Introducing Temuco
With around a quarter of a million people and some 50, 000 daily commuters, Temuco is one of Chile's fastest growing cities. While it is impoverished around the outskirts, it has a developed core with lots of businesses, shops, markets and even the American fast-food chains that you surely traveled all this way to find. The city is also the regional transportation hub, with steady transportation to Santiago and connections to pretty much everywhere you might want to go in La Araucanía, the Lakes District and beyond. Temuco does not have a lot of attractions in itself, but it does have affordable prices and gives a sense of the culture in the region that can't always be seen in the sanitized-for-your-protection tourist towns like Pucón. If it has nothing else going for it, Temuco can always boast the fact that Pablo Neruda grew up here.
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Last updated: Mar 2, 2009
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RE: Argentina and Chile in November and December - Itinerary and bookings
by vnrose 01 September 2011
A night and a full day certainly. Buses from Pucón are more limited than Temuco, which is a hub. If you are traveling mid-December you…
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RE: Argentina and Chile in November and December - Itinerary and bookings
by FilipeMBM 01 September 2011
No, I was talking about the Argentinean San Juan, not the one near Temuco. From Mendoza to San Juan it's about 3 hours from what I searched…
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RE: Effects of vulcanic ash around Villarica / Pucon
by vnrose 15 August 2011
The only pass which is still closed is Cardenal Samoré between Puerto Montt/Osorno and Bariloche. The road is cleared but the Argentine…
