Santiago offers multiple activities to suit all ages and interests: exciting shopping, a lively nightlife, hipster culture, culinary activities, historic sites, and outdoor recreation..
SHOPPING
A few steps from Santiago Aparts you can find Chile department stores, such as Falabella, Ripley, Paris, Johnson, and Hites, among others. You will also find the store chains of specific areas, such as PC Factory, Casa Ideas, Reifschneider, Sparta, and Hush Puppies.
NIGHTLIFE
Lastarria and Bellavista neighborhoods are ideal for enjoying Santiago’s nightlife. Other options, where you can go by car, taxi or subway, are: Orrego Luco, Manuel Montt Street, Suecia Street, or Tobalaba Street.
A more sophisticated option is W Hotel with its prestigious lounge, located on the traditional Isidora Goyenechea Street.
SANTIAGO UNDERGROUND
You can walk to two well-known bars of Santiago’s nightlife: La Piojera and The Clinic. Brasil Neighborhood, on the other side of Autopista Central, is ideal for truly immersing in the heart of Santiago.
CULINARY SANTIAGO
Apart from the several options in Lastarria and Bellavista neighborhoods, there is a large number of bars and restaurants along Merced and José de la Barra Streets, with a wide gastronomic offer, ranging from typical local food to sushi, pasta, pizza, Thai, Peruvian, Hindu, German, Argentine, and Chinese food, among others.
HISTORICAL SANTIAGO
Santiago Aparts is surrounded by a wide range of historical sites related to Santiago and Chile’s development over time. Some examples are: Huérfanos 547, where it is located, which is a street named after an orphanage founded there in the late 1800s called Hospicio de Los Pobres, con recogimiento y crianza de huérfanos, the magnificent Santa Lucía Hill, the Fine Arts Museum, the Municipal Theatre, and the Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art. Other points of interest are: Plaza de Armas, La Moneda Palace Cultural Centre, Concha y Toro Neighborhood, and Pablo Neruda’s house in Bellavista, among others.
CULTURAL SANTIAGO
Opera or Ballet performance in Municipal Theatre, a stage play in Nescafé de las Artes Theatre, Ictus Theatre or Lastarria 90 Theatre, an exhibition at GAM (Gabriela Mistral Cultural Centre) or at La Moneda Palace Cultural Centre, a moment of respect at Museum of Memory and Human Rights are some of the cultural heritage activities this capital city offers.
OUTDOOR SANTIAGO
Santiago Aparts is an excellent starting point to enjoy the Metropolitan Region and the V Region outdoors. There is a wide range of activities such as day trekking or mountain biking in the city hills (San Cristóbal or Manquehue), and in the area of Farellones or Cajón del Maipo, and, for those who are most fanatical, in the bike park in La Parva; whitewater rafting or kayaking in Maipo River; winter sports in the ski resorts: El Colorado, La Parva or Valle Nevado (day tours from Santiago Aparts available); nautical activities in Laguna de Aculeo, surfing and scuba diving in the sea cost.