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Puerto Montt


Forget touristy Angelmó! All of Puerto Montt is laid out before you at this cute and unassuming locals' secret with the best views in town. It's well worth the CH$2000 Uber for excellent caldillo de mariscos (seafood soup; CH$5300 to CH$9900) and ceviches (CH$5500 to CH$7600), all of which are served fresh directly from the colorful market downstairs.

On Sunday, seafood and sauvignon blanc is the Golden Ticket – there is little else to see, eat or do in the city.


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Nearby Puerto Montt attractions

1. Catedral de Puerto Montt

0.81 MILES

Built entirely of alerce in 1856, this church, located on the Plaza de Armas, is the town's oldest building and one of its few attractive ones.

2. Casa del Arte Diego Rivera

0.89 MILES

A joint Mexican-Chilean project finished in 1964, the upstairs Sala Hardy Wistuba specializes in works by local artists, sculptors and photographers. Also…

3. Av Angelmó Street Stalls

1.4 MILES

Along busy, diesel-fume-laden Av Angelmó is a dizzying mix of streetside stalls (selling artifacts, smoked mussels, cochayuyo – an edible sea plant – and…

4. Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón

10.06 MILES

The imposing and colorful 1915 Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón, overlooking downtown from a promontory, is based on the Marienkirche of the Black Forest,…

5. Monte Verde

13.17 MILES

A small child's footprint discovered in a marshy field 28km west of Puerto Montt turned the archaeological world on its head in 1975 – evidence of human…

6. Teatro del Lago

22.74 MILES

This amazing 12-years-in-the-making, US$25-million world-class performing-arts center opened in 2010, and has single-handedly put Frutillar on the global…

7. Museo Histórico Alemán

23.22 MILES

The Museo Histórico Colonial Alemán was built with assistance from Germany and is managed by the Universidad Austral. It features nearly perfect…