{"id":93,"date":"2013-07-02T20:04:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T18:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2013-10-02T20:03:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T18:03:41","slug":"salpeter-geisterstaedte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/altiplano\/salpeter-geisterstaedte\/","title":{"rendered":"Salpeter Ghost Towns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n        <style type='text\/css'>\r\n            #gallery-2 {\r\n                margin: auto;\r\n            }\r\n            #gallery-2 .gallery-item {\r\n                float: left;\r\n                margin-top: 10px;\r\n                text-align: center;\r\n                width: 33%;           }\r\n            #gallery-2 img {\r\n                border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\r\n            }\r\n            #gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\r\n                margin-left: 0;\r\n            }\r\n        <\/style>\r\n        <!-- see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php -->\r\n        <div id='gallery-2' class='gallery-images gallery galleryid-93'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <dt class='gallery-icon'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PD_Altiplano_2_1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PD_Altiplano_2_1-240x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"PD Altiplano 2\" \/><\/a>\r\n            <\/dt>\r\n                <dd class='gallery-caption'>\r\n                Salpeter Geisterst\u00e4dte\r\n                <\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <dt class='gallery-icon'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PD_Altiplano_2_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PD_Altiplano_2_2-240x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"PD Altiplano 2\" \/><\/a>\r\n            <\/dt>\r\n                <dd class='gallery-caption'>\r\n                Salpeter Geisterst\u00e4dte\r\n                <\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <dt class='gallery-icon'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PD_Altiplano_2_3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PD_Altiplano_2_3-240x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"PD Altiplano 2\" \/><\/a>\r\n            <\/dt>\r\n                <dd class='gallery-caption'>\r\n                Salpeter Geisterst\u00e4dte\r\n                <\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <dt class='gallery-icon'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PD_Altiplano_2_4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PD_Altiplano_2_4-240x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"PD Altiplano 2\" \/><\/a>\r\n            <\/dt>\r\n                <dd class='gallery-caption'>\r\n                Salpeter Geisterst\u00e4dte\r\n                <\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <dt class='gallery-icon'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PD_Altiplano_2_5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PD_Altiplano_2_5-240x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"PD Altiplano 2\" \/><\/a>\r\n            <\/dt>\r\n                <dd class='gallery-caption'>\r\n                Salpeter Geisterst\u00e4dte\r\n                <\/dd><\/dl>\r\n            <br style='clear: both;' \/>\r\n        <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Travel Type:<\/strong> Culture<br \/>\n<strong>Duration:<\/strong> 1 Day<\/p>\n\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\tjQuery(document).ready(function($){\tjQuery(\"ul.tabs-nav\").tabs(\"> .pane\"); }); <\/script>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"post-tabs\">\n\t\t\n<ul class=\"tabs-nav\">\n<li>Tour Description<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"pane\">\n\t\t\nSetting off from Iquique after breakfast, this excursion into the country\u2019s interior will transport you back in time, to the era of the nitrate boom that occurred here at the end of the 19th century.<br \/>\nThe nitrate mining towns of Humberstone and Santa Laura are witness to the days of that boom. Built in 1872, they were founded when this region still belonged to Peru, in order to extract the \u2018white gold\u2019. During its heyday, Santa Laura had slightly more than 400 inhabitants, while Humberstone was home to 3,500 workers. Once upon a time, a hotel with a giant swimming pool, numerous warehouses, a church, a school, and a sports stadium brought life to the desert. Actors from all over the world performed in the theatre here. It all made for a bizarre atmosphere that can still be felt wandering the abandoned streets.<br \/>\nThe nitrate boom collapsed after the invention of synthetic ammonia, and the two mining towns were abandoned, though they were not officially closed until 1960\/61. Both ghost towns were designated national monuments in 1970 and, since 2005, they are also listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.<br \/>\nThe return drive to Iquique is in the afternoon, when there is still time for visiting the beach or taking a stroll through town.<br \/>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travel Type: Culture Duration: 1 Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Salpeter Geisterst\u00e4dte Salpeter Ghost Towns - travelArt","description":"Salpeter Geisterst\u00e4dte Salpeter Geisterst\u00e4dte Salpeter Geisterst\u00e4dte Salpeter Geisterst\u00e4dte Salpeter Geisterst\u00e4dte Art der Reise: Kultur Dauer: 1 Tag Tourverlau"},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-93","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}