What to see in Puerto Varas

Puerto Varas highlights

The places you can’t miss. In the app we sort them by day and close to each other.

1. Osorno Volcano

   A snow-capped conical volcano with a ski centre.

2. Petrohué Falls

   Waterfalls over volcanic rock.

3. Lake Todos los Santos

   An emerald lake surrounded by volcanoes.

4. Lake Llanquihue

   A large lake at the foot of the town.

5. Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park

   Chile’s oldest national park.

6. Teatro del Lago

   A concert hall in Frutillar, 30 km away.

Day trips from Puerto Varas

We take you straight to the best-rated tour on GetYourGuide, with its reviews and dates.

• Petrohué Falls ★ 4.6 (173 reviews)
• Chiloé ★ 5.0 (8 reviews)

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Typical food of Puerto Varas

The dish you have to try there and how to make it at home, to whet your appetite before the trip (or to go back to Puerto Varas from your kitchen).

Kuchen de murta

The cake of the German settlers of southern Chile, on Lake Llanquihue: a shortcrust base with fruit (murta, raspberry or blackberry) and a cream custard.

• Serves 8
• 1 h 15 min

Ingredients

• 250 g flour
• 125 g cold butter
• 80 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 500 g red berries (murta, raspberry or blueberry)
• For the custard: 200 ml cream, 2 eggs, 80 g sugar and 1 tablespoon of cornflour

How to make it at home

1. Rub the flour into the diced butter with the sugar and egg until it forms a dough. Chill for 30 minutes.
2. Line a 26 cm tin and prick the base.
3. Spread the fruit over the pastry.
4. Whisk the cream with the eggs, sugar and cornflour and pour it over the top.
5. Bake at 180 °C for about 40 minutes, until the custard sets and the pastry is golden.

The trick: With murta (a berry from southern Chile) it tastes of Llanquihue; with raspberries it’s very similar.

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