Tourism in Iquique city
Distance: 1,853 Kilometers away from Santiago
Main Activity: Tourism, Commerce, Industry and Fishing
A modern city of great commercial prosperity and tourist attraction. It has the
largest free zone in South America. Besides it has modern hotels, restaurants
and casinos.
Among its most important beaches are: El Aguila, Cavancha, Lobito, Primeras
Piedras, Brava, los Verdes and Huayquique
Out of town one can visit a great number of sites of beauty and historical
importance, as are the past offices of saltpeter dealing (Santa Laura)
Humberstone, or the Pica town as well.
The presence of the Rupestrian Art brings back memories of the Tiwanaku Culture, especially with its geoglyphs “Atacama Giant”, located 84 km Northeast of Iquique.
In the Andean Altiplano (High Plateau) Aymaras and Atacamanean communities, which still preserve their ancestral customs dedicated to the cultivation of quinoa and the breeding of camelidae that live together with the flamencos.
In the Isluga Volcano National Park we can see the high snow- capped peaks, the aimaras’ ceremonial hills, wide plateaus with native vegetation, lagoons, rivers, and wetlands with a rich bird life and awesome geysers.
Site Attractions:
· Regional Naval and Anthropological Museum
· The Municipal Theater
· Astereca Palace
· Tamarugal National Reserve
· Tiliviche British Cementery
· National Park Isluga Volcano
· Lauca National Park
· Humberstone Saltpeter Office
· Zofri
Oficina Salitrera Santa Laura, located at 48 kilometers from Iquique. Remains of
the industrial structure where part of the process of elaboration of saltpeter
in the shanks system was carried out.
In the house of Administration there is an exhibit ofa collection of historical
objects related to the daily life and chores in the saltpeter mines.
General Information:
Commerce Schedule: From Monday to Friday 9:00 to 13:00 and 16:00 to 21:00
Saturday 9:30 to 13:30
Located in the residential area of Iquique, Arenas Blancas Hotel, only few steps to the beach and commercial centers. Next to the main avenue that connects it with the airport, the historical center and duty free area in the city.
Radisson Iquique is ideally located overlooking the ocean, just minutes away from the city's business district and the social hot spots of Brava and Cavancha beaches.
A deluxe hotel with an exclusive and refined
design in all hotel decorations that make of this great place the first one in
their category. It is located by the sea in Cavancha Peninsula.
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