El Quisco is located in the province of San Antonio, Valparaíso Region, almost two hours away from Santiago. It is part of the route of the poets, which recognizes internationally renowned Chilean poets in different areas of the country.
The origin of the name of this city is due to the Quisco cactus, endemic to the central area of Chile and the largest within the territory where it develops, reaching up to 7 meters high.
Part of the history of Chile is due to characters who lived in El Quisco. For example, Camilo Mori, who was the national art prize and the designer of the city's municipality coat of arms, Clarita Solovera, an important national folklorist, and Pablo Neruda, the Nobel Prize for Literature, being the latter one the most recognized and who lived in Isla Negra, where today it is possible to visit his house which is a museum in his memory managed by the Pablo Neruda Foundation, there it is possible to find extracts of his poems and personal collection pieces.
This tourist area is one of the favorite destinations to spend the summer since it is close to the city of Santiago, so there are various hotels and residential areas. Among its beaches are: Los Clarines, El Batro, Los Corsarios, Los Ahogados beach, Las Conchitas, Punta de Tralca, Tabulanque and Isla Negra beach.
El Quisco it’s known for its pleasant climate that allows visitors to visit it throughout the year, with dry summers and temperatures that average 27 ° C and winters with low rains. The commune has the Municipal Stadium Eugenio Castro González and the Yacht Club created in March 1949 where social and maritime activities are carried out including sailing, fishing, diving, and small motor boats.
From Santiago, the main access to El Quisco is by land through Route 68, and at kupos.cl we take you to El Quisco with the bus companies Buses Bahía Azul, Buses Andrade and Pullman Bus. If you want to travel by land but in a different way, carpooling, or car sharing, is another travel alternative when you are looking to travel comfortably, safely and for less money. With kupos.cl you can access the available carpool routes that take you to El Quisco, as well as you can move around the city using carpooling, paying the same or even less for quality mobility in a shared car.
Once in El Quisco, apart from carpooling, you can also get around by bus, a fairly popular urban transport that covers almost all the internal routes of the city. In kupos.cl you can find the available routes, and pay through the app with any card or in cash.
kupos.cl is the platform where you find all the transport options to get to and from El Quisco.
El Quisco Beach
If you are looking for the perfect weekend, then El Quisco beach is the perfect place to be.
This beach has warm and calm water, perfect to visit with friends and family. Here for only $ 3,000 pesos you can venture into one of the “bananas” that travel the sea at full speed, it is an ideal adventure for the whole family.
Time to relax at a resort.
Inns, hostels and hotels, in El Quisco there are numerous lodging proposals, but none compares to the comfort experience offered by Resort Riu-Tai.
In this resort you can enjoy its private sandy beach. A night at this resort can cost from $75,000 to $130,000 Chilean pesos. Yes, going to a resort is always a luxury, but for an experience like this it might be worth the effort.
Cantalao, the poet's dream.
It's like being inside a fascinating and moving tale by Neruda. Cantalao is a lonely place where not many people go, perhaps that is why it still has a unique magic.
If you are interested in knowing the Neruda’s universe, you have to visit this park, the entrance to this amazing cabin is free, and it has a panoramic view of the sea and an overwhelming simplicity, you can take fabulous photographs here.
El Quisco and its gastronomy
Like any coastal place that receives tourists all year round, El Quisco is full of gastronomic options for all tastes and budgets.
Fish in all its presentations, Chilean empanadas, pizzas, vegan and vegetarian dishes ... Anyway, here you have everything to accompany your trip pleasing the palate. Do you dare to try new dishes? Here are our tips for you!
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