Location: Valdivia
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What to do and see in Valdivia, Los Rios Region: The Best Sights & Landmarks
Valdivia (Spanish pronunciation: [balˈdiβja]) is a city and commune in southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia, and Cau-Cau Rivers, approximately 15 km (9 mi) east of the coastal towns of Corral and Niebla. Since October 2007, Valdivia has been the capital of Los Ríos Region and is also the capital of Valdivia Province. The national census of 2002 recorded the commune of Valdivia as having 140,559 inhabitants (Valdivianos), of whom 127,750 were living in the city. The main economic activities of Valdivia include tourism, wood pulp manufacturing, forestry, metallurgy, and beer production. The city is also the home of the Austral University of Chile, founded in 1954 and the Centro de Estudios Científicos.
Restaurants in Valdivia
1. El Gran Abuelo
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
2. Meson de la Sidra
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
3. Mercado Fluvial de Valdivia
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4.5 based on 1,451 reviews
Reviewed By 490theos - Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
A very colourful market with lots of vegetables and fish on sale that I have never seen before.Detritus is thrown to the lions(of the sea variety) who luxuriate on adjacent pontoons.
