This provided Copiapo with several firsts: South America's first railroad (completed in 1852 to the port of Caldera), Chile's first telegraph and telephone lines, and the first gas works. Copiapo is 800km north of Santiago and 565km south of Antofagasta.

Top Attractions

Museo Mineralogico
lglesia Catedral
Palacete Vina de Cristo
Locomotive

Places to Stay

Hotel Montecatini I - Infante 766 Copiapo Chile
Hotel Diego de Almeida - Bernardo O'Higgins 656 Copiapo - Chile
Residencial Benbow
y Residencial Rodriguez Hotel
Residencial Nueva Chanarcillo
Residencial Chanarcillo
Anexo Residencial Chanarcillo
Residencial Rocio Hotel
Hotel Montecatini