In Santiago

Flight

✈️ Getting There

There's a direct flight from London to Santiago offered by British Airways (BA251), with multiple flights per week, approximate travel time 15 hours. Alternatively, there are numerous options via Madrid, Paris or Brazil with an approximate travel time of 18 hours (Iberia, Air France, LATAM).

Hotel

🛏️ Where to Stay ?

Barrio Italia - Providencia 🚇 Underground station: Between Parque Bustamante and Irarrazabal (L5) *very close to the church. This is the new hipster area of the town, coloured old houses have become boutique hotels. Full of cosy restaurants and bars, but also nice galleries and shops to buy hand-made. If you do not stay here, you can go for a walk. Los Leones - Providencia 🚇 Underground Station: Between Pedro de Valdivia and Tobalaba (L1) *very well connected. This is the usual tourist area, it’s very commercial and has a extensive hotel offer. There is a very large shopping mall and plenty of shops. It is like to stay in Oxford Street. It also has plenty of restaurants, bars and clubs. El Golf - Las Condes 🚇 Underground Station: EL Golf (L1) - *Next to the previous area, well connected This is the business area so there are more chain hotels like Radison or Hilton. It is more office oriented during the day, and during night there are amazing restaurants/bars. It is very safe at night. 🏙️ Can I stay in the city centre? The city centre is beautiful and we love it. Also it has great hotel options. However, it is not safe to walk at night. For tourism, you can easily reach the city centre by underground in 15 minutes if you stay in the areas mentioned above.

Train

🚌 How to move?

Santiago has one of the best transport systems in Latin America, mixed with buses and underground (metro). Any place that you will visit, is reachable by public transport. You only need a Bip card. You can get it in any underground station. Also, you can move using Uber app or similar, like Cabify.

Travel Note

📷 Walking Tour

Santiago's story of the city is divided into two major events. The foundation of the city around the century XV, and the dictatorship of Pinochet in the 70’. We recommend you to do this Free walking tour for the city centre and visit the historical buildings.

Travel Note

🎨 Museums

La Chascona One of the houses of the poetise and Nobel Prize, Pablo Neruda. https://fundacionneruda.org/reservas/ Museum of Pre-hispanic Art If you like the history before the colonisation and the foundation of Santiago thought art, visit this museum: https://museo.precolombino.cl/ Museum Of Memory and Human Rights A deep and emotional journey to the violation of human rights in Chile during the dictatorship. It can be sensitive.👇🏼

Travel Note

🏞️ Parquemet

Santiago has one of the largest urban parks in the world! Just in the middle of the city, this park can give you amazing views of the city and so many things to do. Get the best sightseeing, go to the top using the cable car, visit the Zoo or the Japanese garden, and come back using cable railway.