San Cristobal Hill (Cerro San Cristobal) Santiago

Parque Metropolitano, Santiago , Chile - Phone: 2/777-6666

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  • Great view of the city

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    sayogovi 8 contributions Austria Apr 12, 2011

    We took the cable car to get up the hill which costs 1800 pesos for return trip. There are some shops on the end station of the cable car and a short walk to get to a church. You can see great view of the city and snowy moutains if it is sunny. The gondora was not operated when we went there( April,2011)

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    Walking in flip-flops

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    Today started with indecision. I was going to join a walking tour, but then decided not to as I really wanted to go up San Cristobal hill. So I made my way through the city, and crossed the river to take the funicular. Once I got there I learned it was no open today "only" due to "maintenance". However somebody later said it has been closed for …

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    All Good Things Must Come to an End

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    This is my last day on holidays. What a shame. I first went to Cerro Santa Lucia and enjoyed the park in the middle of the city. I also got some last minute shopping squeezed in, and did manage to get on the funicular (tram) to the top of San Cristobal, and luckily the weather cleared up from a very smoggy morning!

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    the knife

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    "Tengo fe en Chile y en su destino"
    President Salvador Allende

    wednesday february 29th
    san cristobal parque

    the knife

    he grabbed my arm and i said no, no. he pulled out a knife and cut my purse off me. i said no, no por favor still holding onto my purse. he held the knife near my stomach and looked directly into …

  • 4

    Santiago -Capital of Chille

    地下鉄！普 ;通のバスᦀ 1;サンティ| 50;ゴはリマ 392;比べても 6684;段に都会&# 12290;さすが南& #31859;で1番潤っ ;てる街&# …

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    Fin du 1er chapitre

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    Voilà 3 jours que Domi est rentré en France, merci pour ce bout de chemin parcouru ensemble. Diego et moi prenons donc un peu de repos dans la très agréable capitale Chilienne, Santiago. En cette saison estivale, de jolies balades sont à faire dans le centre avec de nombreux monuments, et dans les parcs dont le Metropolitano situé sur la colline …

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    Santaigo de Chile

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    After the amazing trip over the Andes I went looking for my hostel. Together with a Dutch couple, two American girls and an English girl who I all met on the bus from Mendoza, we went looking for the underground to find all our respective hostels. This made this usually horrible part of finding your bearings on your own in a new city it a little …

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    Santiago, views from above

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    Sunday, the sun is shining and yesterday it ran all day long. Probably the unique occasion to have a no-smog view over Santiago. The best observation point is Cerro San Cristobal (800m). On the top of the hill, we can find a statue of the Virgin Mary, donated to the Chilean people by the French in 1920. A cableway, a funicular as well as pathways …

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    Vineyard time...

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    Arriving in Santiago we caught a taxi from the airport to our hostel in Bellavista. As it turns out the hostel was only about 6 months old and represented more of a new hotel than a hostel, which was a welcome change to the accommodation over the past couple of weeks. The hostel looked out over an area called Patio Bellavista, which is essentially …

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    Santiago de Chile

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    No more collectivos (the old vans and minibuses used as "public" buses in Bolivia and Peru), Santiago just opened a new bus-system which is in combination with the existing subway and innovative prepaid rfid-system very efficient.

    We found a funcy little hostel for our one …

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    Slices of luck...

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    ...in Varied Valpraison, Smooth Santiago an Perfect Pucon....

    "In Chile there is Easter Island, the desert in the north and Pategonia. Other than that, there is nothing..."
    - Man on the Plane

    Fortunately, I find myself disagreeing with this unnamed local of Santiago. Yesterday Ben and I completed our first ascent of a volcano …

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    ... picking up some little buns and oranges for a picnic lunch, I headed out to the Parque Metropolitano de Santiago.  I hiked up San Cristobal Hill to see the statue of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception (36 m high!) and to check out the ...

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