The Port City of Central Chile; an amphitheater that faces the Pacific Ocean is surrounded by 45 hills that, along with its ravines plunge down into the sea.
Was designated"Heritage Site for Humanity" by UNESCO. Valparaiso 15 funicular elevators, which are currently in use, are an importan part of the city`s identy, dating, The trolleys also give a distinctive seal to Valparaiso.
The port`s bohemian lifestyle offers in its streets and hills an active nightlife, with its pub and restaurants. Valparaiso has always had a great attraction, and it has been a source of inspiration for artists, musicians and great poets.
Rubèn Darío, Nicaraguan poet, from here published his main work "Azul", but without a doubt, the most profilic poet in this aspect is the Chilean Nobel Prize Winner for Literarture Pablo Neruda, who lived in the city, and built his house there; which is today the Museum "La Sebastiana".

Neruda declared his love to this "crazy port" to this "adsurdity" of a city, indicating that, if we walk through all of Valparaiso`s stairways "we will have traveled around the world".