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Half Day Santiago City Tour: Explore Santiago's History and Modern Parts with A Local Guide
4.5
36 Ratings
Santiago
This half-day Santiago tour will guide you through the city’s most significant locations. Your local driver-guide will furnish you with historic details at each stop, along with top recommendations for other must-visit spots in Santiago. The tour provides a vivid comparison between the city’s rich historical areas and its modern sections.
This half-day Santiago tour will guide you through the city’s most significant locations. Your local driver-guide will furnish you with historic details at each stop, along with top recommendations for other must-visit spots in Santiago. The tour provides a vivid comparison between the city’s rich historical areas and its modern sections.
Duration:
4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Plaza de Armas - Visit the Main Square to see the Metropolitan Cathedral, Main Post Office, National Historic Museum, and Santiago City Hall.
- Cerro Santa Lucia - Explore Santa Lucia Metropolitan Park and the historic Spanish fortress.
- Club Hípico de Santiago - Visit the Jockey Club to view the racing tracks and observe horse training….
- Plaza de Armas - Visit the Main Square to see the Metropolitan Cathedral, Main Post Office, National Historic Museum, and Santiago City Hall.
- Cerro Santa Lucia - Explore Santa Lucia Metropolitan Park and the historic Spanish fortress.
- Club Hípico de Santiago - Visit the Jockey Club to view the racing tracks and observe horse training.
- La Moneda - Tour the exterior of the Government Palace and Ministry buildings, and enjoy the Changing of the Presidential Guard (occurs every 48 hours).
- Biblioteca Nacional (National Library) - Drive through the city’s Main Avenue to see significant buildings such as the National Library, Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center, the main campuses of the Catholic University and the University of Chile, San Francisco Church, and the Old Men’s Club La Unión.
- Central Market (Mercado Central) - Pass by the Central Market for fish and seafood, the fruit and vegetable market, and the Old Train Station (Mapocho Cultural Center).
- Patio Bellavista - Stroll through Santiago’s bohemian neighborhood, visit the entrance to the largest Metropolitan Park in the city, San Cristobal Hill, and Pablo Neruda’s museum.
- Parque Bicentenario - Explore Bicentennial Park in Vitacura, featuring an artificial lake with Chilean black-necked swans, ducks, and flamingos.
What's Included
- Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option selected)
- Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option selected)
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Lunch
- Gratuities
- Lunch
Additional Information
- Pick up time will be confirmed 1 day before travel date by email
- Infant seats must be requiered the same moment of the booking
- Must ask if taking laggauge is possible previous of the tour
- Pick up time will be confirmed 1 day before travel date by email
- Infant seats must be requiered the same moment of the booking
- Must ask if taking laggauge is possible previous of the tour
Location
Plaza de Armas
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Zenaideinesb
Jan 9, 2025
City Tour em Santiago, Chile - On 07/01 we made a tour in Santiago accompanied by the tourist guide Cinthia.
We would like to thank you for the explanations about the history, culture and the characters who have been and are present in this beautiful city of Santiago.
Obrigada, Cinthia!
Zenaide, Teresinha Marisa, Jonas and João Paulo
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Boscosommers
Dec 17, 2024
Great introductory tour of Santiago - Mauricio was an amazing guide. He was so funny and informative. He showed us around Santiago and brought us to places we would not have found on our own.
He taught us history of Chile and explained explained how and why Santiago was founded.
He took us to get an empanada that he personally recommended. I asked him about lapis lazuli and at the end of our tour drove us to a local place to buy some without pressure and where we trusted we got a reasonable price.
Unfortunately I forgot my jacket in his car and he went out of his way to return it to me. That was really going above and beyond great customer service!
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Rodrigo_pulga
Jul 23, 2024
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Edward_v
Mar 18, 2024
Half day santiago fun - Victor was a fun and knowledgeable guide great fun and good daytrip.
The stops were long enough to really see the sights. Changing of the guard was especially interesting to see.
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1lornie
Dec 13, 2023
A GREAT OVERVIEW - I booked the tour through the hotel. Our guide was excellent. He had a lot of knowledge he willingly shared about the country and its history. We managed to see most of the districts of the city and after our 4 hours had an excellent idea about the area. It's interesting in that the city sets in a valley surrounded by mountains. The central park dividing the city is actually a small mountain, called the "sleeping dragon."
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F8343yajonathanc
Apr 24, 2023
Good guide - Was very enjoyable, visiting a popular food market, given time to walk freely through a park, visiting a historic fort in the heart of the city, all accompannied by a friendly and knowledgable native tour guide who filled us in with history and recent events. Hector knows his stuff.
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Snorlin
Feb 26, 2024
Taking it all in - Enjoyable and informative tour.
Enthusiastic guide.
Appreciated getting out and about to see things I may not have otherwise.
It was great to be able to get out and walk to experience much of the tour.
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Michael_f
Oct 11, 2023
Adequate tour - Adequate city tour. Gives you an idea about the city and its history. Could have been better if they had taken us on the funicular as part of the tour rather than taking you there then telling us we have to pay to go up
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Gail_s
Jan 24, 2024
Half of the tour was sitting or standing around waiting - We signed up for an English-guided tour. The tour company couldn't provide us a pick-up time until around 8:30 pm the night before. Our guide, Stephanie, picked us up at the time as related the night before via WhatsApp. We were not informed the tour would be conducted in English and Spanish until the last couple was picked up, a total of 8 on the tour. There were stops/things omitted from the itinerary, i.e. the Jokey Club, changing of the guard, etc. We spent half of the tour waiting for the tour guide to answer the Spanish-speaking couple's questions and I'm sure they were just as bored standing around waiting for the tour guide to explain things to the English-speaking group of the tour. Overall, a very disappointing tour, we would NOT have signed up for a dual-language tour.
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Bob
Feb 20, 2023
Stood up - Booked a half day tour of Santiago. Confirmed, paid, stood up. No answer at “emergency” number on tour ticket. Now wasted all morning and will have to fight to get refund? Better skip Viator.
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