Cañete: the best place to go on winter holidays

This summer holidays I was visiting the town of my boyfriend's grandmother. This place is called Cañete and, although I have visiting in summer, I think that Cañete is a perfect place for a relaxing winter holiday. In fact, I want to return this winter holidays.

Cañete is located in the province of Arauco, Bío-Bío Region, Chile. Cañete has an amazing historical past. It is one of the first cities founded in Chile and destroyed and reestablished several times, direct protagonist in the Arauco War. Cañete is the land of the Mapuche ancestors.

The people of Cañete are dedicated to forestry activity, agriculture activity and tourism and thus develop beautiful mapuche crafts. Especially ñocha (a type of basketry), textiles and silverware.
Cañete is full of the natural beauty. The Nahuelbuta Cordillera is site of the native flora and endemic species such as puma or condor. You can get to Piedra del Águila, a crag that dominates the vast landscape with an incredible view. Too, you can visit Lanalhue Lake where you can do water sports.

You can get to Cañete by bus directly from Santiago-Cañete by low prices. Also you may travel by train (Terrasur) or by plane to the city of Concepcion and from there to take a bus to Cañete. The travel takes a long time, about 9 hours. Despite this, I recommend you to make the trip by land because the changes in the landscape are amazing: vegetation becomes increasingly dense and the Andean Cordillera stars sinking as we move.

The reason why I recommend you Cañete as a winter holiday destination is for its delicious food. While I was in my boyfriend's grandmother’s house I ate a lot and very delicious typical preparations like cazuelas, tortilla al rescoldo, mote, alfajores, toasted flour and a delicious wheat coffee. What I remember the most is that my boyfriend’s grandmother was always cooking delicious food with incredible aromas.