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Lots to do, cleanliness, metro
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Overkill of traffic, noise and pollution
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I still dream about Santiago....must improve my Spanish.
32 Reviews Cerro San Cristóbal is a hill in northern Santiago. It is 880 meters above sea level therefore about 300 meters over Santiago. It was named after St Christopher by the Spanish conquistadors because of...
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27 Reviews Transvip offers a minivan service from the Santiago airport to the various location in and around the city. My friend and I did not use the shared van because it only cost 2,000 CLP more for the...
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33 Reviews The Plaza de Armas or city square has the same points of interest as Plazas de Armas world wide - it is the goverment and justice centre and the centre for worship. In Santiago this one of the few...
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35 Reviews The 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...
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18 Reviews Like is several countries Santiago decided to build there airport in the country side in the middle if nowhere !!!! As soon as you exist the customs area directly in front of it... there are shuttle...
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11 Reviews My 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...
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27 Reviews La 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...
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31 Reviews Some stations are a piece of art. There is one, near the Mercado Central, by the rive ( Puente Cal y Canto) where you my see a part of Santiago history and where normally you also may find...
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13 Reviews Santiago'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...
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15 Reviews The 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 nad by...
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Las Chascona (Pablo Neruda's House)
11 Reviews La 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...
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6 Reviews and 185 Opinions We stayed in Santiago last Nov, for our first night and our last night (before a morning departure)....
12 Reviews A 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...
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Take a deep breath of the air, enjoy the silence that's lying beneath the constant river sound and enjoy the scenery. Forget, that Santiago is only an hour...
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Q: I am flying into Santiago and land at 11pm on Saturday night. I fly out from Lima at 7am on Saturday two weeks later. I was...

A: Hi, just a few comments, mostly on Chile. 1) By climbing Machu Picchu, are you thinking about the Inca Trail? Have you already made arrangements to do so? If not,...
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Santiago's main advantage is it's location. Not so much on the North South axis, more on the East West one. A couple of hours East and you are in the Andes and a couple of hours West and you are on......
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Santiago - Quite a unique place

... is a must see activity, because with high probability your plane will arrive here. The city was an exciting home to me during my stay but is not really a place where tourists with limited time may...
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Se encuentra a 150 km. al sudeste de Santiago, y es uno de los destinos preferidos para quienes desean escapar de la ciudad y disfrutar la tranquilidad de las montañas. Un panorama impresionante de......
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The city of Santiago has a large hill overlooking the city [Cerro San Cristobal]. On top of the hill is a statue of the Virgin Mary looking down on the city.
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Santiago, is growing very fast , we have better thinks to do and to eat. ( because i´m on the restaurant bussines I´ll not going to post bad reviews. only places who need to be visited.
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