Grand Hyatt Santiago

Valparaiso was an unexpected treat to end our last few days in South America, as was our stay in the Grand Hyatt in Santiago courtesy of Rich's family (which Liz was 'allowed' to share!). Being the main port for transporting goods across the Pacific ...

... store in Vitacura.  Serviceable Italian food. Below are restaurants that we didn’t enjoy Matsuri – Japanese in the Grand Hyatt.  Horrible.  Read my trip advisor review here. Anakena – Thai in the Grand Hyatt.  ...

... for the (much shorter) cab ride, although in hindsight, we could have hopped on the Metro and gotten even closer.   The Grand Hyatt Santiago is a pretty neat building.  it's round with a 20-story atrium in the middle, so that all its guest rooms ...

... continent (I'm talking to you Mike!).  I am spending 8 days in Latin America recruiting on the World MBA Tour.  First stop: Santiago, Chile.  In addition to working this year, I also have a friend joining me on the trip, her name is Erin. ...

... to mind) and climbed a beautiful hill which afforded even better views of the surrounding beige skyscrapers. The Grand Hyatt here in Santiago is certainly a change from the Park Hyatt, frequented mainly by business travelers and tourist en route to ...

... from Mendoza was a breeze...and having got another set of stamps in our passports at the Airport, we headed back to the Grand Hyatt again. As we were waiting to head south to Patagonia, time was well spent quaffing champagne and munching canapees at the ...

... a taste of the Andes more closely than a view from the city.  In practically no time we were cruising through the southern Santiago suburbs, and in a blink after that, we were out into the high country.    There were many small towns that ...

... speaking) about two months out of the year, I decided Chile and Argentina needed to be the first destination on my itinerary. Santiago was a necessary pit stop on my way to Patagonia because I couldn't come all the way to South America without stopping ...

... it comes to international cons.  I guess the only way to wise up is to experience them firsthand.  Saturday night in Santiago, I took a taxi back to my hotel from the bar.  It was really my only option since the Metro was already closed, ...

... of bad I can't name any Chilean cyclists...)  This is so much like home, it's crazy. The other thing we've noticed about Santiago, while were on the subject of observations of the city, is the children.  There are a ton.  And they are out ...

the date is may 4 2011 and I'm on my way to Santiago Chile I'm going for a month to snowboard in the mountains. the mountain I'm going to start with cheking into the hotel and then I'm going stight to the hill they say the mountian is one of the best ski ...

... visa is good for 10 years, so I guess we'll just have to go back to get our money's worth!   Lodging:   Grand Hyatt Santiago --  8000 points / night = 24000 points (amazing deal!)  The price during this time of year seems to be around ...

... , everyone grabbed a quick shower & a bite to eat before heading over to catch the bus to the luau. Paradise Cove....here Santiago comes:)  They had no clue what to expect from a bunch of jazz players!  Before dinner, the kids had activities ...

its my first time in chile and im here for one thing and one thing only that is to snowboard. in the winter i snowboard in canada but when its summer in canada chile is the place to snowboard they have one of the bigest ski resorts in the world im going ...

... ; It had a lovely established, secure and leafy feel about it. Now we are at the airport awaiting our flight to Santiago, after a hilarious attempt to follow the instructions of our hotel receptionist for the airport bus.  When we couldn’t find ...

... region, but couldn't quite figure out how to fit a couple 17 hour bus rides in plus Chilean wine before our flight out of Santiago. There was a overnight bus that went directly to Vina del Mar, so we decided on that option. We had a relaxing afternoon in ...