Hotel Libertador Santiago

... flight to Santiago, so with 50 Soles each to spend, we passed the time doing some airport shopping. We finally arrived at our hotel in Santiago at 04:00 this morning. After sleeping until midday, we went out to explore the city. As it's Easter Sunday a ...

... street away from the bustle and had a really nice steak lunch before wandering around a few markets and heading back to the hotel. Santiago really feels like a city with a lot of bustle, loads of people, a metro and businessmen wandering around. We ...

... of the Mapocho River was later drained and converted into a public promenade, known as the Alameda (now Avenida Alameda Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins, the city's main avenue). The city was slightly damaged during the War of Independence (1810-18), during ...

Big cities are not really my favorite travel destinations so I wasn't overly excited about making the inevitable stop in Santiago, Chile's capital. But I was pleasantly surprised by it. It's actually not such a big city and most of the sights are easily ...

Hola again from santiago, It has occurred to me that i was a little harsh in my previous entry - this really is an OK city (barring the pollution), but i gues that I´m just not really comfortable in crowds... Also, i´m finding my big hotel a little ...

... Paris Londres. This got me to the big Chilean flag overlooking Plaza de Ciudadania opposite Plaza Libertador with the photo of the 2 policemen on horses. Back through Plaza de Armas to Templo ...

... of traveling and perhaps the greatest strain on our relationship) we settled into an overpriced cinderblock hotel very centrally located in downtown Santiago. The management of the hotel seemed to think that collecting currency from around the world and ...

On Saturday 14 Jan we had to meet at the Hotel Libertador and check in. I decided to get there around one so that I could go out and check some of down town Santiago. When I arrived I met two fellow travellors and once we had dropped off our bags we ...

... , and loved it. This morning, the mountains to its west were covered with snow and looked so inviting!  It's not over, Santiago, I shall return one day soon... We then flew over the Andes towards Buenos Aires, and all of a sudden, I was looking ...

I love Cusco.  I have only been here a few hours but I love it.  Santiago felt like being in Sydney and we really only stayed there as a gateway to get to Valle Nevado to go skiing.  We did the walking tour in Santiago which was nice to see ...

... we extended our stay an extra day. We must have walked 10 hours that day exploring every last inch of the city, including Libertador Gen. St Martin and Plaza Fuerza Aerea Argentina which houses a replica of Big Ben which seems to have been repeated in a ...

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... ;  We walked up Espaņa Blvd., which became Constituyente, and then took Dr. J. Barrios Amorin, which almost paralleled Libertador - less traffic, fewer pedestrians, and different scenery.  When we spied a different Mercado (5 Hermanos), we did ...

... The Place de Mayo statue is inscribed with the word Freedom. Now, I am REALLY getting curious about the other statue on Avenida Libertador. We have described much of the history and habit of building a fort, government house, city hall and a 'big hole' ...