Isla Negra Day Trip: Explore Pablo Neruda Museum and Artistic Legacy from Santiago
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Isla Negra
Embark on a day trip from Santiago to Isla Negra and immerse yourself in the artistic legacy of poet Pablo Neruda. Explore his museum, admire his collections, and shop for crafts in the charming village of Pomaire. Don't miss this unique experience!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Casa Museo Isla Negra - : At the start of the day, you’ll depart from the hotel in Santiago towards the central coast. The destination of the tour is Isla Negra, a traditional town in the commune of El Quisco that has gained international fame thanks to its beautiful landscape and a close relationship with the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who wrote an important part of his work there, in that house that today has become a museum. The architecture of this 1939 construction is very peculiar due to the combination of materials of low economic cost and great artistic richness. Inside are the bottles, figureheads, conches and other objects that Neruda collected during his life. After the visit of the museum, on your way back to Santiago, you’ll make the obligatory stop in Pomaire, a small town of artisans belonging to Melipilla, where you can visit the craft shops where the work in clay. There you’ll also have time to lunch at one of the local restaurants offering typical Chilean food. At the end of the tour, you’ll return to the hotel in Santiago.
What's Included
- Driver/guide
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Local taxes
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drink
Additional Information
Departure from the hotel in the morning heading for the central coast. The tour’s destination is Isla Negra, a small beachside resort in the El Quisco district that has earned its fame around the world due to its lovely surroundings and intimate relationship with poet Pablo Neruda. He wrote most of his work in this residence, that houses a museum today. Built in 1939, the building displays a peculiar architecture due to the combination of low-cost materials with artistic ingeniousness. Inside, collections of bottles, figureheads, shells and other objects picked up by Neruda during his life can be admired. After visiting the museum and on the way to Santiago, a stopover at Pomaire follows. It’s a small village of artisans in the Melipilla district, where visitors may shop for crafts ,especially clay objects. At the end of tour we return to Santiago.\n\nNotes: Museum closed on Mondays and holidays.
- Infants are free provided they do not occupy a seat
- Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
- Bookings with only one customer will be charged double the brochure rate in the event that minimum numbers are not met.
Location
Casa Museo Isla Negra
Poeta Neruda s/n
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Awen2126
Nov 27, 2023
Great experience - We had a great and enjoyable time, with Bernardo our tour guide, Emma driving us safely to Isla Negra. Excellent tour of Pablo Neruda's home and had lunch on a small quaint town called Pomaire with tasty authentic Chilean food and service on Los Naranjos restaurant, and artisans specializing in clay pottery.
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Hope
Dec 2, 2016
We had a great day. Our guide, Cesar... - <p>We had a great day. Our guide, Cesar, was simply fantastic and the driver was great too!</p>
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Antoni
Jan 21, 2015
It started hour before schedule, I... - <p>It started hour before schedule, I think our guide new what he was doing. We did not have wait very long in line to get to museum. Thank you. the biggest pleasure was conversation during the ride to Isla Negra. Our guide had knowledge about socialism, about Patagonia, about cosmos different religions. He was amazing. Stupid me, I forgot his name, I forgot to ask if would like to become our friend. He shared same thoughts and ideas, he had same common sense. That was so amazing that people from different part of the world can be the same. Perhaps viator can help me find that AMAZING guy</p>
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H_m
Dec 3, 2013
Great day out and I loved the... - <p>Great day out and I loved the location of this fascinating house. Also visited the pottery village and had a lovely authentic meal.</p>
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Mary
Dec 23, 2014
If you only have enough time for one... - <p>If you only have enough time for one trip to the sea from Santiago, you should visit Isla Negra. Each of Neruda's houses contain the essence of the poet and so to visit them is to understand the man and his poetry to a greater degree.</p>
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Hihirose
Nov 18, 2014
It was a long drive to get to the... - <p>It was a long drive to get to the destination. But it was well worth it. I was really happy that I could finally visit Isla Negra. When we arrived there, we were told there were a large group of people ahead of us and we would have to wait for 2 hours!. Fortunately, thanks to our guide's negotiation or contact , they put us ahead of the crowd after 30 minutes of wait. Since we had to return to Santiago in time for the flight home, it was rather unnerving. I wondered if it was possible to make a reservation ahead in the evening. We enjoyed the tour of the house and appreciated beautiful and majestic view of the Pacific Ocean. In spite of Satiago's notorious Friday evening traffic, we got back to the hotel with enough time to spare. Our guide and the driver was really nice and efficient and the guide spoke excellent English.<br/>
However, I personally felt the visit to Pomaire was a waste of time. Wish there were a nicer place to visit and have a better lunch.</p>
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Veronique
Feb 24, 2013
Driver and guide were friendly, Isla... - <p>Driver and guide were friendly, Isla negra was very nice, but the stay in Pommaire should be longer (just time for lunch, no more, whould guve us half an hour to visit potery shops)<br/>
Visit of the winery was not planed I think, but it was nice</p>
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Cheryl
Jan 20, 2017
A bit expensive. Although we were... - <p>A bit expensive. Although we were fortunate to be the only two on this tour it did drag out to be a long day. I must mention the guide was extremely knowledgable, interesting, spoke excellent English and very easy to talk to. Unfortunately where we stopped for lunch even though the Resturant had good food lovely and staff, the heat of the day was exhausting, this was enhanced by no aircon in the Resturant.</p>
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Apromsiri
Apr 6, 2012
Great day trip. Learned a lot. Well... - <p>Great day trip. Learned a lot. Well worth the experience.</p>
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Bennington
Jan 20, 2014
The museum was as interesting as we... - <p>The museum was as interesting as we had hoped, but we thought it was really silly that Viators provided both a driver and a guide, when the museum had its own audio tour. We really only needed a driver, which would have brought the cost down considerably. There was also some confusion about exactly what our itinerary would be. Had we known that they could have driven us to Valparaiso the same day, we could have saved an extra day and quite a bit of money.</p>
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