Written by LenR on October 26, 2009
- This is a mixed residential neighbourhood to the west of the city centre. It was once fairly affluent but the middle-classes moved out some decades ago. This was compounded when the Via Norte-Sur highway was...
Written by LenR on October 26, 2009
- South American cities seem more alive than those in say Australia and the US and I have concluded that this is because of the European design of plazas and squares that can be seen in...
Written by LenR on October 26, 2009
- This is a pedestrian area off Avenue Providencia which has two different personalities. By day it is a pleasant place to walk amongst the boutiques and cute half-timbered teashops while at night it becomes a...
Written by LenR on October 26, 2009
- Apart from the metro, buses are the only other public transport option. The Transantiago system has standardized bus routes and combined local (feeder) bus lines, main bus lines and the subway network. It includes an...
Written by LenR on October 26, 2009
- The Santiago metro is an excellent system which is easy for foreigners to use. We bought a ticket and boarded the correct train after only 30 minutes in the city. There are several lines but...
Written by LenR on October 26, 2009
- Santiago has an impressive architectural array particularly in the central city around the Plaza de Armas. The following four buildings are all worth a look.The central post office (Correo Central) fronts the Plaza and is...
Written by Jeanne Travels on June 1, 2002
- In the current times, The United States charges Chilean citizens a rather large Visa fee upon entering the United States. The Chilean government in retaliation has increased the fees for US citizens to enter their...
Written by Jeanne Travels on June 1, 2002
- The Pacific shore a small city by the name of Vina del Mar reminded me a lot of
Carmel/Monterey California. The coast there is quite rocky and the sea was really high following the height of...
Written by Jeanne Travels on June 1, 2002
- There is a church of the Dolminicos out on the edge of Santiago which is surrounded by
a permanent craft community, from weavers, pottery, jewelry, copper plates with the enamel baked on to a man who...
Written by Jarvey Jornada on December 14, 2002
- I had some AA ticket credit to use, and AA had offered r/t $329 airfare to Santiago: we took it, able to bump up to business-class even on this cheap fare. That let...
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