Talk:Chile

Formatting and language conventions For articles about Chile, please use the 24-hour clock to show times, e.g. 09:00-12:00 and 18:00-00:00. Please show prices in this format: 100 pesos, and not CLP$100, CLP 100 or $100. Although "$" is commonly used to denote pesos, Wikivoyage uses this notation for clarity because prices in tourist areas are sometimes listed in US$. Please use American spelling. Telephone numbers are formatted as: +56 XXX XXX XXX.

General

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The apparent mispeeling "Antartica" occurs in a Spanish phrase. Is it correct? -(WT-en) phma

"Antartica" is correct in Spanish. See for an example.

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Pisco sour is peruvian. There was a sentence wich said:"....pisco sour (the national drink)". That's a fake. Anyway, if you don't believe me. Please go to www.es.wikipedia.org and you'll sea. Please don't confuse people. Pisco sour is PERUVIAN.

Actually, I believe there is a version of pisco sour for both Peru and Chile, both being slightly different. This came from a a resident of Santiago. Also, Wiki even makes a mention of this (very clearly): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisco_sour

In reality, the term "Pisco" was internationally trade-marked by Chile, so legally pisco is chilean. It is also made in Peru, but they don´t own the patent. There is no need to type in CAPS, when the law is on your side! —The preceding comment was added by (WT-en) 200.126.125.66 (talk • contribs)

Pisco is Chilean by trademark, Pisco Sour is a Peruvian cocktail, in which pisco is one ingredient. Please sign your posts, so it's clear who is writing what. --(WT-en) Peter ^Talk 00:38, 26 July 2009 (EDT)

Cities and Other Destinations

Help! I have almost finished a regional map for Chile. The geography makes this an incredibly tough map to get right. There is barely enough space to show roads, let alone place names. Can somebody who knows Chile (that certainly is not me) weed down the mass of cities and other destinations listed in the article to a sensible list of a maximum 9 of each please. I will then try to show all of them on the map. To get the ball rolling, it would seem to me these are must haves:

• Cities:
• Santiago
• Concepcion
• Puenta Arenas
• Antofagasta
• Valparaiso
• Arica
• Puerto Montt

• Other Destinations:
• Easter Island
• Torres del Paine National Park
• Villarrica

--(WT-en) Burmesedays 03:56, 16 January 2010 (EST)

I have uploaded the map. Once there is a sensible list of cities and other destinations I will add them all. I hope we have a Wikivoyager who knows Chile well to help with this. The article has clearly been very unloved. Did not even have an undersand section. --(WT-en) Burmesedays 10:05, 16 January 2010 (EST)

Who deleted Temuco from the city's list?

I don't understand why Temuco doesn't deserve to be in the list if it is one of the most important Chilean cities. Moreover, the city has an important history and it is the threshold to awesome places.

It can be in the cities list, as long as there are no more than 9 places listed :-) Globe-trotter (talk) 01:50, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Earthquake at sea, tsunami, evacuation

M8.2 - 95km NW of Iquique, Chile. Do we need a warning in the article? Pashley (talk) 13:17, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

The tsunami advisory has been cancelled. I believe the danger is past unless things something else hits. Texugo (talk) 17:50, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Unknown currency notation

I wonder why we came up with "CLP$" as currency notation for Chile. Actually, no one around here uses this. Everything is priced with just "$" ... of course meaning pesos - "$3,000". And when spoken, they just say "pesos".

Should we therefore maybe move from "CLP$300" to "300 pesos" to have travellers not burdened with a weird notation that can nowhere be found?

Cheers, Ceever (talk) 00:03, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

I assume it was done to provide clarity between US$ and Chilean $. I assume that as in other places in South America, tourists will encounter some prices in US$ (tours, expensive hotels), so disambiguation makes sense. Using "pesos" works as well, and may be clearer than using a made-up symbol like CLP$. Ground Zero (talk) 02:42, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

It is the ISO code for the currency, so is method to distinguish. How about {{CLS|300}} giving 300 pesos? --Traveler100 (talk) 06:56, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hiking trail

Seen in another guide: Chile Opens 1,700-Mile Hiking Trail Connecting 17 National Parks Pashley (talk) 14:49, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Chile’s new Route of the Parks in Patagonia is the most beautiful road in the world Pashley (talk) 04:09, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

12-hour or 24-hour clock?

Which is more commonly used? Ground Zero (talk) 18:16, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

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• Valdivia en Imágenes.jpg

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Covid and Santiago protests

The warning box is still about the date hike protests. I assume, Covid has by now overtaken them. Can someone edit accordingly, please? Hobbitschuster (talk) 09:49, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

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It seems the image is uploaded by somebody who just found the image. I suppose we can get another similar image. –LPfi (talk) 08:47, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Yep. Not too hard. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | en.wikipedia) 09:09, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Sleep - VAT outdated?

Showing the receipt I received on entry of the country, I was exempted from the 19% VAT at my last hostel, even though I payed in pesos. This is also mentioned in the Get In section. Can anyone confirm, that the dependency of payment with foreign currency is outdated?

I'll also consult my host, if I again stay some place. Carroll D. (talk) 16:44, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

BUMP! Does somebody know anything more? –LPfi (talk) 09:50, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Memorising textual traffic signs

Chile#Road signs and markings says:

"If you cannot read or speak Spanish, you must take the time to memorize the meaning of the most common signs and markings"

How do you do that? How do you know what such signs there are and which are most important?

Getting a grasp of local traffic signs before driving should be obvious, but a list of the most important traffic sign texts (not necessarily the most common ones) would be very useful. Do we have some such list to point to? I think we at least should have an infobox on the important ones , i.e. those that you should understand to avoid dangerous situations or where you cannot just be especially careful instead of following the specific instructions.

–LPfi (talk) 06:52, 15 February 2024 (UTC)