Private Santiago Full-Day Layover Tour

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Duration:8 hours to 9 hours (approx.)
Location: Santiago, Chile

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This 9-hour Santiago private stopover experience is designed for those staying only the one day in Santiago, and includes a private tour and transport services from and to the airport. This is one of the best full days options in the city that includes an extended city tour with the visit to the most important two hills Santa Lucia and San Cristobal with funicular. Visit the financial district and go to the top of the highest building of Latin America. Enjoy a 3 course lunch, with drinks included, and choose to visit either the Santa Rita, Concha y Toro or Undurraga Vineyard.

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1. Sky Costanera
At a height of 300 meters, Sky Costanera has the most impressive 360° view of Santiago. Live a world-class experience, see the city through different eyes and feel the world beneath your feet.
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Inaugurated in 1925 by President Arturo Alessandri Palma, it connects the Caupolicán Square with the Summit of the San Cristóbal Hill. Its first station was built with stone edged from the same hill in the form of a medieval tower by the architect Luciano Kulczewski. You can arrive through this transport to the National Zoo. On November 16, 2000, it was declared a National Historic Landmark for the value of its complex cable transport system and its importance as a patrimonial element of Santiago.
3. Paseo Ahumada
Paseo Ahumada is four-block-long street in downtown Santiago. It extends in a north–south direction from Plaza de Armas to the Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins and is lined by buildings housing retail establishments at their lower levels. At its northern terminus is Plaza de Armas metro station, whereas that at its southern end is Universidad de Chile metro station.
4. Central Market (Mercado Central)
The Central Market in Santiago, Chile, has been named as one of National Geographic’s top ten food markets worldwide. Taken from National Geographic’s book Journeys of a Lifetime, the list runs through the best markets in the world for offering fresh local produce alongside a slice of local life.
5. Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana)
Is the seat of the Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, currently Celestino Aós Braco, and the center of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile. Construction of the neoclassical cathedral began in 1753 and ended in 1799. The architect was the Italian Gioacchino Toesca. Further alterations ordered at the end of the 19th century give it its present appearance.
6. La Moneda
La Moneda, is the seat of the President of the Republic of Chile. It also houses the offices of three cabinet ministers: Interior, General Secretariat of the Presidency and General Secretariat of the Government. It occupies an entire block in downtown Santiago
7. Central Post Office (Museo Postal)
The Central Post Office Building is a historic post office building on the northern edge of the Plaza de Armas, in Santiago, Chile. It is adjacent to the Palacio de la Real Audiencia de Santiago and is located on what was the land lot originally owned by Pedro de Valdivia and where he built his house.
8. Ex Congreso Nacional
Is the former home of the Chilean Congress. Congress met in this building in central Santiago until Salvador Allende's socialist government was overthrown by Augusto Pinochet's military coup d'état on September 11, 1973. During the Pinochet dictatorship, Congress was moved to new premises in Valparaíso; the old building was declared a national monument in 1976 and between 1990 and 2006 housed the ministry of foreign affairs. The Senate moved its offices in Santiago to this building in December 2000
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On top of the Santa Lucia hill, in the historic center of the city of Santiago, is El Castillo Hidalgo, a building built in 1816 during the Reconquest by order of the last Spanish Governor of Santiago, Casimiro Marco del Pont. It is one of the most important buildings in the history of the city.
10. Cerro Santa Lucia
This hill is actually quite the historical locale. First off, It is the remnant of a 15 million year old volcano. Secondly, the conquistadors used it as a lookout point when they were conquering Chile. It was atop this hill that Pedro de Valdivia declared the founding of Santiago in 1541. In 1872, governer Benjamin Vickuna Mackenna decided to turn the hill into a park to commemorate its significance in the city’s history. Since then, it has undergone many renovations. Today, it comprises 65,300 square meters, replete with bronze gates, metal stairways, and various fountains and statue
11. Cerro San Cristobal
Although it’s probably on all of the Top 5 tourist sites of Santiago, Cerro San Cristóbal is not overrated in the least. This big hill in the middle of the city affords one of the most incredible Santiago panoramas available. Every time I head up, my knowledge of the city has increased, and thus I am able to point out more landmarks, distinguish different sectors, etc. For those unfamiliar to Santiago, the view from up here will let you orient the city in its surroundings: the Andes Mountains and the Cordillera de la Costa.
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This is the financial sector in the upper area of our city
13. Plaza de La Constitucion
Is a plaza occupying a full square block in the heart of the civic district of Santiago, Chile. It is located in front of the northern facade of the Palacio de la Moneda and is surrounded by other government buildings such as those housing the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Banco Central de Chile and the Intendencia de Santiago
14. San Francisco Church
The church, along with the adjacent convent, is one of the oldest colonial-era buildings in the country. The church was consecrated in 1622.
15. Centro Cultural Palacio de la Moneda y Plaza de la Ciudadania
The Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda beneath Plaza de la Ciudadanía. A glass-slab roof floods the vaultlike space with natural light, and ramps wind down through the central atrium past the Cineteca Nacional, a state-run art-house movie theater, to two large temporary exhibition spaces that house some of the biggest touring shows to visit Santiago.
16. Barrio Bellavista
Is an area that lies between the Mapocho River and San Cristóbal Hill in Santiago, Chile. It is known as Santiago's bohemian quarter, with numerous restaurants, boutiques, avant-garde galleries, bars and clubs. Many of the city's intellectuals and artists live in Bellavista, and Pablo Neruda's house in Santiago, La Chascona
17. Patio Bellavista
This open-air complex of bars, restaurants, and shops, located on the corner of Pio Nono and Constitución, is a relatively recent addition to the culinary, nightlife, and cultural landscape of the city.
18. Parque Metropolitano de Santiago - Parquemet
The park was created in April 1966, when incorporating the Chilean National Zoo and the services of San Cristóbal Hill, and is managed by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
19. Plaza de Armas
“Plaza de Armas.” Literally a “square of weapons,” the concept behind this city center dates back hundreds of years, to when Spanish conquistadors were establishing and laying out the grid for cities in the Americas. A single city block would often be intentionally left empty and surrounded by important government offices, cathedrals, and the like.
20. Biblioteca Nacional (National Library)
The Biblioteca Nacional is, together with the Instituto Nacional and a small number of institutions, one of the first institutions created by the newly formed Republic of Chile in the Patria Vieja period. In the newspaper El Monitor Araucano, a Proclama de Fundación ("Proclamation of Foundation") of the Biblioteca Nacional was published on August 19, 1813. With this vision, a call was made to all the citizens to submit their books for the formation of one great public library
21. Parque Bicentenario
One of the most popular parts of the park is the large man-made lagoon, featuring lengthy boardwalks and beautiful views of water and the city skyline. It is also home to dozens of black-neck swans and other unusual fowl and fish, which can be fed by visitors. This lagoon takes up much of the Southern half of the park, alongside multi-leveled grassy fields and gardens.
22. Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral GAM
Chile’s most famous poet, Gabriela Mistral (1889 – 1957), significantly inspired the work of this cultural centre for her love of words, her democratic conviction and her dedication to education. Born as Lucila Godoy Alcayaga in the small town of Vicuña in north-central Chile, she started writing and working as a teacher and at the age of 15. At 25 she published her first mayor work, “Sonetos de la muerte”, which brought her the Chilean literary award in 1912
23. Parque Forestal
Parque Forestal is a large, narrow park dotted with numerous must-see locations in downtown Santiago. It borders the Mapocho River from Plaza Baquedano, also known as Plaza Italia, all the way to Estación Mapocho, a historical building and cultural center near the Puente Cal y Canto metro station. Mercado Central, La Vega, and the Bellas Artes museum are some of the other major destinations located in or adjacent to Parque Forestal.
24. Palacio de Tribunales de Justicia
The building housing the Supreme Court of Chile, the Court of Appeals of Santiago, and the Court-martial Court of the Chilean Army, Chilean Air Force and Carabineros de Chile. It occupies a full block-front of Compañía Street between Bandera and Morandé Streets
25. Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts
The Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts is one of the major centers for Chilean art and for broader South American art. Established in 1880 (making it the oldest in South America)
26. Concha y Toro
+++ If Option Selected +++ Walk through the gardens, the park and the outside of the summer residence of the Concha y Toro family towards the end of the 19th Century. Learn about where Concha y Toro wines come from in our Variety Garden, a place with 26 varieties of wine grapes. Visit the Old Pirque vineyard. Panoramic view of the Maipo valley from the vineyard’s terraces. Visit to the wine cellars including the centenarian Casillero del Diablo, birthplace of the Wine Legend. 3 Wine tasting and an engraved glass as gift
27. Vina Undurraga
+++ If Option Selected +++ Guided tour that lasts approximately 1 hour, you’ll visit the winery’s park, passing through the Aliwen corner a place that recreates Chile’s southern vegetation and totem poles that belong to the Mapuche people in recognition to their culture, and then onto the vineyards, so then you can appreciate our beautiful garden of varieties, continuing into our winemaking cellars. Then the wine tasting which includes four reserve wines.
28. Vina Santa Rita
+++ If Option Selected +++ Visiting Santa Rita is a fascinating chance to experience Chile’s cultural heritage and winemaking traditions, just 45 minutes outside Santiago. Located in the foothills of Alto Jahuel, Buin, the winery is sited in an idyllic natural setting, a meeting point for winemaking traditions, Chilean history Guided tour through grape variety garden, vineyards, winemaking and cellaring process, and bottling process, visiting “Bodega 1” – the winery’s first cellar and the “Cellar of the 120 Patriots”, where you will discover the exciting story that gives 120 its name. The tour ends with a tasting of Reserva and Gran Reserva wines, with a free souvenir engraved wineglass. You will also receive free entry to the Museo Andino museum.
29. Santiago
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Posted By : Cynthia_M
Our tour guide, Erik, was wonderful adapting the tour to ladies with mobility issues. He was knowledgeable about his city show us many of the highlights. His sense of humor made the tour one of the most fun we had. We went to a great restaurant before going to the airport for the long trip home.
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Posted By : C2475VFtonis
Luis was a great tour guide. We had already done the Concho de Toro wine tasting so did not want to do that again, so Luis customized our tour! Instead we visited three cathedrals and the Supreme Court. It was perfect. We attended the installation of the Archbishop of Metropolitan Santiago. Then, at another church, attended a Christmas symphony. We visited the Santa Maria statute installed in 1904 via the cable cars. We toured the supreme court, which was very interesting to me as an attorney in USA. We had coffee/lunch at the market, then later an amazing dinner complete with Pisco Sours. It was simply an amazing tour!
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Posted By : MatoZ7
It was a very nice experience to see the capital city in its full scale. The program was really good and we have seen the best places. Recommended.
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Posted By : Steven_f

Driver Patricio was very pleasant and knowledgeable. His English was fair. However, this is the second time and we have only booked 2 of these where we have booked a pickup and transfer thru viator, first was Rome , where the driver didn't appear until we called, both of these transfers had us waiting at over an hour. This is not acceptable. We will not use Viator again for transfers.

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Private Santiago Full-Day Layover Tour

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1. Sky Costanera

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3. Paseo Ahumada

4. Central Market (Mercado Central)

5. Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana)

6. La Moneda

7. Central Post Office (Museo Postal)

8. Ex Congreso Nacional

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10. Cerro Santa Lucia

11. Cerro San Cristobal

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13. Plaza de La Constitucion

14. San Francisco Church

15. Centro Cultural Palacio de la Moneda y Plaza de la Ciudadania

16. Barrio Bellavista

17. Patio Bellavista

18. Parque Metropolitano de Santiago - Parquemet

19. Plaza de Armas

20. Biblioteca Nacional (National Library)

21. Parque Bicentenario

22. Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral GAM

23. Parque Forestal

24. Palacio de Tribunales de Justicia

25. Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts

26. Concha y Toro

27. Vina Undurraga

28. Vina Santa Rita

29. Santiago

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