Paine

Paine is a small town located in the central zone of Chile. In the past, Paine was full of lots, but the need of expansion makes that a lot of apartment buildings and condominium were built. However, in Rinconada de Paine there are still a lot lof lots. Paine have a football team called Tricolor de Paine, and it’s considered the worse team of Chile, because one time they played against Colo Colo and the later one made them about 25 or more goals. Paine is a friendly town because everyone knows each other. Other interesting thing about Paine is that is very popular for its watermelon. Everyone said that are the best of the country. In fact, in the summer they made an event called “Festival de la Sandía”. Also is a much recommended place to visit in September because they celebrate with traditional holidays, such as rodeo, palo encebado, among others. From Santiago, you can go taking the Metrotren until Paine station. The visit is very cheap: the trip cost about $850 pesos and there you have to take collective taxi, which cost about $600 pesos. Now, if you get bored with the town, there is a Monticello casino very, very close from there.