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Read MoreCentro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (GAM)
The GAM is one of Santiago's most exciting new cultural centers, and it acts as a default meeting point for tourists and locals due to its central location on the Alameda, in Barrio Lastarria. Opened in 2010 in a strikingly...
Read MoreCerro Santa Lucía
Like a miniature version of Cerro San Cristóbal, Santa Lucía offers sweeping views of the city and a more manageable hike. The hill, which is nestled between the Lastarria and Bellas Artes neighborhoods just north of the Alameda, is lovely...
Read MoreKingston Family Vineyards
In the early 1900s, CJ Kingston left his home in Michigan to search for gold in Chile, and while he never found the mother lode, his journey led him to the acquisition of a cattle ranch in the Casablanca Valley....
Read MoreMercado Central
Santiago’s Mercado Central is a majestic little market located in a bustling part of the city, one of the last remnants of an age when passenger trains pulled in and out of the Estación Mapocho and the grand Cal y...
Read MoreMorandé
This winery—about an hour-and-a-half drive west of Santiago—was founded by Pablo Morandé, who was a pioneer in the Casablanca Valley. Morandé was the first to see the valley's vast potential for whites, Pinot Noirs, and cool-climate Syrahs. The winery has...
Read MoreMuseo de la Moda
After both his parents passed away, Jorge Yarur Bascuñan turned his family’s home into a fashion museum showcasing more than 7,000 pieces of clothing, accessories, textiles, decorative arts and sports articles previously owned by Bascuñan’s mother and father or acquired...
Read MoreMuseum of Visual Arts (MAVI)
Although Santiago’s Museum of Visual Arts is a relatively small institution, it is not one to be overlooked due to its outstanding exhibits of contemporary Chilean and international artists. Opened in 2001, the museum has accrued an impressive collection of...
Read MorePalacio and Centro Cultural La Moneda
Built in 2006 on a site between the Palacio de la Moneda—the beautiful neoclassical building that once served as a mint, then the presidential palace, and now houses the presidential offices—and Avenida Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins, better known as “the Alameda,”...
Read MorePalacios de Bellas Artes
The Palacio de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Museum) and the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (MAC) are housed together in a regal, Beaux Arts edifice that was inaugurated on the eve of Chile's centennial independence day in 1910 (the museums have...
Read MoreParque Metropolitano de Santiago
The Parque Metropolitano, a city park that is larger than New York's Central Park, sits on the western edge of Providencia. Take the historic funicular to the top of the San Cristóbal Hill, or walk up one of the park's...
Courtesy Dan GoldRead MorePlaza de Armas
Like most Latin American countries settled by the Spanish, Santiago was built around one large central square, the Plaza de Armas. This is where the first colonizers ruled, resided and fraternized, and the city’s grid layout radiated out from this...
Read MoreSantiago La Chascona
Acclaimed Chilean poet Pablo Neruda had three homes in his native country, which have been made into museums. Neruda was a widely traveled diplomat, an obsessive collector and a prolific poet, and a tour through this home, La Chascona, features...
Read MoreValparaíso
About a 90-minute drive west of Santiago lies the coastal town of Valparaíso. Because Santiago sits inland, this city on the sea emerged in the late 1800s as Chile’s primary shipping port, and benefitted financially from an influx of wealth....
