SantiagoChile.com The Ultimate Guide to Santiago – for Residents & Visitors

It’s often hard to find time to exercise when we travel.  It could be that we’re on a business trip and we’ve hardly got a moment to ourselves.  Or perhaps we’re traveling for pleasure and we’re too busy enjoying ourselves …

Any city the size of Santiago is obviously going to be incredibly diverse.  No matter where you are in the city, you can find people, products, and cuisine from a variety of places.  But there is one particular spot in …

Chances are, you haven’t heard much about partying in Santiago.  When one thinks of world cities with stellar nightlife, places like Barcelona, Paris and even Buenos Aires come to mind.  But spend a few nights out in Chile’s capital and …

So you’ve been in Santiago for a few days, and you’ve done the wild stuff—you’ve eaten some seafood empanadas and a few completos loaded with toppings, and you’ve had some late nights out dancing and downing pisco sours.  All of those …

Santiago is home to a wide array of markets, and they all have one thing in common: they will change the way you look at shopping in your home country.  La Vega has its bounty of fresh produce and thousands …

Costanera Center – Santiago No matter where you are in Santiago, if you gaze out across the skyline, there is one building that sticks out above all the rest.  This mammoth, space-age-style structure is the Gran Torre Santiago, and it is …

Generally, when we travel abroad, it’s because we want to experience the culture, cuisine, and architecture of a foreign land.  Perhaps that’s why you came to Santiago—you’d heard about the cosmopolitan city resting at the foot of the Andes and …

One truth about Santiago is this: every neighborhood has its distinctive, almost stereotypical character. Las Condes, Barrio Brasil, Vitacura—all of these areas have their widely known reputation. The same is true for Barrio Bellavista. Ask any local or expat living …

Talk to any Chilean person about their country for long enough, and you’re likely to hear them say some variation of the following: Santiago is Chile. This seemingly over simplistic expression captures the sentiments of this country’s population, and it’s …

The Metro de Santiago first opened in Chile in 1975, and today currently serves around 2,300,000 people every day, making it the second longest in Latin America and the 4th largest in the Americas by annual passenger rides. The Santiago metro …