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· Beaches and Resorts located in the Fifth V Region ·
 

Beaches - Resorts in the V Fifth Region

Reñaca Beach

Reñaca is a summer spa of 1,3 kilometer length that reaches Concón. It used to be part of a quarter of Viña del Mar.

It is interesting to visit some site attractions, like: Colchoa town. Costa Brava. Lobos Marinos and Roca Oceanica. The Puntilla de Montemar and Caleta Higuerillas.

It counts with good hotels and tourist facilities. Besides, it counts with a great offer of summer house and department rentals. It is interesting to visit:

Playa Cochoa. Located at 2 kilometers from Reñaca. With calm waters and protected area. It has restaurants and seafood stores, all with good sight to the sea.

Mirador de los Lobos Marinos. Located at 4 kilometers from Reñaca. It has an ample parking lot from where you can see the sea dogs that rest in a high, isolated rock.


Concon Beach

Distance: Concon is an old spa built at the beginnig of the XX century. It has ample and beatiful summer houses. It has good tourist facilities and hotels. The summer life is centered around the Amarilla Beach with its wide walkway.

The restaurants are located at both ends of theb spa: in caleta Higuerilla and La Boca.

It has beautiful beaches and precious coastline spots, with a rich and varied gastronomics of seafood and fish.


Horcon Beach

Distance: 45 Kilometers away from Valparaiso

The Caleta and the Horcon Spa site inlaid in a small bay protected by the woods of the hillside that protect it. Still water beaches.


Zapallar Beach

Distance: 71 Kilometers away from Viña del Mar

It is located in the middle of mounts which produce a very agreeable microclimate in it. It is one of the most exclusive spas of the zone for its precious gardens, exuberant woods and magnificent mansions.


Papudo Beach

Distance: 81 Kilometers away from Viña del Mar

It has a lovely coastline landscape, white sands, beaches protected of the winds and surrounded by woods. It has a picturesque cove of fishers and ancient houses.


Cartagena Beach

Distance: 7 Kilometers away from San Antonio

Cartagena Spa, a popular spa with characteristics very similar to those of Valparaiso, the mounts abruptly fall onto the ocean, leaving way to a small and covered beach.

In the old days this place was the exclusive spa of the Chilean society of the years 1900. Majestic hotels and houses were built. The walls and large towers of some of them speak till now of its magnificent past.

In the classical villages of the end of the century, Cartagena also shows the architectural history.

Many of them were built according to models brought from Europe and North America, and they are still kept with the name of the ancient owners: Galecio, Gherardi, Laureda, Verdugo, Ferreiro and others; the most cared façade is not the one that faces the street but the one that faces over the ocean. Also, they are characterized for their wide crystal galleries and their outlookers.


Algarrobo Beach

Distance: 74 Kilometers away from Valparaiso

Algarrobo Spa, is the most beautiful and important spa of this zone. It is located in a sheltered bay and on the hills there are the summer resort houses. On its waters, all kinds of water sports are practiced and for its quiet sea it is the seat of the main boat races of the coast.

Among its most important beaches are: Algarrobo, Canelo, Canelillo, The Cruz, Mirasol, The Laguna, Pejerrey, San Pedro, Algarrobo Norte, The Tubas and The Cadenas.

It is interesting to visit some site attractions, like: The Caletas of Pescadores. The Yachting Club. And the Candelaria Chapel.


The Quisco Beach

Distance: 36 Kilometers away from San Antonio

Spa with two well defined zones: Northern and Southern Quisco, the Southern being the most active.

It is interesting to visit some site attractions, like: Punta de Tralca. The Negra Island. The Quisco Beach. Caleta of Pescadores. The Peninsula Outlooker and the Yachting Club.


Santo Domingo Beach

Distance: 3 Kilometers away from Cartagena

Santo Domingo Spa is one of the most exclusive and beautiful beaches of the Chilean coast. The planning of its green areas, the harmonic topography of the land makes it offer its inhabitants privacy and beauty.

It is interesting to visit the South, the Enamorados and Larga beaches.

 
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