Chile Guide
The Central Valley
Chillán
Lively CHILLÁN is famous throughout Chile as the birthplace of Bernardo O'Higgins, the founding father of the republic. Unlike most of the towns staggered down the highway, it is, moreover, a place worth visiting in its own right – principally for its vast handicrafts market and fascinating Mexican murals – and not just as a staging post to arrange transport to neighbouring attractions.