Iquique City Tour
Price: From 19 US$, per person
Duration: 3.5 hours
For a great overview of this once industrial city, Iquique, you can't go past this tour. Visit the historic clock tower in Plaza Prat, the Regional Museum which features displays of ancient Cinchorro mummies and Astoreca Palace. Complete your tour with a visit to the duty free zone (zona franca) for some retail therapy!

This orientation tour of Iquique starts with a visit to the historic Spanish Casino (1904) built in the Moorish style and with attractive interior decoration. On returning to the Plaza Prat you will visit the Clock Tower (1877) and the Municipal Theater (1889).

Walking along Baquedano street view the former residences of the families who made their money from the nitrate boom with their Greek Revival and Georgian architecture. A few blocks from the Plaza Prat is the Regional Museum which has an interesting archeological display including some mummies from the Chinchorro culture.

Visit the Astoreca Palace, an important residence built in 1904. Today it is a Cultural Center managed by the Arturo Prat University. Continue to the Naval Museum which has a display of objects, models and maps which describe the important Naval Battle of Iquique. Also visit the fishing wharf with the brightly colored boats and lively dockside.

The tour finishes on the outskirts of town passing through the duty free zone (ZOFRI) with a visit to the monument dedicated to the sailors who died in the Naval Battle of Iquique. Return to the hotel.