Valpo Street Art

There are cities by the sea and then there´s Valparaiso. Just an hour and a half from Santiago, it´s a beautiful place and one of my favourite cities in the world, famous for the brightly coloured houses and mazy streets that weave all over its many hills, and the rickety old lifts that take you up and down. Recognised as a place of global heritage by the United Nations, it manages to combine natural beauty with old world Latin American charm, the sleaziness of a big port, and a truly vibrant and pure art and music scene.

I´ll keep this short as I´m hoping to get over to Valparaiso in the next month or so so I´ll blog more on it then but in the meantime I came across this website that gives you a good idea of the Valpo street art scene and a taste of the city´s soul. You will never find a wall in this city that hasn´t been used as somebody´s canvas. It truly is a special place, and an artist or photographer´s dream.

http://www.graffitivalparaiso.com/

It is also home to literally thousands of stray dogs and cats, all of whom seem a bit stoned.