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Browse 17 reviews, 450 travel blogs, 687 photos and videos about 40 historic and cultural things to do in Santiago. You'll also find some useful ratings and information so that you can get all of the unbiased information you need before filling your next trip with lots of fun things to do.

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La Chascona (Pablo Neruda's Home) Santiago

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  • Aug 21, 2008: ... metro out to Bellavista neighborhood to see Pablo Neruda's house, La Chascona. The metro is like Europe's, very clean and ...
  • Oct 4, 2006: ... of Pablo Neruda´s three houses. The house in Santiago we visited he named La Chascona, which is what you would call a woman ...
  • Mar 11, 2007: ... nbsp; A highlight of the trip was Pablo Neruda's final dwelling place, La Chascona.  He built this house for his third " ...
  • May 16, 2008: ... pays et continent Pour notre derniere journee a Santiago, nous sommes alles visite la Chascona, une autre maison de Pablo ...

San Cristobal Hill (Cerro San Cristobal) Santiago

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  • Jul 16, 2008: ... took the funincular (really steep train) up the side of San Cristobal (hill with Vigin Mary statue on it) to look out ...
  • Feb 4, 2002: ... go to pass the heat of the day. We climbed the San Cristobal Hill. At the top, the view of the city and the distant ...
  • Dec 29, 2006: ... and sautéed vegetables. We then caught the funicular up San Cristobal hill which was quite fun and there were great views of ...
  • Aug 27, 2008: ... is an area that lies between the Mapocho River and San Cristóbal Hill. The area is famous for its bohemian nightlife and its ...

Plaza de Armas Santiago

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  • Jun 10, 2007: ... , and soaking up the thoroughly European ambiance. The central square (Plaza de Armas) of the city has got to be one of the ...
  • Jan 29, 2009: ... for a simple purchase!!! We then walked over to the Plaza de Armas. This is a really nice plaza area. This reminds me ...
  • Nov 30, 2005: ... stores and fashion boutiques in the pedestrian streets around the Plaza de Armas. Got the bikini, but no boots - it seems ...
  • Nov 26, 2005: ... songs of protest. I had a look at the main square, Plaza de Armas. You can imagine my delight when I found a big group of ...

National Museum of History Santiago

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Palacio Cousino Santiago

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  • Apr 13, 2007: ... Natural History ones. OK but not worth special effort. The Palacio Cousino which shows what life was like for the wealthy at ...
  • May 16, 2008: ... a vraiment bon gout ici ! Mercredi, nous avons visite le Palacio Cousino, une maison de 1871 construite par une des plus ...
  • Feb 22, 2008: ... A visit to the most opulent palace I have ever seen, the Palacio Cousino. Built between  1871-1878, this palatial ...

Museum of Pre-Columbian Art Santiago

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  • Dec 23, 2008: ... and Law Courts, the Presidential Palace, the Museum of pre-Columbian art and the financial district on Nueva York avenue ...
  • May 25, 2007: ... We'd also soaked up some of the culture at the Museum of Pre-Columbian Art (pre-1600's, that is before the Spanish started ...
  • Mar 8, 2008: ... didn't take off and patronise someone more friendly. Museum of pre-Columbian Art This smallish museum is ambitious. It ...
  • Sep 8, 2006: ... that Alasdair has had the squits The Museum of Pre-Columbian Art. Santiago, Chile. Cabin 2 - "Free Enterprise" - 200m off ...

Museo de Artes Visuales Santiago

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Cerro Santa Lucia Santiago

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  • Jan 29, 2009: ... side - I like it here. Next we headed up to Cerro Santa Lucia. Lorna wasn't happy when she was presented with a load of ...
  • Apr 2, 2008: ... nbsp;       My next stop is Cerro Santa Lucia, a nice park and palace on top of the hill at the ...
  • Feb 9, 2008: ... on Huelén Hill (later renamed Cerro Santa Lucía). Valdivia chose the location of Santiago because of its moderate climate and ...
  • Dec 13, 2004: ... an interesting sight. I also took the time to wander up Cerro Santa Lucia, which is a park/castle thing. It was all on a ...

General Cemetery (Cementerio General) Santiago

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  • Jun 21, 2006: ... he'd invited us on his other class' field trip to the General Cemetery and the Villa Grimaldi, once a torture center. I'd ...
  • Dec 26, 2005: ... 't handle the outside world, the rest of us went to the general cemetery in Andy's uncle Tono´s truck, where Andy's mum and ...
  • Aug 5, 2006: ... to main avenues before long and from there went to the general cemetery and central market to finish off my circuit. Well, ...

Museum of Pre-Columbian Art (Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino) Santiago

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  • Dec 23, 2008: ... and Law Courts, the Presidential Palace, the Museum of pre-Columbian art and the financial district on Nueva York avenue ...
  • May 25, 2007: ... We'd also soaked up some of the culture at the Museum of Pre-Columbian Art (pre-1600's, that is before the Spanish started ...
  • Mar 8, 2008: ... didn't take off and patronise someone more friendly. Museum of pre-Columbian Art This smallish museum is ambitious. It ...
  • Sep 8, 2006: ... that Alasdair has had the squits The Museum of Pre-Columbian Art. Santiago, Chile. Cabin 2 - "Free Enterprise" - 200m off ...

La Moneda Santiago

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  • Feb 26, 2006: ... , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Telefonica_building_in_Santiago_Chile.jpg) Chile, after all, has produced a few famous ...
  • Jun 2, 2006: ... Demonstrations have occurred in downtown Santiago near the Ministry of Education (near La Moneda), and in provincial cities ...
  • Jan 29, 2009: ... to was a Palace called "Palacio de la Moneda". It's a really grand place with all the Chile flags waving about outside. We ...
  • Feb 4, 2006: ... and I take a little tour around Santiago. We head into the centre and disembark at La Moneda, from where we take a look at ...

Fine Arts Museum (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes) Santiago

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  • Apr 2, 2007: ... away i was loving the european feel. Stumbled into the fine arts museum to discover that Rebeca was a popular name for 19th ...
  • Oct 9, 2008: ... Library). Another very impressive building in Santiago is the neoclassical fine arts museum , the "Museo de las Bellas Artes" ...
  • Jun 8, 2006: ... and there! No such interpretation was required at the Fine Arts museum - Palacio de Bellas Artes - and this time we could ...

Bellas Artes Santiago

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  • May 27, 2008: ... snow tooped mountains that tower over it),  Palacio de Bellas Artes (an art gallery with chiliean paintings, photos and ...
  • Feb 11, 2008: ... After that a few minutes spent in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (very similar to the stuff in Tate Modern) was light ...
  • Dec 23, 2008: ... the downtown area visiting such sights as the Museo de Bellas Artes - offering a great variety of contemporary art, the ...
  • Mar 4, 2007: ... wieder abe. Daenn wiiter zfuess dur d Stadt bis zum Museo Bellas Artes. Ja, scho am 1. Tag bin ich is Kunstmuseum. Bin ...

Nueva Costanera Santiago

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Templo Votivo de Maipu Santiago

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Bellavista Santiago

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  • Aug 23, 2008: ... yep, 3 days in and were loving Chile more than we expected. We arrived at Santiago after the 11plus hours flight from ...
  • Mar 16, 2005: ... looks ugly due to lots of litter. Through the Barrio Bellavista area - hip area with lots of bars and restaurants, helped ...
  • May 23, 2008: ... a while to flag a taxi (CHP $5000), we eventually got to Bellavista Hostel at 1am. Our room is on the top floor of an ...
  • Apr 13, 2008: ... on Cerro San Cristobal above the sprawling city of Santiago de Chile, I couldn't help but feel that the manky dogs copulating ...

Iglesia San Francisco Santiago

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  • Dec 15, 1987: ... Cruz-Mont and Union Club buildings. Finally we visited Iglesia San Francisco which was one of the earliest settlements from ...

Red House (Casa Colorada) Santiago

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  • Mar 25, 2006: ... person. That´s about 6 GBP each. We enter the small red house and into the dining area. The furniture is beautiful and ...
  • Jan 28, 2009: ... us to our hostel - La Casa Roja (think this means The Red House). This really is a beautiful old mansion-style house with ...
  • Dec 11, 2005: ... I'm staying in a very nice hostel called La Casa Roja (The Red House) in an area called Barrio Brasil, about a 20 minutes ( ...
  • Jan 4, 2006: ... easier so we headed to our hotel la casa roja - the red house, and relaxed for a while, eventually we got hungry and decided ...

Isidora Goyenechea Santiago

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Paseo Ahumada Santiago

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  • Apr 2, 2008: ... La Moneda or the Chilean presidential palace, then I walked through Paseo Ahumada to  Plaza de Armas. Paseo Ahumada and ...
  • Apr 1, 2008: ... along Av. Agustinas to the bustling Paseo Ahumada, The pedestriansed Oxford Street of Santiago.  I picked my way ...
  • Feb 6, 2007: ... end!  Had a cup of tea at a cafe in the pedestrian Paseo Ahumada and then walked up to the Mercado Centrale.  The ...
  • Oct 2, 2006: ... , we walked amidst the sea of people thronging the 'Paseo Ahumada'and sampled various cuisines at many restaurants - the ...
 
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