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Day 1: Santiago – Santa Cruz
Pick up your rental car at the airport
or city rental office. From
Santiago you will drive south to
Santa Cruz that is located in the
heart of the celebrated Chilean
wine valley – Valle Colchagua.
Be sure to have time to visit the
Colchagua Museum – the largest
private collection in South America
– with its exhibition on the
history of man in Latin America
in particular. Overnight in the
Hotel Plaza Santa Cruz. (B)
Day 2: Colchagua Valley
Wine Route
You will follow the oldest Wine
Route in Chile today, where it is
possible to visit some of Chile’s
prominent vineyards. The fertile
soils make it possible to produce
red wine varieties like Cabernet
Sauvignon and Chile’s emblematic
Carmenère. To arrange a
visit to one or several vineyards,
please contact the Ruta del Vino
office, adjacent to your hotel
either the day prior to your visit
or in the morning. Overnight in
Hotel Plaza Santa Cruz. (B)
Day 3: Santa Cruz – Talca
You will leave Santa Cruz
towards Talca in the Maule Wine
Valley, the wine growing region
with the largest extension of vineyards,
totaling over 46,000 ha /
113.670 a under cultivation.
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Most vineyards here produce
reds like Carmenère, Malbec,
Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon.
You will spend the night in
a small and exclusive Boutique
Hotel on the Casa Donoso Vineyard
estate, close to Talca. (B)
Day 4: Maule Valley Wine
Route
In order to arrange your visit to
one or several vineyards, please
contact the Ruta del Vino office,
located at the National Monument
Villa Cultural Huiquilemo,
at 10 km / 6 mi from Talca the
day prior to the visit or in the
morning. The colonial Hacienda
Villa Huiquilemo that was built in
1850 is worth a visit as well. It is
surrounded by beautiful gardens
and houses a museum with an
exhibition of religious art and
local handicrafts. In the excellent
restaurant you will be able to
taste traditional Chilean food.
You will explore the wine route
and visit some of the valley’s best
wineries and vineyards. All vineyards
have a long wine-making
tradition dating back to the times
of the Spanish colonization.
Overnight at Casa Donoso. (B)
Day 5: Talca – Santiago
From Casa Donoso you will
drive back to Santiago and drop
off your car at the airport or the
city rental office. (B)
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