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La Serena, Chile

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Visit Tranquil La Serena

 

La Serena city is located 292 miles north of Santiago. The temperature average is 22° C. in Summer and 14° C in Winter and the average rainfall is 100 millimeters per year.

The best time to visit La Serena for peace and tranquility is in March and April, when prices drop and the weather cools a bit.

(This lens is for my friend, Marina)

Chile is the third most popular South American destination 

See chapters 5 and 6. LA SERENA & THE ELQUI VALLEY Aside from tiny villages in the Atacama Desert, La Serena is the only town in Chile that still lives and breathes the colo- nial Spanish heritage. .

Frommer's Chile & Easter Island, 1st Edition (Frommer's Complete)

Amazon Price: $15.63 (as of 10/07/2008)

Chile is one of the most stable South American countries and appeals to a variety of vacationers with romantic beach holidays, wine-focused vacations, snow sport options, alpine attractions, and desert tours.

A Celebration of Authentic Chilean Foods and Wines 

Tasting Chile: A Celebration of Authentic Chilean Foods and Wines (Hippocrene Cookbook Library)

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 10/07/2008)

Tasting Chile is a comprehensive guide to the culinary treasures of this South American nation. More than 2,500 miles of coastline yield a diverse selection of fish preparations. Fertile valleys produce a wide range of fruits and vegetables, and have spawned a booming wine industry. This book presents Chilean cuisine along with cultural information, a chapter on Chilean wines, and a Spanish-English dictionary of Chilean fish and shellfish.

I Love La Serena Long Sleeve T-shirt 

I Love La Serena Long Sleeve T-shirt

Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)

I Love La Serena T-shirt 

I Love La Serena T-shirt

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Text on T-shirt: La Serena. Our standard t-shirts are made of 100% cotton and preshrunk

New La Serena Link List 

La Serena Villas
Awaken your senses with its enchanting mountains and ocean-front views. Beautiful by nature, La Serena Villas offer a great diversity of attractions and activities within a gated community
Chile Hotels, Tours, Trips, Car Rental
Lots of useful information about La Serena. Probably the most luxurious hotel in the vicinity, located on the main beach of La Serena and a short ride by taxi to downtown.
La Serena Garden of the Heart
Koroko No Niwa - Japanese architect Akira Ohira designed the 2.6-hectare (6 1/2-acre) grounds in honor of La Serena's 450th anniversary.

La Serena is one of Chile's oldest cities 

La Serena is known for it's abundant beaches that stretch for hundreds of kilometers north and south and the city is also the gateway to the beautiful Elqui valley.

Near La Serena in the springtime you may see one of these beautiful wildflowers called Ananucas:

Ananucas (Desierto Florido-Chile)

Huillis en La Serena (Chile)
-garden.webshots.com/pHuillis en La Serena (Chile)

Elqui Valley 

Mountains, Stream and Vineyards, Elqui Valley, Chile, South America Photographic Poster Print by Mark Chivers, 40x30

Amazon Price: $69.99 (as of 10/07/2008)

# Print Title: Mountains, Stream and Vineyards, Elqui Valley, Chile, South America
# Artist: Mark Chivers
# Size: 40 x 30 inches

Cacti in Flower, Elqui Valley, Chile 

Cacti in Flower, Elqui Valley, Chile, South America Subject Photographic Poster Print by Mark Chivers, 30x40

Amazon Price: $69.99 (as of 10/07/2008)

* Photographic Print Title: Cacti in Flower, Elqui Valley, Chile, South America
* Artist: Mark Chivers
* Size: 30 x 40 inches

La Serena 

La Serena Villas

Awaken your senses with the enchanting mountains and ocean-front views of La Serena, Chile. Beautiful by nature, La Serena Villas offer a great diversity of attractions and activities within a gated community. Encompassing one of South America's premiere Links Golf Courses, exquisite cuisine and renowned vineyards, it has a lifestyle beyond words.

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Birds of Chile 

Birds of Chile (Princeton Field Guides)

Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 10/07/2008)

This is the essential new field guide to the birds of Chile. Representing a great diversity of habitats, from the Andes in the north down to the tundra and sub-Antarctic rainforest of Tierra del Fuego in the far south, Chile is the breeding ground or temporary abode of 473 known species including 9 found nowhere else in the world.

Torrent Duck 

The Torrent Duck lives in the fast-flowing mountain rivers of the temperate and subtropical vegetation zones along the Andes range. The narrow range of the Torrent Duck encompasses the entire 5,000 miles of the Andean chain - from the cordilleras of northwestern Venezuela in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the extreme south. The Global Waterfowl Conservation and Management Plan lists the Torrent Duck as Seriously Endangered.






 
Chilean Torrent Ducks



Chilean Torrent Ducks Giclee Print

Gronvold, Henrick

16 in. x 12 in.

Buy at AllPosters.com


CHILEAN SANDWICH COOKIES (CHILENITOS) 

Marina told me that her sister, who lives in La Serena, makes these cookies and they are very good.
CHILEAN SANDWICH COOKIES (CHILENITOS)
This recipe makes about 16 sandwich cookies and also a recipe for Dulce de Leche for the filling.

Thank you for visiting 

BigJim

Thanks for joining the Squidoo City Guide.

Posted July 16, 2008

NAIZA

Wow! I never thought that this is how exciting it is to be in Chile. It should be in the list of countries I want to visit someday! Hahaha

Posted June 26, 2008

Irenemaria

La Serena - soy Maria Amoroso vive en Fuerteventura quatro anos. Hasta la vista! Me Espanol est mal....

Posted June 12, 2008

DVD - Danzas de Chile Chilean Dances 

Danzas de Chile Chilean Dances

Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 10/07/2008)

Chilean Dances introduce us to a fast vision of some of the most popular and typical Chilean dances: from the Atacama desert in the north to the green of the south plus exotic Easter Island. We will also enjoy beatiful views of the locations in which these traditional dances were created.

Chilean Dance 

Chilean Dance

This was performed for the IMB missionaries at the AGM in Chile Jan 2008

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