Santiago Information
Things to do during the day:
Places where you can eat:
Fuente alemana: Av. Bernardo O´higgins 58, variaty of sandwiches, $4000 p/p.
Los canallas: tipical chilean food, only with reservations, You must have “the password” to get in: “CHILE LIBRE”. Tarapaca 810 phone: 6325491. website: www.canallas.cl
Mercado central: variaty in fresh sea food. Metro Station Cal y Canto. $5000 p/p.
Santiago Tips
Things to be done during a day:
Places where we recommend you can have lunch
• Fuenta Alemana (German Fountain): 58 Bernardo O’Higgins Av. Variety of different sandwiches, $ 4.000 p/p.
• Los Canallas (The Rabbles): 810 Tarapaca St. Phone (56) 2 632 5491. Wide variety of traditional Chilean food. In order to get in you must knock at the door and tell smoothly the password “Chile Libre”. Web site www.canallas.cl
• Mercado Central (Central Market): Huge variety of fresh sea food and delicious fish. Cal y Canto Subway. Prices starting $ 5.000 p/p
Tours:
• Andes & Wines: 9-to-10-hours tour. Monday-Wednesday-Friday, from 08:15 am. Price $ 36.000.
• Pablo Neruda Route: 9 hours tour. Tuesday through Sunday, from 09:00 am onwards. Price $ 49.000.
• Tour Viña Undurraga (Undurraga Winery Tour): Half day tour, $ 28.000 p/p beginning at 08:15 am. From Monday to Sunday.
• Tour Viña Concha y Toro (Concha y Toro Winery Tour): Half day tour, $ 28.000 p/p beginning at 13:00 hrs. Monday through Sunday.
• Hop and Hop Off Tour: 11 stops, $ 19.000 p/p, leaving every thirty minutes from 09:30 am until 18:00 hrs
• Cena Show: Monday through Sunday, 20:00 hrs, $ 38.000 p/p 4 hours aprox.
• Viña del Mar & Valparaíso: $ 32.000 p/p, Monday through Sunday from 08:15 am (9 hours aprox.)
• Santiago Pub Crawl: night tour visiting different well known bars of Santiago. Fridays and Saturdays only from 21:30 hrs, $ 10.000p/p.
Things to do for free or very cheap:
Free santiago tour in english: 4 hour duration from Monday to sunday, tour through different historical places from santiago downtown.
Pueblito “Los Dominicos”.
Santa Lucia Hill and enjoy some particular and unique flavour of icecream at ”emporio”.
Centro cultural Palacio la Moneda.
Metropolitan Zoo.
Metropolitan Park: Picnic, pool, funicular area www.parquemet.cl.
Planetarium, metro Universidad de Santiago., www.planetariochile.cl.
Museo Chileno de arte precolombino www.precolombino.cl.
Museum-house “La Chascona” de Pablo Neruda.
Cheap and free interesting things to do:
• Santiago free tour in English: lasting 4 hours, from Monday to Sunday. You visit different historical places in Santiago downtown.
• Pueblito Los Dominicos, Las Condes County.
• Santa Lucia Hill, right in the core of the city. After visiting it, enjoy some atypical and unique flavours of natural icecream at “Emporio La Rosa”.
• Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda (Chilean Government House).
• Metropolitan Zoo.
• Metropolitan Park: funicular, picnic areas, Tupahue and Antilen swimming pools. www.parquemet.cl
• Planetarium: Universidad de Santiago Subway, www.planetariochile.cl
• Museo Chileno de Arte Pre Colombino www.precolombino.cl
• “La Chascona”: Pablo Neruda House Museum in Santiago, Barrio Bellavista.
Things to do at night:
Places where you can eat and drink:
• Barrio Brasil (Brasilian neighbourhood): variety of pubs and restaurants, all kind of specialities, $ 7.000 p/p.
• Patio Bellavista (Bellavista backyard): fancy restaurants with a big yard to chill out, $ 10.000 p/p
Feel like dancing?
• Subterraneo discotec, 46 Paseo Orrego Luco, Providencia County.
• Blondie: 2879 Bernardo O’Higgins Av. Alternative disco.
• Club La Feria, electronic music, Providencia County.
• La Habana Salsoteca, Salsa! 95 Bucarest, Barrio Bellavista.
• La Batuta, Plaza Ñuñoa.
• El Tunel, 439 Santo Domingo.
Sugestions and recomendations:
What kind of clothes do I have to take with me?
In winter you need gloves, scarf, jacket and shoes that can resist heavy rain.
In summer: shorts, sandals, fresh clothes, t-shirts.
Weather
Winter is cold, during the day it could be sometimes fresh and during the night it gets really cold.
Summer temperatures are high and intense and very dry mainly during January, February and March.
Others
Electricity in Chile is 220v so it is necessary for US and UK citizens to bring an adaptor.
Transportation:
How do I get to the Hostel from the airport?
• Transvip: they are located in the main door of the airport. $5000, 24 hours, they leave you in hostel door.
• Cetropuerto buses: located in the main door of the airport, $1700, from 6:00 am to 23:00pm. The stop at the city is located in Los Heroes Subway. From the airport is about 30 min.
• Bus terminal: if you are at the hostel, you need to go to the nearest Metro Station Line 1 (red one) and get off at Universidad de Santiago Subway.
How to get to the airport from the hostel?
Taxi: $15000, pick up at the hostels door.
Centropuerto buses: Located at Los Heroes Subway. $1700, every 10 min.
Transvip: they pick you up at the hostels door, $5000.
From the bus terminal: Universidad de Santiago Subway and your stop is Universidad de Chile Subway, walk two blocks East and turn left, 60 San Antonio.
How can I go to the 3 nearby most turistic cities?:
Viña del Mar & Valparaiso by bus: only an hour and a half from Santiago, $3000 one way ticket. The bus terminal is at Universidad de Santiago Subway.
La Serena & Coquimbo by bus: 4 -5 hours from Santiago, $10000 the ticket, bus terminal Alameda, Universidad de Santiago Subway.
La Serena & Coquimbo by plane: one hour trip, $40.000 plane ticket. Airlines: sky airlines and Lan Chile.
San Pedro de Atacama by bus: $20000 aprox depending the season. From bus terminal Alameda, 20 hours trip from Santiago.
San Pedro de Atacama by plane: $40.000 depending the season, 3 hour flight. Airlines: Lan Chile and Sky airlines.
Viña del Mar: Quinta Vergara, Flower Clock, the coast.
Valparaiso: the port, Concepion Alegre hills.
La Serena: la Recova, Av. Del Mar, Elqui Valley.
San pedro de Atacama: Moon Valley, Tatio Geysers, Chiu Chiu, Atacama salt flats and Uyuni Salt flats.
