"MAGNETIC FIELDS ACROSS THE HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL DIAGRAM"

JANUARY 15 - 19, 2001- SANTIAGO, CHILE

TOUR INFORMATION FOR ACCOMPANYING GUESTS

1. Walking Santiago Tour: link to map

Downtown colonial Santiago is not very big, you can get around its most important landmarks on a walking tour. Start by attending the guard change at 12:00 hrs at (1) La Moneda (Presidential Palace), then visit the extraordinary (2) Museo de Arte Precolombino, take a look at the (3) ex-Congreso Nacional Building. The (4) Plaza de Armas, is a good place to sit and enjoy the rich colonial architecture surrounding you: (5) Catedral; (6) Portal Fernández Concha; (7) Correo, (8) Museo de Historia Nacional and the (9) Palacio Consistorial.

Continue walking east towards the colonial art nouveau building of the (10) Mercado Central, where you might wish to try some of the delectable and divers seafood brought from the cold Pacific Ocean. Continue towards the (11)Estación Mapocho and on your way back walk along the river Mapocho and enjoy the cool avenue on (12) Parque Forestal. You can then take Mac Iver street and visit the (13)Manso de Velasco Palace, continue walking towards the magnificent (14) Museo de

Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Museum) which holds some of Chile´s most important artists. After you exit the Museum, walk towards the (15) Cerro Santa Lucía, take pleasure from its diverse autochthonous vegetation. Pedro de Valdivia, founded Santiago in 1541 on this hilltop. On the main downtown avenue, get a glimpse of (16) Iglesia San Francisco, the (17) Biblioteca Nacional and the (18) Teatro Municipal a true colonial architectural gem. Santiago has an excellent and safe Metro system (although still limited in coverage) which you should attempt to use as often as possible.

2. Santiago by bus with visits to main monuments : US$25 per person (3 hours)

3. Excursion to Viña del Mar and Valparaíso: US$48 per person (all day/includes lunch)

4. Excursion to Isla Negra and Pomaire: US$45 per person (all day/does not include lunch)

Chilean Pablo Neruda and 1971 Nobel Prize Winner in Literature is the highlight of the visit to Isla Negra. Neruda, was born in 1904 in the town of Parral and originally given the name Neftali Reyes. At just twenty years of age he published his first works entitled "Twenty Poems of Love and One Desperate Song." It was after this first success that he began to use the name Pablo Neruda. Pablo Neruda's favorite home, however, was the one he built at Isla Negra, a site which he purchased in 1939. Neruda was enchanted by the sea, and he often dreamed of being the captain of a great ship on the ocean. His home at Isla Negra was constructed to remind him of the sea; even the outer stone patio facing the beach took on the shape of the bow of a ship.

As one stands there and looks out at the sea, it almost seems as though the entire house could somehow set sail. Even in Neruda's bedroom, along side his bed, was a nautical telescope which he kept within reach so he could sit up and look out over the ocean to guide his ship at any time of the day or night. He was a self-proclaimed "admirer of things," and the objects he admired from the various corners of the earth, sea shells, bottles, miniature boats, masks, even shoes, fill every corner of the house. Afterwards, enjoy the artistic town of Pomaire, a small town of artisans where black clay ornaments, plates and other local craftmanship is developed.

These excursions and several others are made available to you through Carlson Wagon Lit Travel Agency, if you have any questions or would like to reserve a tour, please send an email to:

Blanca Castillo at magtour@eso.org