Santiago Small Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Leaving Chile represents a major part of our journey – the end of South America after some 5 months. South America has turned out to be a real adventure – before we came here we didn't know what to expect and each part of the journey has been an absolute treat, each country very different however completely enthralling and full of ex...

Santiago itsellf, despite being surrounded by 5,000 metre peaks, is remarkably flat with lots of open spaces making it good for walking, running and cycling. The main plaza is huge, the cathedral adorns one end, which was lovely inside, lots of state buildings one the other sides and numerous people undertaking public speaking. There was also a ...

After arriving in Santiago I'm curious to see how the Holidays play out. Several of the wineries I visited are decorated festively but for the most part, the city seems kind of barren of Holiday Cheer. I heard Christmas Eve is a HUGE party so I'm excited to see how it all goes down... Will report back of course. Until now, enjoying the sites of ...

Well had to dash off to catch a plane, but back now waiting for another one. Our last night in Cusco we went out with the tour group for a farewell meal. This led to much debate about what Peruvian delights to try - I have to admit I was slightly woosy and went for a Big Pac & Fries, i.e. Alpaca burger - it was yum. Ade was more adventerous ...

After the crumbling streets, chaos and obvious poverty of much of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, Santiago feels like we are back in more familiar territory. It´s a really lovely city - wide streets, pretty plazas, green space (plus smog and traffic) - and its nice to be somewhere that doesn´t seem to pay us much attention. Santiago is a busy city, t...

Part one: I´m up early as i go watch Arsenal vs Milan finding Russ there and Danny joining us later. I rush back at half-time to check out and pick Nic up before returning for the 2nd half, with Arsenal winning 2-0 and playing amazing. We waste the rest of the morning away and go back to the hostel picking our bags up and finding that we´ve got ...

Stunning Santiago We have recently returned from a long and leisurely tour of central South America which we booked through Travel 4 via a Midlands Co-op personal travel advisor. We travelled alone throughout our trip but had the comfort of being met at airports by an English speaking guide and private car to our hotels. We started off from Bir...

The Arrival I left Australia on the 13th of January and headed for South America. The first country that I set foot on in South America was Chile in the south. I landed in the capital Santiago, I was very jet lagged since it took 26 hours of flying to get there. Although the funny thing was that I left Australia at 12 O'clock Eastern Standard ti...

I'll give you a short review of what happened this weekend today, and I'll write something of interest this weekend. I apologize, but this entry is a long step down from the last one. This weekend (Friday through Sunday) was spent travelling with CIEE, our organizing program, to Parque Nacional La Campana and to a beach near Quintero, north of V...

06-03-14 This is the end of my south american leg. I'm quite sad to be leaving, but you never know what lies ahead. People have been so great out here and I've made a lot of great friends. Hopefully I'll be able to return the hospitality someday in Ireland. It doesn't help that I've had such a good time over the last few months. I've been in Pat...