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Before the arrival of the first Spaniards, the Casablanca Valley was inhabited by different peoples for more than 6,000 years, including, during the 15th and 16th centuries, the outposts of the Inca Empire that searched for gold in these latitudes. CASABLANCA TODAY
Casablanca has become one of the most important Valleys in Chile and recognized by experts, worldwide, for the strong wine development of the last 20 years which has allowed it to produce, among others, notable Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. Privileged land and climate, hand in hand with professional and technical excellence.
Today the Casablanca Valley has become the tenth World Wine Capital. Among the nine countries already included in the prestigious list are Bilbao-Rioja, Bordeaux, Christchurch-South Island, Cape Town, Florence, Mainz-Rheinhessen, Mendoza, Porto and San Francisco-Napa Valley. Today, Chile and particularly the Casa Blanca Valley are already part of the select group and do so with more strength than ever.
The Casablanca Valley is located just 1 hour from Santiago and 30 minutes from Valparaíso, and is currently one of the main premium wine centers in Chile. Thanks to the development of high-quality wines and first-class gastronomy, Casablanca has become one of the main tourist destinations in Chile.
LAGUNILLAS
The Town of Lagunillas is located in the Commune of Casablanca (in the Province of Valparaíso), today populated with 708 inhabitants, and is one of the 27 rural towns of the commune of Casablanca, initially developing alongside the old Inca Trail, as inn, stop and supply of roads along the way. Today it is a peaceful town close to the route to the central coast and port of San Antonio.
Lagunillas and its surroundings have records of human settlement for approximately 10 thousand years. The archaeological remains found are surprising for their antiquity, as are the famous stones called “the little cups,” which historians estimate date back to the American Neolithic.
One of the branches of the “Inca Trail” passed through lagoons, which was later used by the Spanish settlers to travel between Santiago and Valparaíso, when large carts could not make the trip along the Casablanca route, whose passage It was through the Zapata slope. For this reason it was called the “Cart Road”. The trip began in Santiago towards Melipilla and later reached Lagunillas through Ibacache and from there to Casablanca.
