City Guide Santiago, Chile

Santiago.

Santiago is a good city to base yourself to reach places like Valparaiso, Easter Island and Mendoza. The Bella Vista is where the nightlife is located with nice restauarants both reasonably and expensively priced. This area also has a good range of bars with a young student feel due to the universities near by. The main problem that the city has is smog. It is quite bad and usually blocks out the picturisc view of the Andes. Overall Santiago is modern large city with always something to do.

Insider Tip:Include a visit to Coffee with legs! Ask the guide on the free walking tour about it!

Fun city, not that sophisticated but pretty nice for a tourist. Recommend the restaurants and sea food.

Santiago

The night life in Santiago is fantastic!! To rival Buenos Aires. Apart from eating and drinking, however, their is not a whole lot to see or do in Santiago. San Cristobal was probably the highlight of my trip. I would recommend walking or biking up it and taking the funicular back down. I had accommodation for a whole week here and it was definitely too long, 2 or 3 days is plenty of time...and if you don't like partying I would skip it altogether!

Insider Tip:If you are travelling South America and are short on time, Santiago could be missed. Instead the costal regions of Valpraiso and Vina del Mar have a lot more to offer. Santiago is just a big city with nothing unique to see...I was a little disappointed by it to be completely honest. Its also very expensive compared to the rest of South America

The location here was exceptional, everything is quite a few blocks away from the main avenue. Lovely city, wonderful experience.

I like this city very much. Particularly, people on the streets. It very nice to walk around and talk to everybody