Elqui Valley

Chile

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"Montegrande is a very picturesque Andean mountain village in the Elqui Valley, Chile. It is also the birthplace of Gabriela Mistral, 1945 Nobel prize winner for literature."

Why visit Elqui Valley

The heart of Chilean pisco production, the Elqui Valley is carpeted with a broad cover of striated green. Famous for its futuristic observatories, seekers of cosmic energies, frequent UFO sightings, poet Gabriela Mistral and quaint villages, this is a truly enchanting – and enchanted – area, and one of the must-visit places in Norte Chico.

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