Where is Copiapo located ? How to get there ?
Copiapó city is located in the north of Chile in the third region, about 807 kms from Santiago to the north, and about 334 kilometers from La Serena City (4th region). Click Flash Animation:
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You can get there:
By car
If you are traveling from the north you can take the 5 route way in north direction. From Arica city to Copiapo are 1267 km, and from Antofagasta city are 564 km.
By plane
There are many flights from Santiago city to Copiapo city, it takes just 1 hour. Also, There are another links towards Copiapo and another cities like Iquique, Antofagasta, and Calama.
LAN Chile |
Phone: 600 526 2000 |
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Sky Airlines |
Phone: 600 600 2828 |
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PAL Airlines |
Phone: 600 425 3510 / (52) 524603 - 524606. |
By bus
There are many roads that connect Santiago city and many other provinces with Copiapo. From Santiago city the travel takes about 11 hours by bus.
Bus Station Copiapó |
Chañarcillo Street N°655 Libac - Phone: (52) 212237 Flota Barrios - Phone: (52) 236492 Expreso Norte - Phone: (52) 231176 |
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Bus Station Tur Bus |
Chañarcillo Street N°680 Phone: (52) 238612 / 600 660 6600 |
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Bus Station Pullman Bus |
Colipí Street N°109 Phone: (52) 212977 / 600 320 3200 |
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Phone calls
phone: (+56) + (52) + phone number Example 56-52-112233
mobile: (+56) + (9) + mobile number Ex: 56-9-11223344
Summer season, between December and March (but since November temperature rises)
Tourism in Copiapo city and surrenders
Copiapo presents a sort of variety of tourist attractions that should situate this city in an important national tourist place, and why not an international tourist place. The main tourist sources are the Desert Flower, which is one of the most important places even though you can observe this phenomenon just 15 days in a year. The valleys, the mountain range, the desert, and mining resources transforms Copiapo in an charming place for tourists that are searching for a different, high quality and unique place.
Copiapó also counts with a mineral and geologic museum; also you can visit the first Stream Locomotive that went all around Chile in early times. In February you can enjoy the Candelaria religious carnival, as well as you can visit Pretil Park where you can find a mini zoo.
Another places that you can come around is the isolated Chañarcillo village, located 72 kms between Copiapo and Vallenar, and it is a voiceless witness for the earlier period of silver mineral extractionin the region. The tourist complex Bahia Inglesa, aqueduct Amolanas (national monument) it was the unique in early decades in Chile, Viña del cerro where you can visit an incaic metallurgic centre that dates from XV century, El Transito museum, Negro Francisco lake, and more.
Source: www.todocopiapo.cl
