Hill sights in Valparaíso
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Ascensores
It's possible to spend hours riding the 15 ascensores (also known as funicular elevators), built between 1883 and 1916, that lead up into the hills and meandering back alleys of Valparaíso. Some of the ascensores are remarkable feats of engineering. From the flat city center the ascensores creak at an improbable angle up to the tumbling chaotic cerros (hills), with their steep labyrinthine roads, crumbling mansions and kaleidoscopic rooftops.
Take Ascensor Concepción, the city's oldest elevator, to the beautiful Cerro Concepción, or take Ascensor El Peral to the Museo de Bellas Artes in Cerro Alegre, or ride the Ascensor Cordillera to the Museo del Mar Lord Cochrane in C…
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Ascensor Concepción
Built in 1883, it originally ran on steam power and is the city's oldest elevator. Also known as Ascensor Turri, it climbs the slopes from the corner of Prat and Carreño, across from the landmark clock tower known as the Reloj Turri up to Cerro Concepción. This is one of the most delightful of all Valparaíso's neighborhoods, with its brightly painted corrugated iron facades and pitched roofs. Along with the equally magical Cerro Alegre next door, this area has undergone a renaissance.
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Ascensor El Peral
Ascensor El Peral starts from near the Tribunales (Law Courts) just off Plaza Sotomayor and continues to Cerro Alegre, which is home to the Palacio Baburizza (1916), which now houses the city's Museo de Bellas Artes.
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Mirador Diego Portales
You can see all of central Valpo’s colorful hills from the Mirador Diego Portales in the east of town.
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