Santiago isn't Chile but...

Well, I’ wasn’t born and neither I lived on Santiago so I hardly can tell to anyone where they can go or what they can do in Santiago, but don’t worry my readers I won’t let you down and as always I’ll do my best…

Even if it’s a polluted city, Santiago can offer a couple of things that worth to visit… but where do I start? Mmm…

Ok, the tourist in first place must go to cultural and historical places to learn where he is and who we are and how we became what we are, yeah it’s kind of complicate but it’s history and tourists are compel to learn or at least visit some historical place.

Secondly the tourist must do fun activities mixed with traditional activities because fun experiences remains on memory so this tourist can tell to other tourist in his home country “touristland” other tourist will want to come to visit Chile, so the tourist must leave this country with the best of the impressions and for that I did a short list of “you must do it” things.


1. In first, but in very very first place I surely recommend going to “La Moneda” palace because it is the house of the government and a symbol of our sovereignty and it’s a building dating from the colonial period, but if Mr. tourist doesn’t have time he can take a virtual tour from here.

2. Another interesting place is the ”Huelen” hill, or renamed it for Spanish people, “Santa Lucia” Hill, a pleasant place, where one can walk and where the tourists can appreciate a great view of the city, if “smog” allows jejejeje

3. An entertaining biking tour which will provide you a bicycle for 1 hour and then you can return it at any station of the company, a fun activity

4. The Maipo Canyon is another must for a tourist as it’s one of the few places in the Greater Santiago where you can still breathe relatively clean air and provides a green and noble landscape.

5. Sport, culture and nature, what am I forgetting? The good alcohol that is always welcome, and for that I can’t think better place to go as "La Piojera", a traditional bar where the specialty is the “earthquake” drink and to eat the classic ham with generous chili.

I hope that list doesn’t let you down but this is the best that I can do like a provincial boy.