The valley of Maule, in the south of Talca, accomodates good number of viticultural establishment which, for the majority, receive the visitors cordially.
The landscapes to cut the breath abound in Area de Proteccíon Radal Siete Tazas and in Reserved Nacional Altos del Lircay, the latter offering of superb hiking trails. Among the other attractions of this part of Chile, it is advisable to mention one strolls in the train on narrow gauge railways, the visit of a museum devoted to the Mapuches traditions and a string of cultural monuments.
The Terms of Chillán are also to retain for their thermal springs and their slopes of ski, a combination which one finds in other tourist centers, while several balneal small stations await you on the coast.
The main city of the area is Concepcíon, which with more than one half-million of inhabitants is the third metropolitan region in importance of Chile.