48 Hours in PUNTA ARENAS, Chile | Eating CHILEAN FOOD + Touring Historic SEAFARING SHIPS
hello and greetings from punta arenas chile patagonia in today's video we're going to be taking you around the capital city of chile's southernmost region magadanes and antartica chilena that's all the way down here in this episode we'll be hopping aboard replicas of historic ships like the hms beagle and the now victoria and imagining what it would have been like to cross uncharted waters like the early explorers we'll also be showing you around some of punta arena's main attractions including its plaza this cool panoramic viewpoint and its famed necropolis and because you already know we're major foodies we'll also be taking you to a few restaurants in search of steak and seafood so let's get this video rolling good morning good afternoon good morning from punta arenas chile it is lunchtime it's lunch time we've got food on our mind in fact i think we know where we're going i think we're going to go to a steakhouse so yesterday while we were walking downtown we noticed a very famous restaurant that specializes in chilean barrigan barbecue it's called los ganaderos so that's where we're headed so that's the plan for the food portion of this video and then we're gonna head out and do some sightseeing i really want to walk along the waterfront check out the pier and we'll see what else we find along the way yeah we've been doing some research about this city and there's quite a bit to do here let's check it out well guys the food is here we were thinking the restaurant isn't very full today what's going on and it turns out we're just here early like what time is it now one o'clock people start writing at one yeah so there's been a lot more people coming in so i ordered my steak it's called alopo so i basically got a piece of steak with two fried eggs on top and it also came with french fries the stick is very good very tender and we noticed on the menu there were lots of different cuts to choose from they also had patagonian lamb but i feel like you kind of need a very big appetite for that all right so i got the beefy de chorizo and i got some potato mash that comes with onions mixed in i'm smelling some parsley in there too this looks delicious guys they call it leonesa style yeah this is one of our favorite cuts that we have when we're in argentina so i can't wait to try it here in chile and i got it done which is which is a bit juicy can't wait to try it wow that's delicious guys juicy so much flavor i mean the way it's cooked like this you don't really need to add anything you don't really need chimichurri even salt it just tastes great on its own and have some wine here cabernet sauvignon chili does a good asado the verdict isn't dessert was all sam's doing this is artwork on a plate this is a snickers torta snickers pie my goodness does it ever look decadent oh my gosh i can't wait to try this it is thick and the presentation couldn't be any more beautiful it really does taste like a snickers bar that's what i have to say and i don't want to know how many calories are in it well guys that was a very good lunch as usual we are rolling out of here feeling stuffed yeah and we still need to go sightseeing so we're going to start with a walk to kind of wake ourselves up from the food coma we like boas yeah um the price it was 55 us dollars total so yeah it's kind of pricey we can't seem to get it much lower than that it's usually 50 to 75 whenever the two of us go for food here in chile so that was two mains one glass of wine a soda water and dessert but very good that being said sam and i were discussing like what have been our most memorable meat and seafood experiences and we both agree that chile and peru are really good at seafood like they're just outstanding in that department and then argentina and uruguay really know their steak and they cannot be outdone so our food was good but we kept comparing it to argentina's steak and uruguayan steak a little bit so yeah it was tasty but i definitely feel like the seafood and chili really shines and who knows maybe they're patagonian lamb i saw a few people ordering that yeah so maybe we should have gone with that but a good meal overall and now we go sightseeing and guys another thing that has surprised us here in chile that i keep forgetting to mention is that drivers stop for pedestrians like we noticed this when we first got to puerto natales and now here too and us and anytime there's like a zebra crossing or an intersection it's like they give you priority they're not trying to run you over which is so strange having spent a few months in argentina where you really have to be on guard on high alert looking who's coming and where are they coming from because people just turn and you know drivers do as they please so that's been really nice as a pedestrian kind of like feeling a bit safer here then hopped in a taxi and traveled to the now victoria museum which is located about 15 minutes north of town this is an open air museum that sits on the shores of the strait of magellan and it's where you can see full-sized replicas of historic vessels the idea for this museum came to be when a local businessman decided to build a replica of the now victoria to celebrate chile's bicentennial well it proved to be no easy task the search for the ship's original plans took almost three years and it was then another two years to complete the whole construction but today this museum is considered one of the main draws to punta arenas we first visited the now victoria which first set sail in 1519 as part of the spanish five ship expedition led by ferdinand magellan the now victoria was the only ship to complete the voyage and in the process became the first ship to successfully circumnavigate the globe it's crazy to think that 500 years ago people would have crossed entire oceans aboard a vessel just like this one i would have been a miserable sailor in case you're curious about the captain's quarters voila here it is the bed in all its glory and simplicity i should say i mean at least i don't know there is no at least it's pretty i don't bad anything positive to say oh my gosh that must have been rough but you've got to think everyone else was probably like sleeping in hammocks yeah below decks this is this was luxury this is luxury right here in case you're interested in seeing the toilet sands a little bit tall for this the drop the new the hole are you a sweet pepper we also visited the replica of the hms beagle one of the most famous vessels in history during its first voyage the hms beagle carried out a hydrographic survey of patagonia in tierra del fuego first under the command of pringle stokes and later robert fitzroy it was during this voyage that the beagle channel was identified and named after this ship later during the beagle's second voyage a young charles darwin would travel aboard and we all know how he revolutionized science with his discoveries it's not every day that we get to walk around the replica of the hms beagle and this is a one-to-one scale so exactly the size it would have been and this is what it would have looked like on the inside perhaps a few more furnishings i mean right now we've basically got the bones but yeah nothing fancy let me tell you it's hard to imagine how people spend months at sea in one of these are we centered are we in the frame i hope so getting here let's get closer there we go we're in the frame what a great day huh it was fun it was a lot of fun i especially love the museum yeah now victoria with the ship replica oh my gosh the one to one replicas were amazing they had great information displays it was a nice big sight it was fantastic like to be able to go and see what the ships were like especially going into the bottom part yeah like you can climb down you can explore you can see what the captain's orders look like the toilet seeing like the outhouse toilets just a drop really now i will give you one little heads up for getting to this museum it's outside of the city maybe like a 10 15 minute drive not that far getting a taxi going there is very easy but then coming back is a little bit of a dilemma because when we were done and i asked the guy working like you know the the box office the admission booth i'm like would you be able to call a taxi or like you know how do we get back yeah he's like actually no i don't have any phone numbers for taxis i can't do much he's like there's a bus that comes every 30 minutes on the other side of the highway i'm like oh [ __ ] help me yeah because the first road you go when you leave the premises is not actually the highway no we just got extremely lucky that we flagged down a cab driver yeah going by yeah i just feel like it was our lucky day and it ended up driving us to the viewpoint yeah so our next stop of the day was cerro de la cruz yeah which is a lookout point here in punta arenas and you get really nice views of the whole cities rooftops like the water the ship the vantage point is incredible and you really really see the city wall from there the other thing i should mention too is that we we briefly visited the the local market as well oh yeah so while we were walking along the waterfront we also popped into the municipal market where they actually have a whole bunch of little restaurants where you can go and eat seafood and there's also an artisanal craft section so kind of a cool place to check out anyways hope you guys enjoyed this video we've got another one coming tomorrow right from here and we'll see you then morning guys today is our final day in chile these nine days have just flown by haven't they sure have doesn't feel like nine days my goodness i know but it's our final day here in punta arenas patagonia beautiful outside i mean last night we thought the roof was gonna blow off it was so windy seriously like i cannot get used to these patagonian winds it was howling like crazy out there yeah we've noticed since we've been in patagonia i mean there's days where it's not windy there's days where it's windy and i'd say like once a week we get there's just crazy winds for like a certain amount of hours where it just feels like like armageddon like like the house is gonna like collapse you know seriously so the plan for today we want to do a bit of sightseeing around the downtown area we've got the plaza the cathedral and acropolis some museums of course food chilean food as usual we're going to go in search of some tasty dishes what are you craving for food i'm already thinking about this what are you what are you craving something with seafood seafood i could totally have chilean seafood again but i'm open to trying anything i made your last day i'm probably going to try a dish that we haven't had yet that's probably that's my goal i'm kind of craving like a fish and seafood soup oh yeah with like a fish head floating you know what it's oh my gosh it's still pretty chilly here guys even though this is this is about as warm as it gets uh in this part of patagonia but i mean in the mornings it's cold so yeah i can understand that craving yeah anyways um let's bundle up and go outside let's go our first stop of the day was the cathedral of punta arenas chile patagonia and from there we crossed over to plaza de armas also known as plaza munoz gamero which is the town square here you'll find a sculpture of the famed portuguese explorer ferdinand magellan he achieved the first european navigation from the atlantic to asia and the street of magellan is named after him that's the natural passage between the atlantic and pacific oceans then it was time for lunch and we chose a restaurant specializing in seafood eventful morning so we were able to visit the cathedral yes we had a little walk around the plaza and they also had little artisanal shops set up so we did a bit of souvenir shopping for one of our friends kids we got little baby penguins which are very cute and then from there we had a whole bunch of museums we wanted to go to the first failure the naval and maritime museum and we went based off of the information on google maps like the schedule listed there and then we get there and it turns out it's not actually open today no not on a sunday not on a sunday we were not able to do that one failure number one failure number one the other one palacio sara brown that one is not only not open today but when we got there like the gates were chained up so i don't know what the deal is then we went to the one called regional museum of magellan and we got to the main entrance and there was like construction happening so it said uh you have to go like around the block the entrance is on the other street yeah so we go around and we get there and then there's another sign saying oh sorry actually we're closed for the foreseeable future because we're doing renovations so yeah we didn't we didn't just take one strike we struck out three strikes three strikes and then after all that we looked at our watches and it was 12 o'clock we were feeling hungry so we're like you know what let's just go for food now uh we came to a restaurant called la luna which is very cool like very funky lots of characters i would describe it as oozing character yeah like just check out the walls there's like little notes from people who have eaten here and they've also taken old currency like these old two peso bills from argentina no longer exist and they've written messages and they're just like plastered all over the walls photographs it's got a bodegone vibe for sure yeah and we are going for another seafood extravaganza we're going all out for seafood on the last day because chile does amazing seafood yes we actually ordered a giant platter that comes with everything like shrimp scallops i think there's going to be some calamari like everything there's like five or six yeah we'll we'll show you it all don't worry at all and i got soup my seafood soup yes well you got yourself a fancy little cocktail absolutely i'm thrilled to be trying a calafate sour yeah we've seen this on the menu once or twice and i don't know what's taking me so long to try it we love this berry the local berry the calafate berry it's got a strong blueberry tastes a lot like a blueberry and a little bit like a blackberry and then the other very interesting thing is that obviously it comes with pisco which is a great brandy so this is kind of a local twist on uh on a pisco sour and you know what they say if you have calafate berries you will return to patagonia so drink up absolutely and yes we will return to patagonia no doubt favorite place in the world oh that's really that's really good i'm gonna really enjoy this drink it's it pairs well with uh with seafood cheers oh my gosh it is here look at this thing of beauty i got my soup on the side i was really craving a seafood soup over here we've got shrimp in a spicy hot chili sauce let's see what that's all about that is spicy you got a little kick to it a delicious cake no the broth aye aye captain that is delightful that'll clear your sinuses i love spice though i'm all about this dish this one this looks a lot like what i ordered the other day at the seafood restaurant remember the the king crab yeah i think that's what it is and a cream sauce oh no no no no no no no working crap what does this call it oh these are the parmesan the other one is the king crab oh yeah right here okay these are the parmesan scallops which we also tried a few days ago they were some of my favorite things uh scallops thing of beauty over here huh wow that is so good and buttery and cheesy and the scallop just like melts in your mouth it is so soft i'm basically drinking like cream cheese and butter here if you like dairy you've got calories galore i wish we had discovered this restaurant on day one because i might have been back here every single day oh my gosh you need to come and eat at la luna comfort come for the ambi the character and the great food let's see yes i'm keeping the good times rolling we've got a cup of wine here cabernet sauvignon chile is one of the heavyweights in terms of wine in south america in fact chile you know argentina and chile are the top producers and uh this is my last chance to have a chilean wine so i am indulging enjoy salute to health and good travel fantastic man it's ah the full body cap sap you gotta like it okay so i've got three things to try here the classic ceviche calamari it looks like a buttery sauce and then of course the king crab and like a cheesy creamy sauce so i am pumped let's dig in i believe it's a salmon ceviche another we're leaving chile tomorrow ceviche is the thing i'm going to miss the most yeah ceviche and the sushi that we've tried and the seafood last but not least king crab crab cake casserole yeah and they really there's really a lot of the king crab it's not just cheese and cream it's mostly king crab at least it appears to be that one oh my that is the that is the king of the altar the king of the dishes the king crabs the cake whoa that is next level tender super buttery super cheesy super super tasty i mean overall this is amazing i've only tried half version we're gonna just be digging in and sharing this whole thing so we are now visiting the cemetery of arenas which is actually one of the main tourist attractions in the city you could compare it to the cemetery of recoleta which is very well known in buenos aires and lots of people visit but personally it kind of reminds me a bit more of the chakarita cemetery that we also visited in buenos aires i'll say it's more green and spacious it's almost like cemetery meets park to be perfect yeah beautiful gardens i mean like look at that just look at this you feel like i feel like we're walking towards the palace and this is no disrespect to anyone who's passed away and he's been buried here but it's just it's a very beautiful sight as well it really is i can see why tourists visit because it's always kind of strange when people want to go to cemeteries but like some of them are just outstanding quite special they're very beautiful here oh there we are we're rolling several hours later it's a great afternoon we we actually did a lot in just a few hours i'm quite surprised how much we were able to do and that cemetery is very impressive yeah that was the final thing we did before we took a cab ride back here and i feel like i need to rave about the food a little bit more because in case you couldn't tell lunch was amazing totally amazing wow wow wow yeah if we had one more date i'd probably go back and just get the exact same same thing literally yeah because you're basically getting to try five of their like signature dishes at this restaurant but kind of like little sampler sizes yeah and it was so good and the the best part of all this is the most affordable meal we had in the city yes 50 us dollars total total total total yeah so like that tray yeah plus we had dessert yeah we had two we had two drinks so i had a cocktail and wine and the bread basket and all that food and the dessert great value yeah i mean for chili it is more expensive here but uh man that was good they just do seafood so well in chile it's uh it's a whole new level and unfortunately this is this is it for us here in chile that's the end the time went so quickly we loved seeing the patagonia inside of chile in the past we've also traveled to other places we've been to santiago and valparaiso and san pedro de atacama atacama i should say eureka as well easter island yeah so tomorrow we are going to spend the whole day traveling down to ushuaia apparently it's an 11 and a half hour bus ride including immigration that we have to do the border crossing very border crossing and yeah just a lot of driving long day so it's going to be a very long day but it is the destination we wanted to end off with and so we are so excited and so we hope you'll stay tuned because we're actually going to be in ushuaia longer than any other destination on this trip yes we've got 12 nights there and so we're just we're going to be filming like crazy and we just can't wait to get there so hopefully we'll see you there and thanks so much for watching you
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