Our favorite itinerary

(3 days)

Day 1 - Discovering the Urban Landscape: Santiago is one of those towns which rewards enormously the love you spend in finding its spirit. It may require patience, but behind the traumas of the history we find the evolution of the idea of a town throughout the centuries. We will help you grasp the feeling of the landscape and its architecture which hides real art treasures with a surprising succession of the most imposing and interesting perspectives in town. We will go visit the centers of power, economy and religion. We will see the Centro de La Moneda, the Barrio Paris Londres and the Museo Historico Nacional where you will approach the monumental side of Santiago. This was the center for politics, culture and religion. We will take the Teleferico and enjoy an air view of the entire town. The private dream house of the most famous poet of Chile offers an unforgettable experience of the lifestyle and architecture of an artist in the 1950s, surrounded by the bohemian atmosphere of an area which creates a sort of ideal island: the Bellavista District. We'll end the day in a wonderful garden. 

Day 2 - Discovering Chilean Art: We'll introduce you to the masterpieces of the best Chilean painters to understand their style. You will learn about the differences between paintings with allegorycal subjects and paintings with profane themes, like military events and portraits of the Chilean society throughout the centuries. We will help you discover fabrics, ceramics, sculptures and paintings documenting the local societies preceding the discovery of America, and we will confront them with furniture and objects created afterwards by the new society of Chile. You will visit two of the best museums of classical and contemporary art. In the end you will know how the history of the arts reflects naturally two souls which cross the character of Chile: the arts of the original populations of the country before the colonial society and the new style created afterwards. 

Day 3 - Discovering the natural side and the vineyards: With this tour you will grasp the original meaning of what was written about Chile in 1558 by Pedro de Valdivia: "This is an ideal place to settle and spend the rest of your life" for the quality of climate and nature. You can visualize the territorial dimension of Santiago, with the surrounding natural environment of parks and hills, dominated by the spectacular crown of the Andes, and we will go for the day to visit the most famous natural reserve near Santiago, in the morning. You will find luxuriant vegetation, extraordinary valleys and the possibility to stop for an exquisite lunch to taste some of the most characteristic dishes in the Chiliean cuisine. After lunch we will go visit a vineyard, which is simply unforgettable. You just have to take this tour and see the gorgeous hills and haciendas where the best wines in world are produced today and taste them. Families of grapes which disappeared in Europe have survived in Chile!