Valparaiso

Valparaiso is part of the UNESCO world heritage foundation. They are giving these titles out like candy these days. Once a really important port for ships going around Southamerica, it's significance vanished after the panama canal was completed. The houses are close together, so the lanes are like manmade gorges. Buildings are parlty falling apart and the cold fog of the Humboldt current makes you shiver during the nights. Nowadays it's also a major navy base and still used by cargoships to ship products abroad. The food was really good and the wine cheap.
But it remains a dirty port city that has seen much better days.