coast, is Vina del Mar, a beautiful resort city that looks like the Chilean version of South Beach. Very chic with great beaches on the Pacific and lots of shopping.






We ate well (and cheap!) here and really enjoyed this city.

Many funicular trains in this hilly city