La Serena and Coquimbo Private City Tour Including Lunch, Shore Excursion
What your day looks like
Set out from Coquimbo port on a private sightseeing tour of La Serena, known for both its historic architecture and exquisite beaches. Visit some of the city's stone-built churches as well as its Archaeological Museum, exhibiting artifacts from Easter Island's Rapanui culture. Continue onto La Serena Lighthouse en route to Coquimbo city, another place is known for its white sands as well as seafaring traditions. After lunch stop by the Cross of the Third Millennium and Guayacan, a neighborhood rich in copper smelting history. This shore excursion includes round-trip transport.
The experience, in brief
- Sail out from Coquimbo port on a private sightseeing tour of La Serena
- Visit some of the city's stonebuilt churches as well as its Archaeological Museum
- View Serena Lighthouse
The journey, in full
Departure from the port of Coquimbo around 08:30 am (your choice). The Tour starts at the Civic Center of the city of La Serena, where we will visit the most interesting places such as Plaza de Armas, some of the most important churches built of stone, the craft center called Recova, the Archaeological Museum (Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays closed) and other sites architectural. Close to 11 hrs, we drive along the av. Francisco de Aguirre, the main route of entry to the city, to the Japanese Garden (temporarily closed), and then to La Serena Lighthouse, built between 1951 and 1953. The Av. Del Mar, which is the coastal road connecting between La Serena and Coquimbo It will lead us to the port, to visit the city, the English Quarter with its old mansions of the early nineteenth century. Then we will go to Mirador del Fuerte Lambert, a true relic, an observation point for the defence of the port, built during the second half of the seventeenth century. Close to 13:30 hrs, we will have lunch at Port restaurant. A stop time and continue the journey to the Cross of the Third Millennium, a memorial to the Christian faith. Then we visit GUAYACAN, a sector during the nineteenth century that revolved around the work of copper smelting and where the Church Sector, a Catholic church designed by Eiffel, is located in the bay of La Herradura. Port of Coquimbo returns around 16:00 hrs.
Your day, step by step
La Serena
City/Town Tour.
La Serena
Sightseeing at Lighthouse of La Serena.
What to know before booking
Included
Entrance included Port/Hotel pick up and drop off Professional Local Guide (Spanish or English) Private Tour
Not Included
Gratuities
Meeting & Pickup
Departure from the port of Coquimbo around 08:30 am.
Languages Offered
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Planning Notes
Hotel pickup offered: Yes Confirmation: Manual By Business