Parts of the museum were difficult for me to follow being vision impaired as there was no English audio guide. Read Less

Used public transport to get to Santiago, very cheap Read Less

We had the opportunity to briefly see the city center and government buildings, plus a museum. Read Less

Partial Walking tour, Wine tasting and excellent lunch arrangements . Read Less

Stopped in the square to not to walk anywhere beyond it for safety reasons, at least there was a Starbucks there. Read Less

We had booked a tour with Ruta Valparaiso. We waited at the for two hours and they did not show up or call us. We took a tour with someone we found at the port. Were only able to see Santiago - Took the funicular and saw the city, had lunch, went to el Palacio de la Moneda. Then they took us to the Airport. We were not able to book a tour through Princess because our flight left at 8:45 pm . Read Less

Didn't dock in Valparaiso. Docked at San Antonio - out in a desert wilderness. Read Less

We organized our own tour of the Casas del Bosque winery. Highly recommend seeing this winery. Read Less

Took a local bus to Santiago ($6 each way) and joined a Free Walking Tour of the downtown area. Very good tour. Good subways and bus transportation throughout city. Read Less

Valparaiso has an interesting history and many grand buildings dating from when it was the first port of call for ships after rounding Cape Horn. However it fell on bad times after the opening of the Panama Canal. Cerro Concepcion with its street art and good restaurants is worth a visit - take the quaint funicular railways. Read Less

Santiago is absolutely fantastic. Very contemporary arts scene and historic center of Chile. Great wines to sample and enjoy day trips out to the vineyards. However, Santiago was not really a port on the cruise. Our cruise was rerouted from Vaparaiso to the port of San Antonio. Read Less

Andrea was a great guide in Valparasio. Just pay tips I had a personal friend show us around in Santiago. There is a tour for tips in Santiago Read Less

This port is a waste of time. Don't take any of the tours in Arica. If you want get off the ship and walk into town on your own. But this is truly a wasted stop. Read Less

We booked a private tour for four of us in Valparaiso before embarkation and had a great time. The company was Michael, The German Pirate and he sent us Boris who was delightful. Went all over Valpo,to a fab place called Ocean Pacific for lunch, and the fish market and then took Boris' cooking class - he is also a chef- and made great Pisco Sours, Ceviche, and a Chilean version of tamale pie made with fresh corn. Delicious passion fruit for dessert with berry sauce. Read Less

Valparaiso had nice restaurants and unique Ascensors for getting up the hills. The town is a busy with old narrow streets that were crowded. Nearby was Vina Del mar which is more of open beach resort town. Santiago is about an hour and a half away. We took a bus to Valparaiso which was less than $10. Read Less

We arrived at the airport in Santiago and easily and cheaply got transportation to Valparaiso. At the airport look for the BUS kiosks behind the Taxis. Pay the driver in local currency. Take the bus to Terminal Pajaritos. Buy a ticket to Valparaiso from any of the many companies providing service. Buses run regularly. Once in Valpo, we walked to the port, but it's a little complicated. A taxi would be just fine. At the port there is a shuttle that takes you to the departure building. Read Less

We stayed two days in each of Santiago and Valparaiso. We found each to be quaintly Spanish. Read Less

We had arranged a private half day tour of the city. The guide spoke good English and very knowledgeable of the area. The tour was arrange through Viator, Read Less

valparaiso an interesting city Read Less

Port was on strike - no excursions allowed Read Less

Embarkation was delayed by several hours because the Valparaiso port stevedores were on strike. Read Less

Valpo is ok to spend a night. Pretty, hillside city. Stray dogs running all over the place. We stayed at the Hotel Verso which was pretty good. It was pretty high up on the hillside with excellent views. We also had an excellent dinner at the hotel. Read Less

Great city, lots to see Read Less

We arrived in Valparaiso by public transport from the Santiago International Airport. It was very easy and so cheap. We have described our experience in our main contribution. Read Less

Transfer from Santiago to Valparaiso via HAL transfer was effortless. Read Less