Four active volcanoes surround
the valley where the city of Santiago de Chile is. There, the heat and the cold
are real and intense, but they are also living metaphors of the contrast that
visitors find when arriving.
Those volcanoes, immobile giants that seem to
guard Santiago instead of threatening it, are called San José, Tupungato,
Tupungatito, and Maipó. The last one made half a million years ago an eruption
equivalent to several atomic bombs. But the result today no longer looks
devastating but wonderful because different types of nature come together on a
rich soil that has allowed its inhabitants to create indestructible cultures.
Nowadays, Santiago de Chile offers us to feel
the concept of the city from the actors that compose it. The people dedicated
to the modification of their own reality, and the trembling nature waiting
another million years with indifference but refusing to succumb to the man and
civilization.
Before all that, the logical question that
every tourist makes is what to do when arriving in Santiago de Chile to have an
unforgettable tourist experience. For this reason, we have arranged some of the
places you cannot stop going to when you visit the capital of Chile.
Valle Nevado
At 46 kilometers from Santiago is the most
modern and incredible sanctuary of snow sports in Latin America. It is a
tourist complex created in 1988 with the same patterns as those in the Alps.
Since then it is a mandatory stop for those who travel to Chile to do tourism.
Palacio de la Moneda
On its walls, there are many memories of the
battles of ideas and transcendental weapons for the history of Latin America.
In this place, are located the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security,
the General Secretariat of the Presidency, the General Secretariat of
Government and the Ministry of Social Development. To know Chile you have to
visit the Palacio de la Moneda.
Cerro San Cristobal
This hill is part of the Metropolitan Park of
Santiago, which is one of the largest in the world with 722 hectares for all
kinds of outdoor activities. The place is an ideal complex to spend a whole day
because it has lots of swimming pools, an unforgettable cable car, a zoo full
of living wonders, and a house of culture with activities every week.
El Yeso Dam
It is the main source of drinking water supply
in Santiago. Although access to the place in winter is an odyssey because of
the constant snowfalls, going in summer is a lovely experience. During summer
everything can be captured with the view, there are opportunities to practice
windsurfing or fishing rainbow trouts.
The General Cemetery
of Santiago
It is so amazing the General Cemetery of
Santiago and offers guided tours. But not only day tour for lovers of history
and architecture; in fact, it also has one at night with magnificent stories
for those who want to be afraid.
Vineyards
Experts in wines, Chileans not only want to export them but also want to show the
total experience of their elaboration. In the southern country, they know that
the best wine is not felt on the palate but in the heart. For this reason,
tourists end up being involuntary ambassadors of the drink all over the world.
Santiago is experiencing a time of slow and
sure economic growth. Its inhabitants have begun to worry about civil issues
that were once unthinkable, but the good thing about all that is that the
touristic and cultural experience of the city is increasing to the delight
millions.