Santiago City Tour (3 hours):
After hotel pickup, drive with your guide by the gleaming skyscrapers of ‘Sanhattan,’ the city’s high-end finance center and then head to the civic center. In the neighborhood of Republica, learn about the district formerly home to the 20th century elite and check out Club Hipíco, a thoroughbred racecourse founded in 1869, reconstructed after a fire to resemble Longchamp in France. Then pass by the presidential offices of neoclassical La Moneda Palace and learn its history, including the 1973 overthrow of President Allende that took place here. Walk over to the festive main square of Plaza de Armas, punctuated with palm trees, and gaze upon more gorgeous examples of neoclassical architecture, the Metropolitan Cathedral and Correo Central, the old post office.
Back in the vehicle, travel to the top of Cerro San Cristóbal in Metropolitan Park, the city’s largest urban green space, and capture sweeping panoramas of Santiago with the Andes mountains in the background. Next, admire bohemian Bellavista, its colorful tree-lined streets popping with trendy boutiques, eateries and avant-garde galleries housed in lofts and stately mansions, a barrio partly made famous because Pablo Neruda had lived in this hilly neighborhood. End the tour at Mercado Central, a wrought-iron fish market named by National Geographic as one of the top 10 food markets in the world, and watch dizzying displays of chopping, filleting, weighing and wrapping of all kinds of fish.
Enjoy a variety of options to conclude your city tour: choose to stay at Mercado Central longer and make your own way back to your hotel, ask to be dropped off at a mall where you can shop for those one-of-a-kind souvenirs or simply take immediate transport back to your hotel.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide
- Wine tasting
- City tour
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
Take advantage of a combined tour offer that lets you explore Santiago and the Concha y Toro winery in the Maipo Valley, nestled at the base of the Andes. This tour is ideal for newcomers to Santiago, allowing you to admire the city’s neoclassical architecture, the ‘Sanhattan’ financial district, and Bellavista, a place frequented by Pablo Neruda. Enjoy breathtaking views of the city from Santa Lucia Hill. Then, at Concha y Toro, sample exquisite wines and visit the underground cellar that produces the winery’s most famous offering: Casillero del Diablo. Your hotel transport is taken care of.
- Minimum age to drink alcohol is 18 years
- Please note: When booking the Super Saver, at checkout, select the date of your city tour and then fill in the date you want to take the other Concha & Toro winetour in the special requirements box
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
