Took a day trip to Chiloe from Chiloe. Understand that there are more than 10 unesco churches on this island alone. We visited a wooden one which is not under the unesco. The statues of Mother Mary and Jesus in this church are symbolic and...More

In the ethnic language Huilliche, "chil" means seagull and "ue" therefore, Chiloe means "Place of seagulls". I'm personally not fond of churches but this one beautifully and simply worked together with the small town, nice little plaza and the name of the town. Unfortunately we...More

The church was interesting -- architecture and outside paint -- though the view was marred by many wires and by a tour bus parked in front by the No Parking sign. The building was locked so we could not see the interior.