Iquique Sights

  1. Casino Español

    Despite hot competition, the prize for the showiest building in Iquique goes to the 1904 Moorish-style Casino Español on the plaza's northeast corner. This gaudily tiled creation is now a club and restaurant, but staff are surprisingly tolerant of travelers taking a quick whirl around the fanciful interior, which features murals and paintings of Don Quixote.

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  2. Iglesia San Antonio de Padua

    The Iglesia San Antonio de Padua is worth a visit for its twin bell towers and star-encrusted ceiling.

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  3. Iquique English College

    South of Plaza Prat, Av Baquedano is lined by Georgian-style balustraded buildings dating from 1880 to 1930. Among them is the Iquique English College.

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  4. Plaza Prat

    The good ol' nitrate days are evident through Iquique's center. Its beautiful wooden-fronted 19th-century buildings also speak eloquently of foreign influences during the nitrate boom. The city's 19th-century swagger is especially hard to miss in Plaza Prat - the city's focus.

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  5. Teatro Municipal

    Jumping fountains line the short walkway south from the Torre Reloj to the marble-stepped Teatro Municipal, an ostentatious neoclassical building that has been hosting opera, theater and more since 1890; take a quick peek at the painted ceilings inside.

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  7. Torre Reloj

    The city's 19th-century swagger is hard to miss in the 1877 whimsical Torre Reloj clock tower, seemingly baked and sugar-frosted rather than built.

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