Plaza de San Pedro de Atacama

A reallly lovely, relaxing plaza which serves as a central gathering place for both locals and tourists. It is very easy to reach and has a lot of cultural significance dating back to the 17th Century and surrounded by stalls and restaurants. It also offers great views of the Andes. A great place to start our tour.

San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 🇨🇱 is a dusty little oasis where Mars meets Burning Man and everyone forgot chapstick. It’s a desert town, yes, but also a melting pot of backpackers, stargazers, wannabe shamans, and people pretending not to have altitude sickness. Expect adobe houses, llamas roaming casually, and about 47 tour agencies on every street trying to sell you the exact same geyser trip at “special price.” The stars here are unreal, the air is dry enough to mummify fruit, and the vibe is half spiritual awakening, half sunstroke. At 2400 meters above sea level with humidity so low your eyebrows flake off, San Pedro de Atacama is where water bottles go to die. Everyone’s wearing alpaca sweaters, even if it’s 25°C, because apparently overheating is the price of looking “local.” Verdict: Weird, wonderful, and just dusty enough to be cool. Would come back with moisturizer, electrolytes, and fewer expectations of clean socks.

Beautiful square, with lots of benches to seat.

Numerous souvenir shops, restaurants, tour agencies. Easy to spend hours here. Fun vibe all around.

We really enjoyed our stayed in St Pedro. The atmosphere and the people were awesome. We did many tours around.

Good to look around and have a short break

A nice place to chill in the center of SP Atacama

This is such a beautiful and unique town that is well worth visiting. Great vibe, great food, great markets.