Hotels in Santiago - Prices and Reviews

After our extended stay is San Pedro, we headed straight to Santiago (instead of stopping at La Serena). This meant a 24 hour bus journey!! We had a cama bus... which means the seats are nice and big and lay really far back, so it was quite comfy.

We had a hotel ready booked, so after a taxi and checking in we headed into the city. As it...

Hola a todos! So after enduring a good 24 hours in transition from Edmonton to Santiago, I am happy to say that it was worth it all... Santiago is a beautiful, clean city and the weather is perfect..... albeit slightly chilly once the sun goes down so that a sweater or light jacket is necessary (yes even for my tough Canadian skin...hehehe). Rox...

We arrived into Santiago on the worst flight ever!!!! After about an hour of us being in the air, the seatbelt sign came on and we started 10 hours of the worst turbulence ever, it scared me rigid, keep in mind this was our 14th flight in 10 months, so we are pretty used to turbulence, but this time we were rocking and dropping and everything wa...

Welcome to my new wheeze. This way I can keep a record of the trips I make, and if any of you are interested you can find out what I have been doing. I'll keep it pithy, promise. Flew Manchester-Paris-Santiago, at least that was the plan, but Santiago was covered in fog. Hopped over the Andes to Mendoza, a small airport not really set up for big...

Jarrett was up early to see if we could get any tour for the day, but there was nothing available. Most of the tours were 2 to more days of travelling, or they required at least 4-5 people. Well, there were only the two of us. We tried something else for tomorrow but no luck... the max we did was to put our names in a list in the case more peopl...

7th-9th January - Santiago When we researched Santiago on the net, there were lots of differing opinions about whether it was worth visiting. Some people liked it a bit but most people didn't seem to enjoy their time there at all. Well we did enjoy Santiago. We had booked four nights stay in Santiago. We figured we would need the first night to ...

Today is going to be a very long day. My flight for South America leaves Auckland at 17.50pm on Tuesday 17th (local time). I have an 11hour 30min flight to Chile. Following a 7hour wait at Santiago airport I take a 3hour 45min flight to Peru. Arrival time in Lima is 22.50 on Tuesday 17th (local time). So after over 20hours of travel time I arriv...

Survived the 24 hour bus journey to Santiago, it was surprisingly comfortable to tell the truth! Finally back at sea level so I can breath easy again at last. Was a bit worried that my lungs might explode, but no such drama. Sorry.... Went on a wine tour on friday to Castillo del Diablo vineyard, tried a few vino tintos, vino blancos, then a few...

To stick with my Sound of Music theme..it seems time to say "so long farewell" to Santiago and South America as a whole. *tear tear* I cant complain though because yesterday we went skiing at the top of the freakin Andes. Of course I was a pansy and had altitude issues but I dealt with it for at least a few ski-tacular hours afterwhich I found m...

We spent 5 nights in and around Santiago, which has to be my favourite city so far. The whole atmosphere of the place is incredibly friendly and it felt like a bit of a culture shock to arrive here after being in Bolivia, one of the poorest countries in South America. It genuinely felt like we were in a European city in Spain or Portugal (unfort...