Introducing Ovalle
This unassuming market town is more famous for its surrounding attractions than its own modest charms, which include an artifact-heavy museum and an animated plaza where men huddle over chess games and stalls peddle colorful trinkets. Founded as a satellite of La Serena in early republican times, Ovalle is the capital of the prosperous agricultural province of Limarí; so it's unsurprising that it also has the liveliest market, Ferio Modelo de Ovalle, in the region.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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Re: 10 Days in Guatemala
by guatemaladreams 20 April 2011
Here's a link to quotes from the minister of health in July of 2010, http://prensalibre.com/noticias/Crisis-Atitlan-exagerado-dice-Espada_0_…
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RE: My planning stuck in Chile
by WILLEMSPIE 23 February 2011
There is actually good trekking in the Andes, just about anywhere along the mountains from Santiago southwards, and even in the Ovalle…
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RE: Maipo wine region and Mendoza wine regions
by vnrose 05 February 2010
The Limarí valley wines are relatively new on the scene, although grapes have been grown in the region for centuries. But they were mainly…
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