Day 1 - Eastern Colchagua Valley
You will be met at your hotel at 8:00AM by your bike tour guide to begin your next adventure! After an hour and a half drive to the south of Santiago we will begin in the high eastern sector of the Colchagua valley. Putting the Andes mountains to our back we will make a gentle downhill ride toward San Fernando. Traveling over back roads we'll make a stop for a winery picnic. From here we will continue through the valleys small towns before finishing in the quaint town of Santa Cruz. Meals: B,L
Hotel: Santa Cruz Plaza
Day 2 - Exploring the Colchagua Valley from Santa Cruz to Marchihue
Leaving from Santa Cruz we will ride mostly flat roads today. Heading west you can make an early stop at the Estampa winery for a tasting or check out the restored Hacienda El Huique museum. A stroll through the sprawling 20.000 foot adobe mansion will take you back to Chilean colonial times. Continuing through the town of Peralillo we will arrive at Los Vascos the Chilean estate of Domains Barons de Rothschild (Lafite). Following the winery visit we will have a typical Chilean lunch in the town of Poblacion just fifteen minutes down the road. We will arrive in the afternoon to the Residencia Historica a fabulous country house, that dates back to the 18th century and has been transformed into a wonderful boutique hotel. Meals: B,L
Hotel: Residencia Historica
Day 3 - Return to Santiago
We will depart from the hotel at approximately 3pm. This will give us some time to make some short rides to a vineyard, a local dairy farm for some cheese tasting or just relax and enjoy their pool.
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