{"id":828,"date":"2019-09-30T10:53:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T10:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anubhavvacations.in\/blog\/?p=828"},"modified":"2019-09-30T12:09:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T12:09:49","slug":"puerto-varas-in-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anubhavvacations.in\/blog\/puerto-varas-in-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Varas in Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes a town is so small that everybody knows everyone but also large enough to get lost and not be found. A town can be located on banks of a lake with two volcanoes looking over it, and yet the streets and walking on them can make one forget the towering snow-covered cones. Patagonia starts from this town and goes all the way south, to the tip of the world, Cape Horn. For me though not just Patagonia, but Chile starts here. Here in Puerto Varas.<\/p>\n

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Puerto Varas street Cafes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The region del Lagos translates to the region of the lakes and is not just a geographical region but a whole state of Chile. The Germans came here in the late 19th century and settled. My guide says they contaminated the locals. The Germans contaminated them with the work ethic that they got along from Europe. In 10 years the region was changed from being a loose settlement of countryfolk to being Chile’s first industrial hub. This back in the early 1900s. No wonder, as we enter the town on a road running parallel to the lake Llanquehue, the very first building that you see is the German school adorned in in its national colors. Puerto Varas feels like Bavaria decided to come to the South Pacific.<\/p>\n

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