Things to do in Vicuña
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Tata's Pub
It doesn't look like much, but this long thin pub, with '80s music videos blaring, serves surprisingly good food: especially Chilean rabbit and goat dishes, as well as pizza and burgers.
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Museo Gabriela Mistral
The town’s landmark Museo Gabriela Mistral, between Riquelme and Baquedano, is a tangible eulogy to one of Chile’s most famous literary figures. Gabriela Mistral was born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga in 1889 in Monte Grande. The museum charts her life, from a replica of her adobe birthplace to her Nobel Prize, and has a clutch of busts making her seem a particularly strict schoolmarm. Her family tree indicates Spanish, indigenous and African ancestry. Like Pablo Neruda she served in the Chilean diplomatic corps.
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Club Social de Vicuña
Enthusiastic waiters usher passing travelers into this upmarket courtyard restaurant, or into its posh linen-and-candlestick laden side rooms. The food is well prepared, though rather bland, and you should expect Chilean specialties.
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Halley
A spacious colonial-style restaurant with a thatched ceiling and scattered handicrafts, this mainstay is recommended for typical Chilean food, including roast cabrito (goat), conejo (rabbit) and plentiful salads.
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Museo Entomológico y de Historia Natural
Crawling with color, antennae and pincers, the small Museo Entomológico y de Historia Natural specializes in insects and kaleidoscopic butterflies, but also has fossils, stuffed birds and invertebrates.
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Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción
Just off the Plaza de Armas's western edge, the Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción (1909) has a few ceiling paintings and an image of the Virgen del Carmen carried by Chilean troops during the War of the Pacific.
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Solar Villaseca
Located 6km from Vicuña, beyond the Capel distillery, Villaseca is highly praised for its Chilean dishes cooked in solar-powered ovens (rows of curious metallic suntraps). Reservations are a must during summer.
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Cerro de la Virgen
The dusty hike up Cerro de la Virgen, just north of town, offers vast panoramas of the entire Elqui Valley, but it's hot and exposed - bring water. The summit is less than an hour's walk from the Plaza de Armas.
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Casa Solar de los Madariaga
Dating from 1875, and looking good for it, the adobe mansion Casa Solar de los Madariaga contains furnishings and artifacts from an influential family who made its money exporting chinchilla.
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Torre Bauer
Just off the Plaza de Armas's western edge, the eccentric Torre Bauer (1905) is a rusty-colored clock tower resembling a lanky toy castle; it was built by a former German mayor.
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Elkinatura
For those seeking some action, Elkinatura rents bikes (CH$1500 per hour) and offers tours, horseback rides, rappeling excursions and more.
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Pub Restaurant Caos
This long thin pub, with ’80s music videos blaring, is one of your better nightlife spots. It sometimes has live music on the weekends.
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Observatorio Comunal Cerro Mamalluca
Two of Vicuña's biggest attractions, Observatorio Comunal Cerro Mamalluca and Planta Capel (outside town), are just outside town.
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Planta Capel
Two of Vicuña's biggest attractions, Planta Capel and Observatorio Comunal Cerro Mamalluca, are just outside town.
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TimBao Café
This little café with seating looking onto the Plaza de Armas is a nice place for people watching.
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Yo y Soledad
Fight off those lonely bugs at the town’s most happening spot. This sprawling pub gets going late.
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Museo Histórico de Elqui
The Museo Histórico de Elqui has Diaguita ceramics and 19th-century bits and pieces.
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