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4.5 Stars - 145 Opinions
317 Constitucion, Bellavista, Santiago, 7530137, Chile
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I am going to be in Santiago for 3 days (20-21st May and 19th June 2009), i was wondering with the transport card being 1100 pesos, does this card automatically include metro trips or you have to add these onto the card
Unless you are planning on taking buses you do not need a BIP card. You can buy tickets for the metro in the stations. If you do want to take buses, the card costs 1000 pesos and you load whatever you want onto it. A bus ride which includes transfers is 380 pesos at the moment and you have a two hour window to do transfers. If you include the metro in your transfers, there is a small surcharge.
Thanks for that helpful information.
What is the current cost for the Metro system
I can't remember as I use a BIP card but under 500 pesos.
The Metro costs 450 pesos in rush hours and 390 pesos otherwise. You cannot transfer from the metro to the bus without paying twice.
Pisco sour is the national drink of Chile.
I first tasted it in a restaurant in Puerto Montt further south in Chile and I was hooked straight away.
It's a cocktail made from pisco (a local brandy), lemon, egg whites, and bitters. The primary taste is of lemons and it's extremely refreshing. I noted most people drinking it as an aperitif but I'd recommend it any time:-)
On Sundays, next to the Bellas Artes Museum, there are lots of people that sell all kind of stuff, from clothes to handcraft to animals. And cheap. If you've got no money, at least take a peek. It's always interesting to see what chileans sell and buy.
The sight of all those steep hills that Valparaiso is built on is rather daunting - but climbing up is not a problem. There are 15 ascensores dotted around the city - some have been operating since the 1880s and all are at least 50 years old. How many thousands and thousands of times must the little cars made the journey up and down those steep tracks? Do take a ride on at least two or three - the views from the top are fantastic, and the funiculars themselves are so quirky. You'll see signs pointing to the terminii that are mostly tucked away in back streets. It only costs a few cents for each ride. You can come down in the ascensores (do they become decensores then?), usually for a few pesos less than going up, but finding your way down the steep stairways and narrow alleys is fun too and can lead you to some really interesting spots - we found the studio of an artist and her glass-worker husband quite accidentally that way, and ended up buying a painting.
Almost a complete novelty here, two small and new restaurants are an interesting way for Chileans to sample those Greek and Turkish delicacies that more travelled others -how I miss the Middle East...- have enjoyed in their very origin.
In PROVIDENCIA 1457 is DÖNER HOUSE, which specializes in (what else?) kebap döners and their variations. Also, Turkish salads and yoghurt (but not ayran, which is not compatible with local regulations) are served here too.
Two blocks to the west (downstreet), on the corner of Providencia and Roman Diaz is WAYA'S GYROS, which specializes in... Greek gyros.
Both are reasonably priced and open from 10 AM till 11 PM or so (later on Fridays and weekends), although a bit above the average Chilean pricing (after all, gyros and kebaps are exotic delicacies here) but worthwhile anyways.
Both, of course, suitable for homesick Greek or Turkish travellers. Kebaps and gyros, naturally (shawarmas can be found in the West Patronato quarter, and around Bellavista).
Also, Turkish sweets and Greek salads are a great pleasure there (but in their respective places: no Turkish sweets at Waya's, and no Greek salads at Döner House...).
Service is great and very friendly in both places (although I'd like better to be either in Greece or Turkey...)
Of all the parks that you find in Santiago, the Park the Sculptures was one of prettiest and original. In all its extension you find sculptures, of different sculptor’s tendency very very original. Park design by German Banner
.....the one from the photo is the one that but I like most
De todos los parques que encuentras en Santiago, el Parque las Esculturas fue uno de los más lindos y original. En toda su extensión encuentras esculturas, de diferentes escultores tendencia muy muy original….. Parque diseñado por German Banner.
…..la de la foto es la que mas me gusto
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