A highly recommended walk through the upper sections of the
Pleasant Hill National Historic District, winding along the
elegant German Avenue to Bismark Square, and down Cumming Street
to the old prison, now an active cultural center.
Degree of Difficulty: Strenuous,
especially the first stretch from the Queen Victoria
Elevator up to Avenida Alemania. The rest is flat
or downhill.
How to Get Here: Leave your car
in the underground parking at Lord Cochrane Square
(Regional Government Building) and walk 3 blocks
up through the Plazuela Anibal Pinto up Cummings
Street to the Queen Victoria Funicular. Any bus
outside the bus station will take you here as well.
Get off at Bellavista Street in front of the Lider
Supermarket. From there, walk the same 3 blocks
across the plaza, through the Plazuela Anibal Pinto,
and up Cumming Street to the Queen Victoria elevator.
Tourist Infrastructure: There
are some small stores and galleries on Almirante
Montt Street, parallel to Capilla, at the beginning
of your walk, but you will be hard pressed to find
clean public bathrooms, so start with your tank
on empty.