Reina Victoria
Up to Cerro Alegre.
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Valparaíso's emblem and its quirkiest transport: small wooden cars hauled by cables up steep tracks, linking the lower town by the port with the hilltop districts, built between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as the city crowded up its slopes. The city once had around thirty lifts; many stopped, and some have been restored and returned to service. Visitors' favourites include Reina Victoria and Concepción up to Cerro Alegre and Concepción, Artillería up to Artillery Hill with its wide bay view, and Polanco, the only vertical one, reached through a long tunnel and rising to a tower. The ride is short, a minute or less, but charming: the old car sways upward between colourful houses as the port and ocean open behind you. Residents still use them for daily trips. The fare is a token amount paid in cash at the station. Some lifts close for maintenance, so ask which are running.
Up to Cerro Alegre.
Bay views.
A vertical lift.
From the lower town up to the hills, incl. Ascensor Reina Victoria near Cerro Alegre
A handful of the roughly thirty the city once had; which ones run changes with maintenance and restoration, so ask locally.
