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VC188 Tours & Travel Iquique Festival Tirana
Iquique Chile
Fiesta de la Tirana Iquique Chile


Duration: 04 Days / 03 Nights
Season: From July 14th. 2019 until July 17th. 2019
Departures:
Ask directly to monica@visitchile.cl
VC188 Tour includes:
Iquique

Transfer Airport to Hotel
03 nights accommodation in Iquique in hotel of your choice
City tour Iquique and Shopping ZOFRI
Tirana Festival tour with snack
Transfers from the hotel to the airport
VC188 Itinerary
July 14 Iquique
Transfer from the airport to your hotel in Iquique.
Afternoon 15:00PM It begins the tour by visiting the south of the city, Huayquique Beach, Promenade and Park Playa Brava, Cavancha Peninsula, Paseo and Playa Cavancha, Balmaceda Park, Avenida Paseo Baquedano Pedestrian (Typical Zone) sector. Here we will have a nice walk watching the buildings in "Pino Oregon" and a rich neoclassical and Georgian architecture, visit the Astoreca Palace (MN), Museo Regional (MN), Prat Square, Teatro Municipal (MN), Casino Spanish (MN ). At the end in this sector we board our vehicle and continue the tour of Puerto Historic, Palacio Rimac (built under Peruvian domain), Mercado Centenario and will finish in Mall Zona Franca where they can make purchases free of all taxes in the amount of USD 1,218 per person. There they leave so they can go around and enjoy its benefits.
Accommodation at the hotel in Iquique.

July 15 Iquique - La Tirana

Breakfast. Departure from the hotel at 15:00. By moving directly to the town of La Tirana. Tour of the village to see hundreds of brotherhoods danced in honor of the Virgen del Carmen of La Tirana. About 20:30 we will meet to enjoy a hot snack (tea, coffee, hot chocolate, sandwich, sweets *) and then wait for the vigil on the 15th at midnight, where they will burst firecrackers and bonfires flares confused with the music of hundreds of bands, the sound of the rattles, the diabladas the religious fervor of the people and the tolling of the bells indicating that the Day of "La Chinita" has arrived.
Estimated return to Iquique at 03:00 hours in the morning.
Accommodation at the hotel in Iquique.

July 16 - Iquique

Breakfast. Free day for personal activities and the Salitreras Tour is recommended.
Accommodation at the hotel of your choice.

July 17 - Iquique

Breakfast. Transfer from the hotel to the airport.
End of our services.
  • Tarifas USD
VC188 Tours & Travel Iquique Festival Tirana
(4 Days / 03 Nights)
Hotels (per person) US dollars  
SINGLE
DOUBLE
Hotel Hilton Garden - Iquique
USD 720
USD 446
Hotel Holiday Inn - Iquique
USD 620
USD 358
Hotel Diego de Almagro - Iquique
USD 642
USD 298
Hotel Spark - Iquique
USD 448
USD 362
Hotel Ibis - Iquique
USD 540
USD 338
Reservas & Consultas
Rates are:
Per person
American dollars in US
Valid from July 14th 2019 until July 17th 2019
Guide service in Spanish + English



La Tirana village, is located about 20 kilometers of Pica in the middle of the Pampa aquifers, becomes between 12 and 17 July in an anthill of people. "Chinese dances" arrive in trucks, buses, vans, cars and some on foot, because they want to pay demands. Others dragged their knees from the entrance to the village, knees bleeding and helped by relatives or volunteers of Civil Defense and the Chilean Red Cross. Countless shops, businesses and local improvised for the night filled the village streets. The square in front of the Church of Our Lady of Carmen of La Tirana, and the venerated image of the mother of Jesus, have been appropriately decorated for the holidays.
How to get to La Tirana:
Airplane, services offering direct flights from Santiago to Iquique on bus services offer more variety to choose between Santiago trip - Iquique.
A good number of national bus lines offer this service daily. It is wise to hire bed room or bed semi regarded as the trip takes one night and in total more than 20 hours. Auto, optimal trip for two days considering that are 1853 km between Santiago and Iquique. Via in excellent condition and well signposted, but it is advisable to buy a rutero map at any service station for proper movement. The feast of the tyrant
They say love moves mountains, but in the case of the popular festival of La Tirana, what moves are masses of pilgrims pay homage to the Virgin of Carmen, and tacitly La Tirana, from 15 July decade year until 17 March. Pagan and Catholic religious mix at this event.
Recommendations: pullover, sunscreen, mineral water and flashlight and of course the camera



Hiking Tours Calichera Visits to Santa Laura saltpeter and Santiago Humberstone
Departure between 08:30 / 09:00 am. from your hotel to the Pampa taking the route A 16 from which we will have an aerial view panoramic of Iquique, a few minutes we pass the new town of Alto Hospicio, then cross the Cordillera de la Costa and arrive at La Pampa Calichera, where we Sector stop at Cerro Island and observe geoglyphs panels dating back more than 1000 years old troperas-drawn caravans en route to the coast of Iquique. Ex then visit the Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Humberstone and Santiago, declared National Monuments and recently Historical and Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO. Here we discover the glorious past of Salitre, also called Oro Blanco, visiting mining facilities, mills, leach plant, house museum, square, theater, hotel, store, swimming pool, market, where they can make purchases of local crafts and neighboring countries . Continuing the trip we will make a brief stop in the town of Pozo Almonte and then we will move, ySantuario the town of La Tirana, where one of the most important religious celebrations, visiting church and local selling crafts is held. By continuing to cross the Forest Reserve Pampa aquifers, then we visit the Oasis of Pica, lunch in restaurant and free time to swim back in the shed semi-hot water of 32 ° C La Cocha Resbaladero. In the afternoon we visit the Oasis fruit market, the church of San Andrés, plaza, where you can taste rich juices and ice creams with fruits of Oasis. Continuing visit the Jurassic Park, Oasis of Matilla, where the Church of San Antonio and the Spanish Lagar, ancient center of winemaking stands. Finally we initiated the return to Iquique, estimated arrival at 19:00.
general notes
It Includes: Tickets to Salitreras. Lunch, main course and dessert. Mineral water and snack. (Alfajor de Matilla, sweet typical of the area)
Recommendations Wear comfortable clothes, shoes, hat, sunscreen and bathing suit.

Price per person (extra) USD 75