Chile: Santiago
Updated 30 August 2001
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Flying into Santiago de Chile, over the Andes.
Ascending Cerro San Cristóbal (869m/2850ft) in
the Parque Metropolitano
with funicular and teleféricos.
At the top of Cerro San Cristóbal
are the Santuario Inmaculada Concepción,
the Piscina Tupahue, and
plenty of great views.
270° view from Santuario Inmaculada Concepción on Cerro San Cristóbal.
To the left (east) are the Andes, while the city stretches all around.
At the base of Cerro Santa Lucía is Plaza Neptuna and
a mural commemorating Gabriela Mistral, one of Chile's two Nobel
prize-winning poets.
Views of the city from Cerro Santa Lucía (630m/2100ft),
where Pedro Valdivia holed up in defense from the Mapuche in 1542.
Plaza de Armas: escaping the midday sun.
Palacio de la Moneda, statue of Salvador Allende,
and other scenes from central Santiago.
Monument near the Río Mapocho;
Mercado Central (1872);
and Palacio La Alhambra (1862).
Various buildings in central Santiago.
More buildings in central Santiago,
including Estación Mapocho,
the Universidad de Chile,
and the Iglesia de San Francisco.
Scenes in the Recoleta/Bellavista/Providencia neighborhoods.
On the road from Santiago to Valparaíso:
the countryside first looks highly reminiscent of Southern California,
then becomes greener.
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