Vertical Valparaiso

The hills in Valparaiso make San Francisco look flat. The port (which boomed during the California gold rush) is 44 meters deep about 10 meters from shore, which gives you a sense of the slope. The hills form neighborhoods, and those hoods each have their own flavor - some funky, some old school, and some just mazes of staircases and ramps. The preferred form of public transit is via Ascensore, a near-vertical elevator contraption up the side of a hill (like a funicular but different). They're pretty cool, and we love them. Especially going up.