31 ReviewsA park, a stroll for lovers, and a big tourist destination Cerro San Cristobal offers some commanding views of the City. There is a funicular that takes you all the way up the hill to the statue. A...
32 ReviewsThe Plaza De Armas is more than a plaza, it is the heart and soul of Santiago. The size alone of the square is impressive compared to other plazas in South America. Within the space of the plaza there...
29 ReviewsThe expedition to the Kingdom of Chile led by Pedro de Valdivia came to the Central Valley in December 1540. After exploring the vicinity of Mapocho river, on December 13th, 1540, the expedition...
23 ReviewsLa Moneda, is the seat of the President of the Republic of Chile and houses the offices of three cabinet ministers. It was originally built as the colonial mint with construction starting in 1784. The...
15 ReviewsThe site for the cathedral of Santiago was nominated as far back as 1541. Construction of the current church was started in 1748 and it was consecrated in 1775. The facades were added in 1780 and by...
11 ReviewsA little bit further along the big and busy Avenido Libertador Bernardo O'Higgings, you can se the oldest church of the city : The Iglesia San Francisco.
This Iglesia San Francisco dated from the...
9 ReviewsMy friend and I booked the "wine tour" package at Cascada de las Animas, an eco-tourism resort in the Cajón del Maipo. The wine tour includes transportation to / from Santiago, a tour of the Concha y...
11 ReviewsSantiago's Mercado Central was opened on September 15th, 1872, by President Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, to house the Palace of Arts. Its construction took ten years, as the metalwork was made in...
11 ReviewsLa Chascona is one of Pablo Neruda's residences. You can only explore the house on a guided tour but it's worth paying for. The house has a nautical theme throughout and the name, La Chascona, is...
10 ReviewsCrossing the Pio Nona across the Rio Mapocho, you reach the Barrio Bellavista, Santiago's Bohemian Neighbourhood and at the foot of Cerro San Cristobal. Barrio Bellavista has some of the best bars and...
8 ReviewsThis is a small but very nice art museum focusing on Latin American art. Not worth a special effort but well worth a drop in if within the neighborhood.
The building itself is one of the prime...
6 ReviewsThere are many vineyards and wineries aound Santiago but if you are short of time a visit to Concha y Toro is probably the best. It is definitely set up for tourists but the tour of the grounds and...
6 ReviewsThe Casa Colorada, built in 1769, is one of the most nicely preserved colonial buildings in Santiago. Again, not only has it survived the city's extreme modernization, it also made it through several...
10 ReviewsExcellent but small (as all museums in Santiago were) museum of Native American Art, specializing in the advanced cultures of South and Central America. Part of the attraction here is the colonial...
4 ReviewsCOMO LLEGAR
En Santiago, la capital chilena, los buses hacia Viña del Mar se abordan en el terminal Alameda, en la avenida que lleva el mismo nombre. Los vehículos salen cada 15 minutos y el costo del...
4 ReviewsWhen you descend from The Santa Lucia Hill (Cerro Santo Lucia), you can not miss the National Library (Bibliotheca nacional); it is located along the Avenido Libertador General Bernardo...
3 ReviewsThe ornate pulpit of Basilica de la Merced really deserves an extra tip for its special architecture and its extra fine works of art. Just click on my photographs in order to enlarge them and enjoy...
5 ReviewsHow to get there:
Toma la autopista urbana Costanera Norte, después
Av. Kennedy y luego Av. Las Condes hasta el camino a Farellones. Sigue hasta la curva 40 y toma el desvío a
Valle Nevado, desde...
4 ReviewsIf the charming cobblestoned streets of Barrio Paris-Londres are reminescent of the Old World, Calle Nueva York definitely has more to do with The Big Apple! Indeed, at the corner of calle La Moneda...
2 ReviewsBehind the Iglesia San Francisco, you find a very special quarter. It is named the Barrio Paris-Londres.
It is nice to make a detour to walk along the cobbled stone streets and watch the architecture...
2 ReviewsPuerto Montt is a relatively new city in Chilean colonial history. It was founded by German colonists in 1853 and named after Manuel Montt, President of Chile between 1851 and 1861.
The city is...
2 ReviewsValparaíso is one of the most important Chilean harbours, and is the see of Chilean Congress.
The picture shows some pelicans near the harbour.
Valparaíso es uno de los puertos más importantes de...
2 ReviewsThe beautiful Estacion Mapocho was built in 1912 to celebrate Chile's 100 years of independence. It was first built to become the city's train station for the Santiago-Valparaiso railway, but as...
2 ReviewsOf 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....
2 ReviewsNot far from Toesca subway station is Palacio Cousino. It was a palace that featured big in Santiago's high Society in the late 18th Century when it was built for dona Isidora Goyenechea. Goyenechea...
Santiago Zoo. A fascinating place to visit ,as it is built on the side of a hill ,which overlooks the city of Santiago. One can ride up the hill on a FUNICULAR [for a few pesos] or walk up the hill. While on top of the hill there are TRAMS to ride across this gigantic hill with views of Santiago below. WELL WORTH THE EXCURSION !!! Also, the Casa Moneda...the presidential palace of Chile, located in downtown Santiago. Close by is the Cathedral Metropolitano, the principal cathedral in Santiago. Straight across from the Cathedral is the PLAZA DE ARMAS [arms square] , where the original conquistadors staked out defensive positions against attacks by local indigenous peoples. For shoppers there is the PROVIDENCIA area of north Santiago w/fine restaurants & comercial enterprizes.
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A different kind of coffee
by world_citizen
Santiago has a unique business which I have seen in no other country - the cafe con piernas, translated literally as coffee with legs! These places usually have dark tinted windows, loud music pumping out of them and cater for guys. Inside you would think you are in a strip bar with flashing lights and women walking around wearing nothing but small push-up bras and g-strings. Yet they are only there to serve coffee and flirt with customers, in my experience of them I have never found them to be fronts for the world's oldest trade. You go in there, pay a fairly reasonable price for a cup of coffee (though the coffee is never very good), chat with one of the waitresses, leave a tip and leave. You can find these all over the city, the most famous is el baron rojo, though I heard it closed down, and they are not hard to spot.
Beach trip
by world_citizen
There are lots of beaches around Vallparaiso and Vina del Mar and I went to quite a few of them during my year living in Santiago, but there was one that stood out - Quintay! To get an idea of it it's really best to look at my pictures but it is possibly the best lonely beach I've ever been to. Difficulty is getting there. There are no regular buses so you have to hire a car, get a road map from Sernatour or Conaf and make your own way there. There's a good hire car place near Pila del Ganso metro station, or there are plenty in the Santiago yellow pages, which you can find in most internet cafes. The road to Quintay is not too good, sometimes it becomes a dirt road. Once you get there, there are basically two little coves. One is a small rocky one with still water and a handful of seafood restaurants serving excellent frsh fish. This is where the fisherman launch their boats and it's a...
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Hidden National Park
by world_citizen
What most visitors to Santiago don't know is they have a gem of a national park right on their doorstep. It's mainly used by climbers but you can also do hiking and horse riding their, and it has some thermal baths. The place is called Ba?os Morrales and it's beyond San Jose de Maipo in Cajon de Maipo, a wine growing area. Basically you just follow the valley up and up and eventually you will get to Ba?os Morales. There are buses which leave in the morning which you have to book a place on day the before and they leave from in fromnt of the Telefonica building near Plaza Italia. Once you get to Ba?os Morales it's pretty basic, you turn on a light and another dims! I stayed in los Chicos Malos, which was basic but very very friendly. From the little village you can walk up the valley in the el morado national park - you have to pay to get in - which was one of the best day walks I've...
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