Location: Valdivia
Top Things to do in Valdivia
The 10 Best Things to do in Valdivia, Los Rios Region
Valdivia (Spanish pronunciation: [balˈdiβja]) is a city and commune in southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia, and Cau-Cau Rivers, approximately 15 km (9 mi) east of the coastal towns of Corral and Niebla. Since October 2007, Valdivia has been the capital of Los Ríos Region and is also the capital of Valdivia Province. The national census of 2002 recorded the commune of Valdivia as having 140,559 inhabitants (Valdivianos), of whom 127,750 were living in the city. The main economic activities of Valdivia include tourism, wood pulp manufacturing, forestry, metallurgy, and beer production. The city is also the home of the Austral University of Chile, founded in 1954 and the Centro de Estudios Científicos.
Restaurants in Valdivia
1. Reserva Punta Curinanco
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 147 reviews
Reviewed By good_ants - Santiago, Chile
The drive out here is nice. The location is picturesque. The "gate-keeper" (Jorge?) is a kind, welcoming man. Then you actually enter the park! Birds, (big) trees, flowers, bees, and much more, it's definitely worth making it out to Curinanco. Get outside of the city and enjoy this swath of coastal rainforest.
2. Bahia de Corral
3. Parque Oncol
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 319 reviews
4. Jardin Botanico de la Universidad Austral de Chile
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,080 reviews
Reviewed By nicolasisaiasj
Amazing how the water of the river gets up by the side of the park so you can enjoy both of the atracctions of the city at once, it's also close to the center of the city and it's free (you can give a tip for the care of the park, and i really recommend to do it if you can for all of the beauty of the place)
5. Mercado Fluvial de Valdivia
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,451 reviews
Reviewed By 490theos - Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
A very colourful market with lots of vegetables and fish on sale that I have never seen before.Detritus is thrown to the lions(of the sea variety) who luxuriate on adjacent pontoons.
6. Sistema de Fuertes de Valdivia
7. Mancera Island
8. Laguna de los Lotos
9. Rio Calle Calle
10. Museo Naval Submarino O'Brien
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 233 reviews
Reviewed By jo_ofredericom2016 - Campinas, Brazil
A submarine of the Chilean Navy is totally open for guided visits. It is a must for those who visit Valdívia! We have a chance to see what life was like underwater, for those whose service was in this vessel. It was used for controlling fisheries, in spite of being fitted out for naval warfare. Visitors can see the cots sailor's shared for sleeping, the bathrooms and showers (used only very sparingly, the motor sectors both diesel and electric, dining rooms, captain's cabin fore and aft sectors and navigation facilities. Questions were stimulated and answered with good humor and in an objective way. It was a nice period of time!
