Los Lagos · Chile
In the destination Chiloé.
In the photo: Igreja de San Francisco and Plaza de Armas, Castro
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The city
Castro is the capital of the province of Chiloé and one of the oldest cities in Chile, founded in 1567. In the Plaza de Armas stands the Igreja de San Francisco, a wooden church and UNESCO World Heritage site. The palafitos of Gamboa and Pedro Montt line the fjord, and the Museo de Arte Moderno de Chiloé occupies the higher part of the Parque Municipal. The town is a base for Dalcahue, Achao, Parque Nacional Chiloé and the Muelle de las Almas.
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The local experience
A neo-Gothic wooden igreja in Castro’s Plaza de Armas, with a yellow and lilac façade and 42-meter towers. It is part of the churches of Chiloé listed as UNESCO World Heritage.
Wooden houses supported on stilts along the shore of Castro’s fjord, in the Gamboa and Pedro Montt areas, with their fronts facing the street and their backs to the sea.
Contemporary art museum in the Parque Municipal de Castro, established in 1988, with a collection of Chilean artists and exhibitions that change each summer.
Wooden church with a porch of nine arches in the plaza of Dalcahue, a UNESCO World Heritage site, next to the craft market on the canal's edge, 20 km from Castro.
Jesuit wooden church on Isla Quinchao, dating to around 1730, assembled with wooden pegs and decorated inside with baroque-inspired carvings. UNESCO World Heritage.
Protected area on the Pacific coast with humid forest, dunes, Lago Cucao and deserted beaches. The most used entrance is the Chanquín sector, in Cucao, about 58 km from Castro.
A wooden walkway that ends in the air at the top of a cliff at Punta Pirulil, south of Cucao. The work is inspired by the legend of the souls who wait for the boatman Tempilkawe.
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