A Radisson?

Trip Start Sep 30, 2009
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Trip End Sep 08, 2010


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Where I stayed
Radisson Acqua
(Concon hotels)

Flag of Chile  , Valparaíso,
Monday, October 12, 2009

While we were driving up from Valparaiso to Zapallar, we spotted a Radisson just north of Vina del Mar.  On our way down to the Colchagua Valley, we decided to pitstop here for one night.  First, this is the nicest Radisson that I have ever seen.  All the rooms have floor to ceiling windows looking out the the Pacific coast.  Concon is a larger resort town than Zapallar, and has a wider variety of restaurants.  After 5 days of fish for lunch/dinner, we were looking for some meat.  Luckily, 15minutes away from the hotel was a branch of Santa Brasa, a Chilean chain of parillas or grill restaurants.  I would compare it to Smith & Wollensky, but a big difference in that they have almost every cut of beef available.  We were so happy to find this place that we had lunch and dinner here. 

The next day we drove to Isla Negra, the seaside home of Pablo Neruda.  While not an island, Neruda named his house after black rocks between his home and the ocean.  It's a quirky house, built to resemble a ship and to store all of his nautical bric-a-brac.  TuUyen was disappointed to find out that it wasn't really and island, but she did enjoy the house and all the strange things Neruda collected.  Pablo and his third wife Mathilde are both buried on the property.  
 
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