What to see in Punta Arenas in Chile

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Day 14: Castro - Puerto Montt - What to see in Punta Arenas: Plaza Muñoz Gamero, Braun-Menéndez House, Magellan Regional Museum, Cathedral, Naval Museum, Port

Today, more than the alarm clock, an incredible dawn that Chiloé has given us on our last morning here has awakened us before starting a new stage of the trip that will take us just today to start an itinerary with many places what to see in Punta Arenas.
You have to fix the bags again, have breakfast and when it is 7:30 in the morning, with all the sadness that these moments cause, say goodbye to the Alcamar Cabins to start the road to the Puerto Montt airport from where at 13:50 In the afternoon our flight to Punta Arenas leaves, which will be the beginning of the third stage of this trip to Chile and Easter Island.
It has not taken more than a few minutes for a fog that we had not seen any of the previous days, nor yesterday at the Pier of Souls, invades everything, making almost or nothing we can see around us.

Road from Castro to Chacao

Although this fog does not last too long, the fair minutes that the sun needs to break through and give us again a spectacular day, which makes us this farewell to the Magic Island much nicer.


And although we know that in Chiloé the weather is quite changing and the rain is practically a constant, it is these kinds of things that remind us of the fate we continue to have when traveling "the traveling gods"They take our side and allow us to enjoy, most of the time, all the places we visit in good weather.

And as if nothing, the sun returns to Chacao

Our first stop will be Chacao, where we take the ferry again to go to Pargua and from there continue with our rental car in Chiloé to Puerto Montt airport.
We have about three hours on the way, they are counting the time of the ferry, passing again by Ancud, the city that welcomed us on Christmas Day with an earthquake and a tsunami warning evacuation that we will never forget.

We arrive in Chacao when there are a few minutes to 10 in the morning, again surrounded by a fog so dense that it does not allow us to see a few meters and we go directly to the ferry where after paying 11800CLP we will have a couple of coffees that return us to life at this time in the morning.

Fog when arriving at the ferry from Chiloé to Pargua

This time without having the views we had the day of our arrival in Chiloé, we arrived in Pargua in about 25 minutes and we get back on track now and on our way directly to the Puerto Montt airport where we go back through the highway, paying 1850CLP, while We check the planning we have in a few hours, with many places what to see in Punta Arenas. We have no more than 40 kilometers to reach the Puerto Montt airport when we remember that we have to return the rental car with a full tank, something that makes us check the GPS and confirm what we feared: there are no gas stations on the route to the airport , so we have to enter Puerto Montt, making a 10-kilometer detour to be able to return the rental car in Chiloé with a full tank, just as it was delivered to us on the 25th when we started the route through Chiloé.

Montt port

At the end we arrive at the airport when it is 11:30 in the morning, first approaching the offices of Chilean, where after taking pictures of the car, to avoid surprises, we make the whole procedure of return of the rental car and we take the mini bus which takes us to the terminal where we check our bags in a few minutes and access the boarding gates after passing a brief security check.

Skyairline flights from Puerto Montt to Punta Arenas

We have a few minutes left, so we take the opportunity to have a coffee while enjoying a reading time to embark on time on the Sky Airline flight that will take us at 1:45 from Puerto Montt to Punta Arenas, with which we will begin a new stage of our trip to Chile in 31 days.


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Flight Puerto Montt to Punta Arenas

If you make this journey by plane we advise you that, whenever you can, you feel on the left side of the plane, we assure you that you will not regret it. The views of continental Chiloé, snow-capped mountains, volcanoes and glaciers are truly spectacular.

Puerto Montt Glacier to Punta Arenas

We landed punctually at 15:45 in Punta Arenas and the first thing we do, after picking up our bags, is to go find a airport transfer to Punta Arenas, since this time we have not booked in advance. We had read that for a year there is a flat rate for taxis for this journey of 10000CLP, so we decided to hire it once we were there.
Upon leaving the baggage claim room, we confirm that the prices are exactly what we had read, finding several transfers for 5000CLP per person and the taxis that are right at the exit and that they are official for 10000CLP the way.
We recommend that you always take official taxis to avoid problems, since they have fixed rates and for what they have told us, pirate taxis Sometimes they try to charge you more money once they leave you at the destination.
It takes us 20 minutes to arrive at the José Nogueira Hotel, where we will stay tonight, while enjoying incredible views and a super clear weather that encourages us even more than we are in this new stage of the trip.

José Nogueira Hotel

Being the time it is we check in quickly, we leave our bags in the room and go directly to the company Only Expeditions to confirm the reservation we have with them for tomorrow and that will take us to make a Tour to Magdalena Island and Marta Island from Punta Arenas.

Office Only Expeditions in Punta Arenas

And how could it be otherwise, being the time it is, and being only a few meters from the Kiosko Roca there we are going to eat 5 choriquesos, plus a coke and a milk with banana for 4600CLP that confirm the reason for The one that this small place is one of the most named in the city and a must.

Kiosko Roca in Punta Arenas

Of course, it should be taken into account the operation if you do not want to wait longer than necessary. The Kiosko Roca is a fairly small place in general and always full. Once you enter, you have two options:
- Stand up, waiting for your turn to place your order to take away.
- Sit on one of the stools in the bar and wait for your order to eat there. This option although it may seem a lie is much faster than the first one since most people take their order to eat out.

We opted for the second option and we can tell you that in less than 20 minutes we are sitting in front of some choripanes that every time we think about them, we would return to Punta Arenas right now to taste them again.

Eating at the Kiosko Roca in Punta Arenas

With a full stomach and it is 6 in the afternoon we will go through all the places what to see in Punta Arenas We have in the planning.
The first thing we do is approach to Costanera Avenue, from where we have incredible views of the Strait of Magellan and where we discover an area that we love and where we would stay a few hours if it were not for the wind so strong that it blows and that is even if sun and an ideal weather, in Punta Arenas the wind is quite common, even reaching the 120 kilometers per hour they have told us they had just last week.

Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas promenade

Punta Arenas promenade

We spend more than an hour in this area of ​​Punta Arenas, enjoying the incredible views and, above all, the relaxed atmosphere that is breathed and it is that although we have spent relaxing days since we arrived in Chile, it seems that against more south we are, much more calm is the air that is breathed.

Punta Arenas

After this walk we approach the area more commercial where we cannot resist buying various details that make this tour of the places what to see in Punta Arenas, in addition to a cultural tour, a time in which to unleash our most materialistic instinct.

What to see in Punta Arenas

What to see in Punta Arenas

From here and after this walk next to the sea, we approach the downtown area where we take a walk and approach again to the Plaza de Armas or Plaza Muñoz Gamero, the most important square in the city, where the Hotel is located José Nogueira and several mansions in addition to the monument that commemorates the 400th anniversary of the Magellan expedition.

Main Square

Main Square

Also here, right at the Hotel José Nogueira we find one of the most emblematic places in the city, Casa Braun-Menéndez, which is the headquarters of the Union Club.

Braun-Menéndez House

Punta Arenas is a small city, easily reachable in one day, so all the interesting places what to see in Punta Arenas You can visit them in a day or even less.

It is 9:30 p.m. and we can say that it is still daytime completely, at this time the sunset is about 10:30 p.m., at which time we decided that it is time to return to return to the Hotel José Nogueira to rest.
Tomorrow it is time to be in the office of Only Expeditions at 6:30 in the morning to walk among penguins on Magdalena Island.

Day 15: Magdalena Island and Marta Island Tour from Punta Arenas - Puerto Natales

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