Iquique

Chile

Iquique is a port city in northern Chile, on the Pacific coast of the Atacama Desert. It grew rich on nitrate mining after Chile won the territory in the War of the Pacific, and its Georgian-style center preserves that era's wealth. Attractions include the Baquedano street's nitrate-era buildings, the replica of the warship Esmeralda, the Zofri duty-free zone, the beaches of Cavancha, and excursions to the ghost towns of Humberstone and Santa Laura and the Atacama geoglyphs.