'''Temuco ''' is a commercial center for Southern Chile and has little to offer the tourist.
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The town square is nice and the market is good for wooden handicrafts and wool shawls.
Eat
Restaurante Rapa Nui
Located on Aldunate near the central market, this local favorite has the best Churrascos and Completos and Chilean "family food" in town. It is always very clean, and service is promt, and the prices always reasonable.
Ask any local in Temuco for "Rapa Nui" and they'll get you there..
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Sleep
'''Terra del Sur'''. This hotel is at the end of Bulnes street across the small bridge. It's close to the city center and very comfortable and has a swimming pool, sauna and Turkish bath (Sauna and Turkish bath only for men - though they will let guests of both sex use them after hours). 30,000 pesos or $50 per night.
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