7 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Valparaiso - Atlas Obscura

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Valparaiso, Chile

Elevators of Valparaiso

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

Valparaiso, Chile

World's Largest Swimming Pool

A record-breaking pool that uses computers to turn ocean water into cleaner, private swimming water.

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Iglesia de San Francisco

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

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La Sebastiana

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

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The Dissidents Cemetery

This historic Chilean cemetery is the burial place of hundreds of European and American freethinkers and non-Catholics.

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Cementerio Numero 3 de Playa Ancha

Hand-made memorials and a wish-granting murderer lie within this seaside pauper's cemetery.

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Botica Salcobrand

Buying your medicine at this particular pharmacy is like taking a trip back in time.

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