This is listed as an UNESCO town so just one question, Why?!
Is it the promenade along the seafront which you can not walk along as it is used to store the giant containers for long haul industrial shipping? Or is it the huge security fences which block all views to the shore line? Maybe its because of the traffic congestion through town? Or the poor, run down look of the old town with the faded colours of the houses and the clapperboards fixed haphazardly? Who knows why it got the accalade, but Valparaiso's old town lacks the stimulus, panache or aged dignity to draw the eye and mind away from the ugly, industrial monster sitting at its front .
