This is a better stocked grocery store at the bottom of Cerro Alegre and Cerro Concepción. It has…read moreabout 4-5 times the area of the tiny convenience stores so it has noodles, rice, sugar, coffee (instant only) tea, yogurt, butter, paper products, soda, etc in limited quantities. If you don't want to go all the way to the shopping district, this is a good choice for essentials.

This is hands down the best art gallery in Valparaiso, and perhaps of the entire region. The owners…read moreactually recently expanded the size of the gallery, and opened a smaller one in Santiago. Bahia Utopica features the best artists of Valparaiso: painters, sculpturers, photographs... They also organize regularly exhibitions at their own gallery and at hotels, cultural centers, etc. I purchased a couple of paintings at their gallery (one in 2008, the second one this year) and would do it more often if I had the money to do so. By the way, the owner speaks French, German, and a bit of English.

Super cute local art store! The owner, Paulina Hidalgo was in house painting water colors while we…read morewere shopping around. Cute housewares, gifts and painting. Stop in if you are nearby.

From the owner: The house of the artist Paulina Tapia Hidalgo. Most original and exclusive art and decoration shop…read morein Valparaíso.