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Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas is the regional capital of the Magallanes y Antártica Region, in Chilean Patagonia, one of the southernmost cities in the world. It's the largest city in Chilean Patagonia, and has developed into a tourist center in far southern America rivaling Ushuaia in Argentina. Wikivoyage

Population 123,403 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Chile

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Chile

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Punta Arenas. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Winter carnival

    February – March

    Carnival is celebrated here during the Austral winter (in July), with parades, music, and colorful costumes

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Punta Arenas); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 1 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.