Talca Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Talca's main bus station (12 Oriente) is across the tracks but not directly accessible from the nearby train station (1 Sur will get you there).

Tas Choapa(243-334) travels down to Osorno, while Linatal(242-750) has 11 southbound buses daily. Buses Interbus (242-568) goes to San Javier and Villa Alegre every 15 minutes, and Contimar(244-197) goes to the coastal resort of Constitución. Buses Vilches (US$1.50) leaves three times daily at 7am, 1pm and 4:50pm from platform 23 of the bus station for the village of Vilches and beyond, turning around at the entrance to Reserva Nacional Altos del Lircay.

Tur Bus (245-029; 3 Sur 1960) uses a separate terminal just south of, and goes everywhere on, the Panamericana. Other companies operating from here with similar services include Condor(245-920) and Pullman del Sur(510-373).

To get to Villa Cultural Huilquilemu, take a bus to San Clemente and ask to be let off at the Ruta del Vino (US$0.50, 10 minutes).

Train

The train station (226-254; 11 Oriente 1000) is at the eastern end of 2 Sur. There are five trains a day to Chillán (US$8.50, 1¾ hours), Curicó (US$7, 45 minutes), Santiago (US$10, 2¾ hours) and Temuco (US$13.50, 6½ hours).

A narrow-gauge locomotive train still runs to the coastal resort of Constitución, where there are impressive sand dunes. Well worth a detour for rail aficionados, this service (US$2, 2½ hours) runs at 7:30am daily and 4pm weekdays, returning at 7:15am daily and 4pm weekdays.

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