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Blue waters and stunning mountain scenes draw visitors to Chile's Torres del Paine National Park.
Photograph by Jerry Alexander/Getty Images
This place at the end of the world has rebounded from such a difficult past that its recent return to democracy and economic vibrancy—the most impressive in the region—make its many natural splendors all the more alluring. • From its salt-tinged ocean breezes to its spectacular Andean peaks, roaring rivers, and endless fascinations for armchair archaeologists and amateur historians, this improbably narrow sliver of land snaking down the spine of the Andes against the endless foamy push of the Pacific offers a riot of cultural, historical, and natural choices for the visitor.
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