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Santiago
Capital and largest city of Chile

Santiago

Santiago, also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas.

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Located in the Chilean Central Valley within the Santiago Basin, between the Andes to the east and the Chilean Coastal Range to the west, it anchors the Santiago Metropolitan Region and its conurbation of Greater Santiago, which comprises more than forty communes and concentrates over a third of the national population and around 45% of Chile's GDP. Most of the city lies between 500 and 650 meters above sea level, with recent urban growth extending into the Andean foothills.

Get in

Getting to Santiago

Upon entry, all tourists are issued a tourist card good for 90 days. Take care not to lose the stamped tourist card as it is required to exit the country. If you happen to lose it you must get it reissued by the PDI (Policía de Investigaciones) before attempting to leave the country.

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    Aeropuerto Internacional Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez
  2. 02
    Estación Central
  3. 03
    Terminal Santiago
  4. 04
    Terminal Alameda

    Bernardo O'Higgins 3750 (Metro Universidad de Santiago, Metro Estación Central [Line 1]), +56 2 27762424.

See

Worth seeing

See #Districts for listings. The Historical Center is the place to go for historical sights. For over five centuries this has been a governmental seat, and you can find buildings of great historical significance here. One of them is the modernist colonial Palacio de la Moneda, built for minting of coins.

Do

Things to do

See #Districts for listings. Santiago is known as a cultural hotspot. Among other things, the city is home to an impressive jazz scene, with several intimate clubs scattered throughout the city, a famous one being Club Jazz in the Nuñoa district. In the Providencia district a jazz festival takes place each January with both local and foreign bands playing.

Eat

Where to eat

See #Districts for listings. In downtown and the east of the city you can find both global and domestic fast food chains. Why not opt for the latter and have a completo, the Chilean version of the hot dog with tomato, mayonnaise, sauerkraut or a italiano hot dog with tomato, avocado and mayonnaise.

How locals move

Getting around Santiago the local way

  • Get inThe port in Praia has direct and indirect connections by ferry to other islands.
  • Get aroundMost of the buses ("aluguer") leave from the "central minibus station" at the bottom of the steps that lead from Parque 5 de Julho to the Old Town in Plato besides the market called Sucupira.
  • Get aroundAlso of note, the minibuses often have destinations in decals on their sides (e.g.

From Wikivoyage: Santiago (Cape Verde), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. That article was last edited 2022-11, so a service it names may have changed or stopped.

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