Cuidad de Arica

City of Arica.......an oasis in the desert

The City of Eternal Spring due to its year round moderate climate - but as the rest of the world seemingly heats up, the Arica dwellers have actually experienced the cold - down to 9 degrees this past...

Where the sea meets the desert

Standing on the top of El Torro summit you get views of the city of Arica with lovely blue and calm sea views on one side and moonscape, arid desert on the other. At the centre of the town is the pre...

Pretty Town Center

This is the center of town and it is pretty with a square and a lovely church. You will want to come here to start.

Relaxing, pretty desert/ocean city

How can the desert suddenly end and the ocean begin? I don't know, but that's how it is in Arica, and it makes for stark, interesting, beautiful landscape. The city center itself is pretty chill, thou...

Glorious Arica.

An oasis compared to Bolivia and Peru. I could have stayed here 3 weeks; the standard and quality of life is what we would expect from a European country; so well done CHILE!