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  La Serena and Santiago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Arrival at La Serena was uneventful except that the coastal fog had moved in and we had to narrowly fly between the clouds and some low hills to come in VFR avoiding the instrument approach.
La Serena is a very pretty coastal town with 20 miles of pristine sandy beaches lined with modern hotels, condos - looks a lot like Hawaii.
Departing La Serena's La Florida airport was uneventful except the control person did not have a copy of the overflight/landing notification which we had fortunately kept in the plane.
members.aol.com /gsdeeter/LA_SERENA_AND_SANTIAGO.HTM   (886 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - La Serena, South America (South American Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
A commercial and agricultural center in a region of orchards and vineyards, it is a popular resort.
La Serena was founded in 1543, destroyed by indigenous peoples in 1549, and sacked by the English in 1680.
Often damaged by earthquakes, La Serena is a city of Old World charm, noted for its cathedral, fine buildings, and gardens.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LaSerena.html   (212 words)

  
 La Serena, Chile, Pictures
La Serena, capital and largest city of Coquimbo Province in northern Chile, situated 13 km (8 mi) northeast of the port of Coquimbo and 400 km (250 mi) northwest of the Chilean capital of Santiago.
La Serena was one of the locations in which the Chilean Declaration of Independence was issued on February 12, 1818.
In recent years La Serena has emerged as one of the premier beach resorts of Chile.
www.greatestcities.com /South_America/Chile/La_Serena_city.html   (181 words)

  
 Travel in La Serena - Chile - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
La Serena, the second oldest city in Chile, is the capital of the Fourth Region.
From La Serena, one can journey through the Elqui River valley to visit the city of Vicuρa with its parochial church, the Bauer Tower which houses the Municipal offices, and the Solar de Madariaga museum home as well as the museum dedicated to Chile’s Nobel Laureate poet, Gabriela Mistral.
La Serena has several recreation to areas, a gambling casino, hotels and first class restaurants.
www.americatravelling.net /chile/la_serena/la_serena_culture.htm   (444 words)

  
 APEC Chile 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
La Serena is Chile’s second oldest city and is the main urban center of the so-called Small North region.
Another factor has been the increase in the student population as result of the new universities that have settled in La Serena, along with the recognized quality of life that La Serena boasts.
Winter (June, July and August), temperatures drop to a minimum of 7°C and a maximum of 15°C. The rain levels are low and the yearly average is 18mm.
www.apec2004.cl /index.asp?CatID=17&SubCatId=23&idioma=ing   (301 words)

  
 Chile Articles La Serena: Beaches of IV Region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Located 5 minutes from downtown La Serena, Avenida del Mar whose beaches go from the Monumental Lighthouse to Canto del Agua Beach, makes one of the most attractive sightseens in town, counting with lots of tourist services as apart hotels, campings, pubs and discos, restaurants, motels, kids' playground and modern residential buildings.
In the limit between La Serena and Coquimbo is located Peñuelas, actually a fishermen cove.
Very popular between the citizens of la Serena and Coquimbo and very low priced, it is recommended mostly on weekends to plan an early lunch to avoid waiting time for free tables.
www.gochile.cl /html/Serena/serena.asp   (995 words)

  
 Spanish courses in La Serena - Chile: Spanish school La Serena School in La Serena   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
La Serena School is a language school which teaches the Spanish language and its culture to foreigners.
La Serena School is located in the old city center, just one block away from the Plaza de Armas which forms the heart of the city.
The IVth Region of Chile, of which La Serena is the capital, is famous for its exceptionally clear and pure blue skies considered among the best in the world for carrying out astronomical obsevation.
www.spanishcourses.info /spanish/laserenaschool_463_EN.asp   (993 words)

  
 Chile 2003
In June, 2003 I was given the opportunity to travel to La Serena, Chile to get first-hand experience with observational astronomy using the 1.5m and 4m telescopes at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO).
Since my flight onwards to La Serena (the coastal Chilean city nearest to the Observatory, click here for a map) wasn't until the next morning, I spent the evening walking around seeing the sights, and spent the night at the Observatory Guesthouse.
Chile may look like a thin country on the map, but it wasn't until I was standing on the mountaintop at the Observatory that I realized that I could see across the entire country from the Argentinian border to the Pacific Ocean!
www.astro.caltech.edu /~drlaw/mead.html   (1343 words)

  
 La Serena, Chile Hotel Information, Rate Comparison: Direct Prices, Discounters, Consolidators (LSC/all)
1000, la serena resort is located in front of the beach in avenina del mar and only 5 minutes from the civic and commercial area of the city.
Apart Hotel La Fuente @ Avenida del Mar 5665, LA SERENA apart hotel la fuente is a group of very comfortables apartments that are located in av.
del Mar 900, LA SERENA built in 1991, the rooms of this tourist resort have been fully and luxuriously decorated, keeping an original style of decoration and structure, that can be appreciated in the cottages and the hotel building.
www.hotels-shopper.com /CL/LSC.html   (391 words)

  
 Chile 2000: La Serena and Santiago
La Serena Recinto-- Well, today is the day I find out how Amy travels.
La Moneda, the presidential palace, was quite impressive and bedecked with lots of extremely spiffy-looking soldiers in green and white dress uniforms complete with swords.
Saw half the population out and about in the pedestrian malls and had a highly greasy lunch of pizza (for her) and escallopa papas fritas (for me) which turned out to be fries covered in a batter fried, very thin steak.
casa.colorado.edu /~danforth/photos/chile/index3.html   (1474 words)

  
 CLIA - Cruise Line International Association
La Serena, or The Serene, is a town where everything feels slowed down.
La Serena is a city in touch with its past, as the archeological museum and religious art museum highlight.
All destination content is property of The Destination Group Digital LLC www.dgrp.com and also provided under copyright license.
www.cruising.org /planyourcruise/wwdest/overview.cfm?recordID=159   (245 words)

  
 Spotlight on Chile: La Serena   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
La Serena, located about an hour's flight north of Santiago, is really a city of two personalities.
During the winter months, La Serena has a very relaxed, almost quiet personality, and the temperature remains quite moderate.
From what I was told by La Serena natives, however, during the summer months the city is quite different.
mywebpages.comcast.net /dchappell/chile/serena.htm   (145 words)

  
 SERENA, or LA SERENA - Online Information article about SERENA, or LA SERENA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
SERENA, or LA SERENA - Online Information article about SERENA, or LA SERENA
CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin, cold, or tchili, snow)
Serena was founded by Juan Bohon in 1544, on the opposite See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /SCY_SHA/SERENA_or_LA_SERENA.html   (334 words)

  
 Hotel Francisco de Aguirre in La Serena, Chile Signs Franchise Agreement with Choice Atlantica Hotels / April 1999
Located in downtown La Serena, close to the city’s commercial and financial center as well as parks and beaches, the hotel offers an outdoor pool, sauna, business support services, full-service restaurant and lounge and four meeting rooms.
La Serena is a coastal city 45 minutes by air north of Santiago with a diverse industrial base and wide range of recreational offerings.
Francisco de AguirreHotel is located right in the middle of La Serena, a few steps from the Plaza de Armas and of La Recova, the traditional handicrafts sales center of the city.
www.hotel-online.com /News/PressReleases1999_2nd/Apr99_Serena.html   (445 words)

  
 Summer Study Abroad Chile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Located on the Pacific Coast in central Chile, La Serena is about 300 miles north of Santiago and has a population of almost 200,000 people.
The University of La Serena’s main campus is perched on the cliffs overlooking the magnificent Pacific Ocean.
Courses in the 2006 La Serena Study Abroad Program are part of the regular offerings of member institutions; therefore, students may apply for loans or grants for which they would normally be eligible.
www.valdosta.edu /cip/Chile   (2246 words)

  
 La Serena
Recommended Cash and Share Offer by SERENA Software, Inc. and by Lehman Brothers on Its Behalf -Outside of the United States- for the Entire Issued and to Be Issued Share Capital of Merant plc.
SERENA Software Reports First Quarter Results; EPS of $0.17 and License Revenue Growth of 12% Over a Year Ago.
SERENA Software Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Results; EPS of $0.19 and Operating Margin of 41% Excluding Intangibles Amortization.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0828932.html   (327 words)

  
 Chile > La Serena
La Serena is nowadays know for her churches.
La Serena is located in the Elqui Valley.
In this valley is produced Pisco, the traditionnal alcohol of Chile.
www.skiouros.net /voyages/2004/chile/_la_serena.en.html   (74 words)

  
 Curriculum Vitae
Coordinator of the Univ. of Chile of a M.Sc.
Chile: Univ. Técnica Federico Santa María, Univ. Católica del Norte, Univ. de Tarápaca, Univ. de La Frontera, Univ. del Bío-Bío, Univ. de Magallanes, Univ. de La Serena, Univ. Austral, Univ.
I have also evaluated proposal for public biddings in Chile and internal research projects of several universities, as well as curricula proposed to the Higher Education Council of Chile and the Council of Chilean Universities.
www.dcc.uchile.cl /~rbaeza/cv/cvh.html   (4235 words)

  
 Chile - South American Experience - La Serena   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
La Serena is a pretty colonial town near the coast, a few hours from Santiago.
From here you can reach the Elqui Valley, famous for producing "pisco", (the traditional drink of choice in the Andes), and for being one of the world's major astronomical centres due to its clear skies.
Afternoon tour of La Serena and nearby Coquimbo port.
www.southamericanexperience.co.uk /chile/chile_laserena.html   (141 words)

  
 STARS, GAS AND DUST IN GALAXIES:EXPLORING THE LINKS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Moreover, holding the workshop in Chile -- the frontier for many new facilities -- and having the workshop organized by institutions which represent astronomers from both Europe and the USA will hopefully provide an international spirit as well as break subdisciplinary boundaries.
You may find information about La Serena, maps and other related data at: www.gochile.cl or http://gochile.cl/Map/Mapindex.html also, at the end of the page you will find a list of Restaurants in the area.
Summer days are warm in La Serena, however, a light cardigan might be necessary for the evenings when the temperature drops.
www.eso.org /gen-fac/meetings/sgd2000   (888 words)

  
 International Attractions La Serena Chile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poetess, winner of the Nobel Prize of Literature, was born in Vicuña, a small town located in the Elqui Valley, 62 kms away from La Serena, capital city of the Coquimbo region.
Because of this, "MAR DE ENSUEÑO" HOTEL AND COTTAGES, located in La Serena, regional capital of the Coquimbo region, wants to perpetuate the memory of this illustrious poetess by offering a wide range of services thinking of the children and their families.
It is located 154 kms to the north of LA SERENA, capital city of the Coquimbo Region, specifically in the called Cuesta Pajonales (Pajonales Slope), 2.440mts above the sea level.
www.hotelmarensueno.com /attractions.html   (947 words)

  
 Traveljournals.net - Travel stories from from La Serena, Chile
Collection of 2 travel stories from La Serena, Chile.
Ancud, Arica, Calama, Chonchi, Concepcion, Easter Island, Iquique, La Serena, Patagonia, Pucon, Puerto Montt, Puerto Natales, Punta Arenas, San Pedro, San Pedro De Atacama, Santiago, Valdivia, Valparaiso,
And that means I´ve really had a chance to explore La Serena.
www.traveljournals.net /stories/chile/la_serena   (90 words)

  
 La Serena - Chile travelogues
External to the day itself, the season has become a celebration of our wealth which we honour through a massive orgy of consumerism and an endless line up of progressively more inebriated parties culminating in telling the work colleague that you have put up with for the last 12 months that you totally despise him.
12,000 kilometers from home on a beach in Chile, there would be no turkey, no “just one pint” after work, no last minute panic about forgetting to buy someone a present and, most significantly, no family.
Once we knew who we were buying presents for, Barbara and myself left for Buenos Aires, arranging to meet up with the rest of the Hot Rockers in La Serena for Christmas on the beach.
www.ourreallybigadventure.com /southamerica/chile/la_serena.html   (1021 words)

  
 La Serena hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Chile, by All-Hotels(tm)
La Serena hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Chile, by All-Hotels(tm)
La Serena Plaza Hotel, is situated at the Coquimbo Region, in La Serena city, recognized for the historical churches, beautiful...
Located in the most characteristic and colonial are of La Serena city.
www.all-hotels.com /south_america/chile/la_serena_e1.htm   (203 words)

  
 Cheap budget hotels La Serena, Chile. Budget hotel list La Serena
Budget hotels La Serena offers exclusive discount rates in many world cities, making it possible to book a higher quality hotel for a budget hotels price.
La Serena Plaza Hotel Avenida Francisco De Aguirre, La Serena
Budget hotels La Serena on-line travel reservation system gives access to the lowest rates of all La Serena accommodations: major hotels from every chain and independent luxury resorts, deluxe, superior and middle range hotels, backpacker hostels, motels, bed and breakfast, guest house, self contained studio apartment.
www.budget-hotels.nl /ENG/Chile/La-Serena-hotels.html   (191 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Diocese of La Serena
Embracing Atacama and Coquimbo provinces (Chile), suffragan of Santiago, erected 1 July, 1840.
The boundaries of the diocese were definitively established on 26 March, 1844; on 5 June, 1844, the first bishop, José Agustín de la Sierra, was installed.
The town of La Serena, with about 20,000 inhabitants, has 20 churches (including an imposing cathedral, erected 1844-60); boasts a seminary with 160 students; affords good educational facilities -- an orphan asylum, lazaretto, and foundling home.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13726e.htm   (171 words)

  
 Lots / Land for sale in Chile - La Serena - HACIENDA AGUA GRANDE
This information is for the fee simple sale of all or part of a 24,000-hectare (approximately 59,304 acres) parcel of land located near the town of La Higuera in Region IV of Chile, approximately 500 kilometers (312 miles) north of the capital, Santiago.
The land is currently undeveloped, but experimental stations established in various locations on the site indicate that there is a strong potential for agricultural development, particularly for the cultivation of wine grapes, olives, citrus, artichokes, as well as basil and other herbs.
The property is located on the Pan American Highway, I-5, approximately one hour by road from the La Serena/Coquimbo urban axis.
www.propertyhaven.com /detail.php?siteid=969   (222 words)

  
 LocalWineEvents.com - Chile : Fifth Wine Salon in Chile - La Serena
LocalWineEvents.com - Chile : Fifth Wine Salon in Chile - La Serena
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 LA SERANA CLUB RESORT, La Serena, Chile - Discount Hotel Reservations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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LA SERANA CLUB RESORT, La Serena Description: La Serena Resort is a 5star hotel located in front of the beach in Avenina del Mar and only 5 minutes from the civic and commercial area of the city.
La Serena Resort is located in front of the beach in Avenina del Mar and only 5 minutes from the civic and commercial area of the city.
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 Discount La Serena Hotels Chile with lionhotels.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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