OvalleThings to do

Things to do in Ovalle

  1. A

    Museo del Limarí

    Housed in the right flank of the grand old train station building, the sparsely labeled Museo del Limarí houses a beautiful selection of ceramics, the majority of which are Diaguita, dating from around AD 1000 to AD 1500, and changing modern-art exhibits. There are also pieces from the earlier Huentelauquén and El Molle cultures.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Club Social Arabe

    This delightfully airy neocolonial restaurant with a lofty atrium and deferential waiters serves excellent Middle Eastern dishes – stuffed grape leaves, summer squash or red peppers and baklava – and equally good Chilean specialties.

    reviewed

  3. C

    Café Pub Real

    In cosmopolitan Ovalle, this cheery venue is where the cool young things knock back espressos, cold Cristal or cakes and take their turns on the pool table. Occasionally hosts live music.

    reviewed

  4. D

    El Quijote

    This musty, character-rich bar has its walls smothered with pictures of Latin American literary and leftist heroes. Also serves up OK meals.

    reviewed

  5. E

    Feria Modelo de Ovalle

    The town’s enormous market is a hive of activity bursting with scores of different fruit and veggies.

    reviewed