City: Santiago Metropolitan Region
Top Things to do in Santiago Metropolitan Region
Top Hotels in Santiago Metropolitan Region
- 1. Crowne Plaza Santiago, an IHG Hotel
- 2. Ladera Boutique Hotel
- 3. Le Reve Hotel Boutique
- 4. Sheraton Santiago Hotel and Convention Center
- 5. Regal Pacific Hotel
- 6. La Quinta by Wyndham Santiago Aeropuerto
- 7. Holiday Inn Santiago - Airport Terminal, an IHG Hotel
- 8. Solace Hotel Santiago
- 9. Hostal Providencia
- 10. Icon Hotel
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What to do and see in Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile: The Best Places and Tips
Santiago Metropolitan Region (Spanish: Región Metropolitana de Santiago) is one of Chile's 15 first-order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago. Most commercial and administrative centers are located in the region, including Chile's main international airport, Arturo Merino Benítez.
Restaurants in Santiago Metropolitan Region
1. Sky Costanera
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 11 reviews
Experience Santiago highest viewing platform at the top of the tallest building in Latin America. Sky Costanera is the start point to know Santiago. Sky Costanera offers an exceptional experience, a panoramic view of the city in 360° at 300 meters high
Reviewed By Mikiduta - Bucharest, Romania
Sky Costanera is a must if you are in Santiago. The ticket is not cheap (15k CLP) but the views from 61st and 62nd floor are truly amazing. The Financial District the so called Sanhattan is one of the highlights of the visit. We preferred to go in the late afternoon because the light is better for taking photos. There are also binoculars you can use free of charge. It is a unique experience in Santiago and I had the feeling that Sky Costanera shape is close to The Shard of London
2. Cerro San Cristobal
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 13 reviews
This 860 meter hill in the center of Santiago features a zoo and wine museum at the midway point and a gondola ride to the top, where a virgin mary statue overlooks the city.
Reviewed By KWH70 - Toronto, Canada
You get some great views of the city from atop San Cristobal, and you can take the gondola if you choose, or just hoof it around. Huge park offering tons of opportunities to explore. It really comes alive on Sundays when (it seems) the entire city comes out to the park - lively and fun!
3. Patio Bellavista
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By mcitaly2016 - Paris, France
It is a good place to relax and pause. Lots of bars, restaurants, pizzerias, and souvenirs shops. It is surrounded with picturesque houses, close to the Cerrro San Cristobal and Neruda’s house La Chascona.
Overall nice, but not extraordinary. One could find a similar place in a shopping mall.
4. Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By DutchCarioca - Rio de Janeiro, RJ
I want here just before Sunday midday and attended mass. Beautiful Cathedral. Not as impressive as in Europe, but one of the most impressive ones I have visited in the Americas. Also nice that almost all tourists respected the mass service, attending or staying in the back as not to disturb. Only thing I could not understand how Chile allowed an ugly modern office building to be built right next door, completely destroying the architectural harmony of the Plaza de Armas.
5. Cerro Santa Lucia
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 16 reviews
The climb up this natural 230 foot hill offers a worthy reward: breathtaking panoramic views of the city.
Reviewed By DutchCarioca - Rio de Janeiro, RJ
I was planning to end the Sunday afternoon at Cerro San Sebastián, but already being in the city centre for the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Precolombine Art Museum and running out of time I decided to walk to nearby Cerro Santa Lúcia instead. It takes you about 15 minutes to walk up the hill and climb the final part of stairs. Access is free. On the old fort’s deck you have a 360 degree view of the city and Mountains. The Torre Santiago is exactly behind some trees, but you have an alternative viewing point on it plus mountain backdrop from the small park just below the observation deck. Worth the walk and climb if not going to Cerro San Cristobal.
6. Vina El Principal
Overall Ratings
5 based on 135 reviews
Reviewed By Tony T - Scottsdale, Arizona
Great wines and tour
Alexandra was an excellent host.
Easy booking via email in advance.
Well worth the relatively high tasting price - but lots of extras (light snacks to eat, premium wines, great tour).
Wish we could have done the barbecue.
Beautiful winery
Highly recommended.
7. Embalse el Yeso
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 998 reviews
Reviewed By Barbara Valenti... I - Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
It's located one hour away from Santiago, In San José de maipo. You can go by car. I recommend you to wear comfy shoes and bring your camera. You will not want to miss the beautiful and colorfull view of the great landscape.
It's a place where you can stay the whole day if you want and make a picnic with family or friends.
8. Vina Aquitania
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 148 reviews
A boutique winery at the foot of Andes MountainVina Aquitania is located approximately 35 minutes from Santiago downtown, in the High Maipo Valley. This winery is oriented to produce wines of high quality in limited amounts. During the guided tours this small winery gives the opportunity to learn closely about the complete process of wine production, where the technology with artisan processes are mixed, like the labeling process that is handmade.
Reviewed By malcolm s - San Rafael, Argentina
I concur with the other reviews. This bodega is a must. Good wines, excellent tour and we went by public transport easily.
9. Santa Carolina
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 207 reviews
Enjoy the excellent wines and delightful atmosphere of one of Chile’s most prestigious traditional wineries. An engaging guided tour of our facilities, including the park, colonial manor house, old winery, and the large cellar built using the “cal y canto”—limestone and eggshell—technique in the 1880s. During the tour you will taste 3 wines, the experience ends in our new shop.
Reviewed By Adrianne M
What a lovely surprise in the middle of urban, industrial Santiago! We took the metro and walked a few blocks to the winery, where we were greeted by Andrea, who then took us on a bilingual (English and Portuguese) tour of the historical winery. There were about a dozen people in our group, half Brazilians and half Americans who turned out to be Cuban and Argentine. I particularly enjoyed that the tastings occurred at different points throughout the tour: A white in the restored dining/meeting room, a red in the upstairs storage and processing room (now an events area) and another two reds in the Bordeaux and Bourgogne-style cellars. This winery has a lot of history and is one of the oldest and most traditional in Chile. It was a great place for our first winery tour, as they tend to get more modern (in every sense) as you go into the Valleys. Plus we got a half-bottle of Santa Carolina Reserva Carmenere each as a thank you gift! At 24,000 pesos total, accessible by metro and with a take home wine, this was great value and a wonderful experience.
10. Museo Interactivo Mirador
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1 reviews
Museo Interactivo Mirador is a huge interactive science museum with lots of educational activities for children and young adults. It also has a playground outside..
Reviewed By mtngirl38 - Canada
If you are in Santiago, you should bring your kids here. It is a hands on museum, so you will not see any "no tocar" signs. It is all about interacting with science. Helpful people that work there. We spent the entire day there and still didn't see everything. There are musical things to play with, like a harp without strings that you can play, electricity experiments, giant bubbles to make, things to run through, things to watch. We did not speak much spanish, and yet we had tons to do. The only thing you miss out on if you don't speak much spanish is the extra activities that you have to book, but there is so much to do that you will really not miss out. There is a cafeteria to eat at that has lots of different types of food and is reasonably priced. Play, have lunch, and then play some more. The kids will love it. We took the subway there and then walked. It isn't the nicest area that you walk through when you walk from the subway to the museum, but as long as it is during the day in the light, you will be fine walking with little kids. The bakery on the corner just when you get off from the subway has really good desserts too.
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