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The toll is $925 pesos and paid of and back. The other alternative, without tolls, is to go by the old route Santiago-San Antonio. The road is somewhat damaged, but is extremely entertaining because of the number of villages that are before you get to Pomaire. Pomaire is located southwest of Santiago, dedicated mainly to agricultural activities, whose traffic routes, sector Maipo and Melipilla, been established in gastronomical corridors, where is possible to taste variety of roasts and national gastronomy according to agricultural production in the season; Special mention deserve the famous sweets in Curacavi and chicha. Along these corridors, farmers, artisans and nurseries sell, at very convenient prices, their products directly to drivers travelling on these roads; In addition to flowers, plants, fruits and vegetables in season, offering furniture, among other artisan products. In this sense, the village of Pomaire is the great centre of attraction to the great variety of handicraft products in clay and the delicious dishes typical that they offer. Also, in this destination, you can enjoy natural places like Lake Aculeo; tradition and folk, with thematic routes such as cheese or wine. The local culture is possessed of a rich pottery tradition of persistence and assimilation of aesthetic and cultural models that have been incorporated throughout its existence, originated by the evolution both of primarily settled peoples in the region, Bato and Llolleo Aconcagua cultures and product, peoples later used with the conquest, as the incas and Spaniards. Along with these influences and with the passing of time, the works produced there have received contributions from other sources such as those from industrial objects made in the city and the characters in the film, television and newspapers. Encounters and clashes that have led to new stylistic responses to Pomaire becoming a testimony of a complex of experiences that have accumulated over the years and still today possible to appreciate.

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