0) Metro map

http://mapa-metro.com/mapas/Santiago/mapa-metro-santiago.png

1) Chilean Folklore Show and Dinner

website: http://www.viator.com/tours/Santiago/Chilean-Folklore-Show-and-Dinner-with-Transport/d713-3452SCL204E

Experience Chile like the locals do! When you come to Santiago,
you simply have to enjoy a tasty Chilean meal. Whilst having your
dinner, you'll be entertained with traditional dances and songs
which have originated from various regions of Chile. This is a great
introduction to the Chilean way of life!

Highlights
• Traditional Chilean folklore show and dinner
• Three course Chilean dinner
• Cultural show displaying the distinct regions of Chile
• Hotel pickup and drop off

Duration: 3 hours

price: 138 USD


2) Mountain Horseback Riding Tour from Santiago

Go off the beaten track on a horseback-riding tour through the
mountains of the Santiago area. With an expert guide, you’ll
follow local ‘arrieros’ (cowboys) across streams and along scenic
terrain. Beginners rest assured: these small but sturdy Criollo
horses -- known for their stamina -- will put anyone at ease.
Don your chaps and cap for a rugged ride! 

Highlights
• 3-hour horseback ride through Santiago’s rugged cordillera(mountain range)
• Throw on some chaps and follow local cowboys off-track
• Savor a hearty lunch while admiring the vista
• Sip mate (a hot drink steeped from yerba mate leaves) or a cup of coffee at the home of a local cowboy
• Ride small but sturdy Criollo horses – no experience necessary
• Sunset and full-moon tours are available during the summer

duration: 6 hours

price: 183 USD

3) Vine Tasting

http://www.toursbylocals.com/Colchaguawineroute
http://www.toursbylocals.com/Casablancavalley
http://www.toursbylocals.com/winejuan
http://www.toursbylocals.com/winejuan
http://www.toursbylocals.com/Maipocanyonandes
http://www.toursbylocals.com/SantiagoSightseeingandWineour
http://www.toursbylocals.com/privatewinetour

Duration: half or full-day depending on your liver. ;)

price: depends on where you wanna go and with how many people

4) Los Dominicos

Handcraft and art market
Also have good restaurants with traditional food.

Where: at Metro Station Los Dominicos (red line)

5) Santiago Hop on – Hop off

http://www.turistik.cl/tour/santiago-hop-on-hop-off?gclid=CNn80NfV57gCFS9dQgodziMAjw

Tour purchase available in this same page and also at hotels, kiosks,
and Turistik Infocenters located at Patio Bellavista, Parque Arauco Mall,
Mercado Central, Pueblito los Dominicos, Hyatt Hotel, Sheraton Hotel
and Santiago’s International Airport

Duration: several hours. It depends on what you want to see.

Price: 19,000 CLP

6) Skiing

http://skitotal.cl/eng/

Duration: Entire day (return at 5 pm)

Price: transportation 14,000-22,000 CLP; equipment: 21,000-24,000 CLP; Lift Pass 20.000-39.000 CLP

7) Horseback Riding at Full Moon

http://lunada.cl/index-eng.html

Go horseback riding, accompanied only by dusk, arriving at
a viewpoint on a hill that is in front of the city, when the sun
is abandoning us, we gather around a bonfire, a good barbecue
and conversation… Suddenly overhead we are dazzled by
a ray of Light, a little bit further and our route will be illuminated,
we ride our horses and go back home.

Riding gives us tranquility, frees us from stress and above all it
gives a unique time of contact with nature.

We leave behind the noise of the street, the infernal traffic jams,
the bad smell, the noise of cell phones and some office or university
burden.

Discovering the precordillera is a full adventure, a few minutes
after the departure you loose sight of Santiago, the further in we
go we discover the vegetation: the quillayes, thorn bushes and
boldos. If we are lucky we might even run into some rabbit, owl,
loica or condor.

The snow is a loyal companion in winter, who would think that after
an hour of riding you will be setting your print.

Come and discover this experience……

Price: 127 USD

8) Bellavista 

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g294305-d314523-Reviews-Bellavista-Santiago_Santiago_Metropolitan_Region.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrio_Bellavista

This cultural city neighborhood is rich with artists, entertainers and
some of chile's best ethnic and local cuisine. You find there lots of
interesting street art, the Paulo Narudo house, some handcraft markets
(expensive!) and not too far away the Asian quarter in Santiago.

How to get there: metro station Baquedano (green and red line)

Duration at least 2-3 hours.

9) Parque Quinta Normal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinta_Normal_Park

http://www.artequin.cl/visita/pabellon-paris/

Quinta Normal Park is an urban park in the city of Santiago, Chile. It is
home to several museums, including the Chilean National Museum of
Natural History. Near the park is the Museum of Memory and Human
Rights. In the park is also the Pabellón París. It was built in France in
1889, in order to represent Chile at the Exposition Universelle in Paris
in which it celebrated the centenary of the French Revolution. Today,
it is an art museum for kids.

How to get there:  metro station Quinta Normal (green line)

10) Santa Lucia

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/chile/santiago/sights/park/cerro-santa-lucia

Rising out of the eastern side of the Centro is Cerro Santa Lucía. It was
a rocky hill until 19th-century city mayor Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna had
it transformed into a beautifully landscaped park where the grassy verges
are still a favorite with canoodling local couples. A web of trails and steep
stone stairs leads you up through terraces to the Torre Mirador at the top.
Charles Darwin proclaimed the view from here 'certainly most striking' in
1833 – it's still well worth the climb.

How to get there: metro station Bellas Artes (green line)

Duration: 1-2 hours

11) San Cristobal + Zoological Garden

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Cristóbal_Hill
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_National_Zoo

Cerro San Cristóbal rises about 300 m above the rest of Santiago; the peak
is the second highest point in the city, after Cerro Renca. On its summit there
is a sanctuary dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, with 22 meter statue
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, an amphitheater and chapel. On the pedestal there
is a small chapel in which his holiness John Paul II prayed and blessed the city
of Santiago on April 1, 1987. At the foothills of Cerro San Cristóbal are the
Chilean National Zoo and a Japanese-style garden.

How to get there: metro station Baquedano (green and red line)

Duration: 3-4 hours

12) Parque O'Higgins

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parque_O'Higgins

Parque O'Higgins is Santiago, Chile's second largest public park. It is located in the
center of the capital, in the Santiago Commune. It is about a fourth the size of
Manhattan's Central Park. The park, named after Bernardo O'Higgins (one of Chile's
independence fathers), is a popular place for families to visit during weekends.
The park has several museums. One of them is very uniuque. It's the Museo de Huaso,
(Museum of Chilean Cowboys).

How to get there: metro station Parque O'Higgins (yellow line)

13) Cementario General

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cementerio_General_de_Santiago

The Cementerio General de Santiago, Chile is one of the largest cemeteries in Latin
America with an estimated 2 million burials.The cemetery was established in 1820 after
Chile's independence. This cemetery is the final resting place for all but two of the
deceased Presidents of Chile, the exceptions being Gabriel González Videla and Bernado
O'Higgins. One of the most visited memorials is that of former President Salvador Allende
who had been buried in the Santa Ines cemetery at Viña del Mar following his suicide in
the 1973 coup d'état. With the democratic changes that began in the 1990s, Allende was
exhumed and his remains were transported in a solemn procession through the streets of
Santiago to a place of honor in the Cementerio General de Santiago. The cemetery also
has a memorial to the people that were 'disappeared' during the regime of Augusto
Pinochet that ousted President Allende.

How to get there: metro station Cementerios (yellow line)

14) Parque de las Esculturas

http://santiagotourist.com/a-hidden-gem-santiagos-sculpture-park/

This park is a type of open-air art museum that was initially created to beautify an area of the
city damaged by a flood of the Mapocho River. The park features impressive sculptures by
different Chilean and international artists. The Sculpture Park offers a green space full of
fascinating contemporary artwork.

How to get there: metro station Pedro de Valdivia (red line)

Duration: 2-3 hours

15) Observatory Santa Martina

The observatory belongs to Pontificia Universidad Católica. It is located in the outskirts of
Santiago. Despite the close distance (about 30 km) from the centre of a very large
metropolitan area, the observatory offers excellent conditions in terms of number of clear
nights and relatively good conditions in terms of light pollution and image quality. The
observatory is mostly used for didactic purposes, however we are evaluating scientific
applications as well.

For visits please get in touch with José Fernández (jfernand@astro.puc.cl)

16) Costanera Center - Shopping Mall

http://www.costaneracenter.cl

Shopping on 6 floors.

How to get there: metro station Los Leones (red line)

Duration: until your credit card is maxed out

17) Cerro Manquehue - Hiking

http://www.andeshandbook.org/rutas.asp?codigo=82

The Cerro Manquehue (in Mapudungun language Manquehue means 'condors place' ) is the
highest hill in the valley of Santiago. It has a hieght of 1,638 m above sea level and is located NE
of the capital of Chile, near the north bank of the Mapocho River. The hill has a geological
age of 19 million years and is a volcano extinct. On its southern slope is the neighborhood
Santiago's Santa María de Manquehue. In its northern-east slope is La Dehesa.

How to get there: bus C07 and C22

18) Main building of U Católica

The main building is directly in the city centre. It has a huge and stunningly beautiful atrium.
It is worth a visit and a good starting point for exploring the city.

How to get there: metro station U Católica (red line)

19) Mercado Central

https://plus.google.com/106811754427437254832/about?hl=en

It's the quintessential tourist stop, but the colorful, chaotic Mercado Central is nevertheless
a highlight for visitors to Santiago. A large share of Chile's economy depends on the exportation
of natural products such as fruits, vegetables, and seafood, and the market here displays
everything the country has to offer. Lively and staffed by pushy fishmongers who quickly and
nimbly gut and fillet while you watch, the market displays every kind of fish and shellfish
available along the Chilean coast. Depending on your perspective, the barking fishmongers
and waitresses who harangue you to choose their zucchini, their sea bass, their restaurant
can be entertaining or somewhat annoying. Either way, don't miss it, especially for the market's
lofty, steel structure that was prefabricated in England and assembled here in 1868. Try to
plan your visit during the lunch hour, for a rich bowl of caldillo de congrio (a thick conger eel
soup) or a tangy ceviche at one of the many typical restaurants.

How to get there: metro station Puente Cal y Canto (yellow line)

20) Anime Convention on 24-25 August

http://www.ticketek.cl/tktfunciones.aspx?evento=ANIME%20DELUXE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW0SEWiEDLY
http://www.kuchizuke.net/anime-deluxe-2013

Anime Deluxe is the most important convention Chile Anisong. The best exponents of the
genre gathered in a large music festival, an event with multiple and varied entertainment
spaces, suitable for audiences of all ages.

Anime Deluxe is a recreational and cultural spectacle with dozens of activities related to
Asian pop culture. Its axis is the musical festival Anison Live Show, which brings together
renowned national and international artists. It also has several entertaining areas including
sales booths, cafe themes, contests, video game tournaments, demonstrations, exhibitions
and a playground designed especially for this edition.

This year, Anime Deluxe will take place at the Cultural Center Space Matta, an innovative
venue with a prime location just steps from Metro Santa Rosa (Farm Commune), which
has received in its class entertainment scenario.

How to get there: metro station Metro Santa Rosa (line 4a)

21) Authentic Chilean Cooking Course

http://www.uncorked.cl/tours/tours_detalle_es.php?ID=18

Cooking Chile offers a great opportunity to learn about authentic Chilean food. Cooking
authentic Chilean dishes in an informal and friendly environment where you will learn the
passion of the Chilean kitchen and have fun doing it. All cooking classes are hands-on,
using the freshest of local ingredients.

Our chef-instructor will guide you through the preparation of simple but delicious Chilean
recipes and reveal some of her culinary secrets.  Her knowledge of not only the cuisine
but the culture of the region adds an energetic dimension to the class, and she speaks
English, so understanding won't be a problem.

Following the class our guests will enjoy a feast of Chilean dishes complemented by
excellent Chilean Wines.

Small groups from 2 to 6 people.

Price: 130 USD

 

 

 

 

 

...be back at Casa Central before 18:00 to attend José Funes (VCS) Public Talk on "Ciencia y Fe al Comienzo y al Fin del Universo"

 

 

and don´t forget to register on conference dinner