I’m Fran, a Chilean travel journalist and blogger.
This blog has taken me to travel, give talks about Digital Transformation, work in marketing and write for the Official Tourist Promotion of Chile.
→ I have been in the blogosphere since 1997. In this travel blog I tell you about my trips around the world.
→ I am the founder of ACHILETB, the Association of Chilean Travel Blogs, the first group of travel bloggers in Chile.
If you want to know more about me, click on this link.
Learn all about the ETIAS EU visa waiver, the travel permit that you must process to enter Europe. Starting from 2021, all non-EU citizens that don’t need a Schengen visa will have to apply for Read more…
Traveling to Chile? Congratulations, you won’t be disappointed. In this article, I will help you with some handy tips to plan your trip to Chile. What to do, when to come and good reasons that instead Read more…
How to travel from Santiago to Valparaiso You have three options to travel from from Santiago to Valparaiso: by car, bus and private tours. In both cases you will take less than two hours and you Read more…
I wrote this guide of best things to do in Valparaiso based on the more than 30 times I have visited the city. Located just an hour and a half from Santiago de Chile by car Read more…
Best things to do in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile You can read this in Spanish: Qué hacer en San Pedro de Atacama y alrededores: los imperdibles del desierto Visiting the desert and deciding between Read more…
On December 5, I arrived in Cancun after a long flight via Mexico City from Chile. My mission? Get to know the new Iberostar Cancun Star Prestige, inaugurated on November 15, 2018. On the one Read more…
For most travelers, the Peruvian capital is a stopover on their way to Machu Picchu or to other regions of the country. However, it can also be a destination for a long weekend getaway. Therefore, for this Read more…
Chile was chosen South America’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination 2018. In addition, Valparaiso and the Atacama Desert obtained recognition. South America’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination 2018 Chile was chosen for the fourth consecutive year as the Read more…
To get from Lima airport to Miraflores there are several options, some better than others. This is the most touristic neighborhood of the Peruvian capital and where most visitors stay, so I used it as Read more…
New requirements to visit Easter Island starting in 2018 Since August 2018, there are new requirements to travel to Easter Island. This measure seeks to limit the number of people who enter Easter Island with Read more…
In this post, I will tell in detail everything about safety in San Pedro de Atacama and how I got robbed. Also, this was my first (and disastrous) experience with Worldpackers. Everything happened between December Read more…
This tour I’m about to describe should be considered by those persons that are planning to visit Santiago. Going up to the Sky Costanera building is an excellent choice for foreigners visiting Chile and this Read more…
Every time I travel, I write down basic phrases to know in the language of the country I’m visiting, useful words or phrases that I believe are essential for every traveler. Obviously, 8 basic phrases are not Read more…
The flight from Santiago, the capital of Chile, to Temuco, in the region of La Araucanía, lasted a bit more than an hour. We were three journalists with a mission: spend three days and two Read more…
One of the biggest concerns of people when traveling to countries where they do not speak their language is to be able to communicate. Maybe you remember that t-shirt that got crazy famous a few months Read more…