Travel Reference
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Drinking & Nightlife
La Taberna
(see 2)
Sights & Activities
Museo Regional de Magallanes
MUSEUM
(Museo Regional Braun-Menéndez; 244216;
www.museodemagallanes.cl
; Magallanes 949; ad-
mission CH$1000; 10:30am-5pm Wed-Mon, closes at 2pm May-Dec)
This opulent mansion
testifies to the wealth and power of pioneer sheep farmers in the late 19th century. The
well-maintained interior houses a regional historical museum (ask for booklets in Eng-
lish) and original exquisite French-nouveau family furnishings, from intricate wooden in-
laid floors to Chinese vases.
In former servants' quarters, a downstairs cafe is perfect for a pisco sour while soaking
up the grandeur.
Plaza Muñoz Gamero
PLAZA
A central plaza of magnificent conifers surrounded by opulent mansions. Facing the
plaza's north side, Casa Braun-Menéndez houses the private
Club de la Unión
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
( 241489; admission CH$1000; 10:30am-1pm &
5-8:30pm Tue-Fri, 10:30am-1pm & 8-10pm Sat, 11am-2pm Sun)
; the tavern, La Taberna, down-
stairs is open to the public. The nearby
monument
commemorating the 400th an-
niversary of Magellan's voyage was donated by wool baron José Menéndez in 1920.
GOOGLE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
sits west.
Cementerio Municipal
CEMETERY
(main entrance at Av Bulnes 949; 7:30am-8pm)
Among South America's most fas-
cinating cemeteries, with both humble immigrant graves and flashy tombs, like that of
wool baron José Menéndez, which Bruce Chatwin described as a scale replica of Rome's
Vittorio Emanuele monument. See the map inside the main entrance gate.
