Valparaíso, Viña del Mar and Casablanca Valley Wine Tour

About This Experience

Think of this as a coast tour with a glass of wine at the end rather than a winery day. After hotel pickup in Santiago, the van heads for Viña del Mar and makes quick stops at the Flower Clock (5 minutes) and the Easter Island Moai outside the Fonck Museum (10 minutes), driving along Avenida Perú between them. A 10-minute halt at the Caleta Portales fishing cove follows.

Valparaíso, a UNESCO World Heritage site, takes up the longest part of the day. On foot you cover Cerro Concepción and Cerro Alegre, the Baburizza Palace, Paseo Gálvez, Paseo Gervasoni and Paseo Atkinson (roughly 10 minutes at each), the Piano Staircase and Plaza Sotomayor (15 minutes). A ticket for a historic funicular, Ascensor El Peral, is part of the price. You then get free time to buy lunch, with seafood and Chilean restaurants, some facing the ocean, to pick from.

The wine element is a single 45-minute tasting at a Casablanca Valley vineyard, with the wine included. The listing does not name the winery, and depending on the vineyard's schedule the tasting can fall in the morning or the afternoon. If several producers in one day matter more to you than the port city, the Casablanca-only tours on this site are the better match.

Guides speak English, Spanish and Portuguese, and because the group is shared, commentary may switch between languages. The pickup time and your guide's name arrive by WhatsApp or email after 8pm the night before. Cruise passengers can ask to be dropped at Valparaíso port instead of Santiago, and airport pickup costs USD 15 per person each way. Prices start at $61 per person, and the tour holds a 4.8 rating from 1,251 GetYourGuide reviews.

Highlights

• Stop for photos at the Viña del Mar Flower Clock and the Moai outside the Fonck Museum.
• Walk Cerro Concepción and Cerro Alegre, including Paseo Gálvez, Gervasoni and Atkinson, with a guide.
• Ride the historic Ascensor El Peral funicular in Valparaíso, with the ticket included in the price.
• See the Baburizza Palace, the Piano Staircase and Plaza Sotomayor in Valparaíso's old centre.
• Choose your own lunch in Valparaíso, with seafood and ocean-view restaurants nearby.
• Finish with a 45-minute wine tasting at a vineyard in the Casablanca Valley.

What's Included

• ✓ Hotel pickup and drop-off in Santiago in an air-conditioned vehicle
• ✓ Small-group guide speaking English, Spanish and Portuguese
• ✓ Guided walk through Valparaíso
• ✓ Historic funicular ticket in Valparaíso
• ✓ Wine tasting at a Casablanca Valley vineyard, wine included
• ✓ WhatsApp support and local taxes; Valparaíso port drop-off on request

Not Included

• Lunch (free time to buy it in Valparaíso)
• Tips
• Airport pickup (USD 15 per person each way, on request)

What to Bring

• Money for lunch in Valparaíso
• Cash for tips
• Comfortable shoes for steep streets and stairways
• A phone with WhatsApp for pickup messages
• Your bag count, if you want drop-off in Valparaíso or Viña del Mar

Good to Know & Caveats

• Your pickup time and guide's name arrive after 8pm the night before, by WhatsApp or email.
• The tasting may take place in the morning or the afternoon, depending on the vineyard's schedule.
• Groups are shared and the guide may speak more than one language on the day.
• For drop-off in Valparaíso or Viña del Mar, tell the operator how many bags you have, or they cannot travel in the van.
• If too few people book, the operator may cancel and offer another date or a full refund; children count as ages 3 to 12.
• Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Meeting Point

Pickup from your Santiago hotel. The pickup time and your guide's name are sent by WhatsApp or email after 8pm the evening before.