CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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From Chonchi it runs 409 km to Chonchi; allow about 7 h 04 of riding. On the way it passes Church of Detif, Church of Quinchao, Church of Tenaún and back through Church of Quinchao. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Chonchi is a small port town on the east coast of Chiloe, built on a steep hillside above the channel, and locals sometimes call it the city of three floors, because its streets climb in terraces from the waterfront to the plaza and the church above. The church of San Carlos de Borromeo, painted in warm yellow and red and crowned with a tall tower, was built in the nineteenth century, in the typical style of the island, and it dominates the square. Inside, it has the characteristic wooden columns and a ceiling like the hull of a ship, and the interior smells of old timber and wax.
Read the complete Church of Chonchi write-up.
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Church of Chonchi is where the day begins. Next is Church of Detif.
Of all the islands of the Chiloé archipelago, Lemuy is one of the quietest, and the church at Detif, at its far eastern end, stands almost alone on a grassy slope above the sea, with a few houses scattered around and the islands of the inner sea on the horizon. It is one of the sixteen wooden Churches of Chiloé listed as a World Heritage site, built in the late nineteenth century of native wood, with a simple façade, an arcade at the front and a tower rising above the entrance. The interior is equally simple and beautiful, and the church is cared for by the local community, which still uses it for services and festivals, such as the feast of its patron saint.
Read the complete Church of Detif write-up.
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Church of Detif comes up about 64 km into the recorded legs. Next is Church of Quinchao.
Chiloé is an island of wooden churches, and the one at Achao on Quinchao island is the oldest of the survivors. The Church of Santa María de Loreto was built in the eighteenth century by Jesuit missionaries and local carpenters, using native timber, cypress and larch, joined with wooden pegs and not a single iron nail. The facade has a long portico with a tower, and the interior, with its vaulted ceiling shaped like an upturned boat hull, shows the skill of the island's shipbuilders. The Churches of Chiloé are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and this is one of the stars.
Read the complete Church of Quinchao write-up.
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about 130 km into the recorded legs you reach Church of Quinchao. Next is Church of Tenaún.
Out on the eastern coast of Chiloé, where the island looks across a channel at the smaller islands of the inner sea and, on a clear day, the snowy volcanoes of the mainland, the village of Tenaún gathers around a wooden church that looks almost too bold for its setting. The façade is painted deep blue, scattered with white stars, and topped not with one but with three towers. It is one of the sixteen churches of Chiloé on the World Heritage list, masterpieces of a unique tradition of wooden architecture.
Read the complete Church of Tenaún write-up.
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Church of Tenaún, about halfway. Next is back through Church of Quinchao.
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Read the complete Church of Quinchao write-up.
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back through Church of Quinchao sits at 272 km, about halfway. Next is back through Church of Detif.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of Detif write-up.
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back through Church of Detif comes up about 348 km into the recorded legs. Next is Church of Chonchi.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of Chonchi write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Church of Chonchi closes the day.
Church of Chonchi → Church of Detif is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of Detif → Church of Quinchao is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of Quinchao → Church of Tenaún is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of Tenaún → back through Church of Quinchao is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Church of Quinchao → back through Church of Detif is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Church of Detif → Church of Chonchi is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.