(photo credit: Carlos Varela)
This narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, is awesomely diverse and best of all – it’s very affordable. In one day, you can go from skiing in the mountains, to sweating it out in the world’s driest desert, touring graffiti murals in quaint cultural towns along the Pacific, to hiking around Alpine fjords. But most importantly, you can get delicious bottles red wine (my fave is the Carmenere, a full-bodied grape) for a $5 price tag.
