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Our services: Main tours
Would you like to enjoy Santiago and its surroundings with our different and interesting tours during your stay in Santiago? We can make that happen!
We has several tours to offer and show you Santiago and its surroundings inside and out. Following is a list of our main tours:
Civic Neighborhood tour
4 hour-tour, visiting downtown, the government buildings, La Moneda Palace, Armas Square, Santiago's main cathedral. Then we will visit two museums, the Pre-Colombian Arts Museum and Casa Colorada Museum. Then, by car, we will visit the Santa Lucía´s and the San Cristobal Hill , we will finish the tour at the Mercado Central, a national monument central market. The market is packed with seafood restaurants and typical foods restaurants and artisans who sell wicker and clay objects.
Lunch there is optional. Admissions not included. Reservation required. Departure from your hotel at 9.30 a.m. Museums are closed on Mondays.
Santiago at night
5 hour-tour. The tour starts with with a walk through Bellavista, the artsy bohemian center of Santiago. If we arrive before 5.30 p.m. we will be able to visit Pablo Neruda's house, La Chascona. Pablo Neruda is the famous Chilean poet who won the Nobel Prize in 1971. Then we will visit Providencia, Suecia street, and El Bosque via car. The tour will end at a typical restaurant with show dances and costumes from different places in Chile.
Dinner not included. Admissions not included. Reservation required. We will pick you up from your hotel. Museums and La Chascona are not open on Mondays.
Wine and handcraft
3 hour-tour. We will pick you up from your hotel at 10 a.m. and start the tour with a visit to the Cousiño Macul Vineyard located in the southwest area of Santiago. This vineyard was purchased in 1856 by Don Matias Cousiño, his only son Don Luis and his wife Isidora Goyenechea, imposed its current character by importing European vine stocks and hiring European enologists. They also built the impressive lime cellars. Following we will visita typical artisan´s village called "El Pueblito de Los Domínicos." Prior to arriving to El Pueblito, we will drive by "La Reina Alta," an area near the mountains where the beauty of the Andes Mountains can be better appreciated.
Return to hotel. Admissions not included. Reservation required only from Monday to Saturday morning.
Santiago authentic
5 hour-tour, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. We will pick you up at your hotel at 10 a.m. We will start with a visit to La Vega Central Market by car, passing through Bellavista and Recoleta streets. We will stop at La Vega Market to visit some fruit and vegetables stands. We will then drive to the area of Peñalolen passing by Providencia and Tobalaba streets, where we will visit one small working and modest neighborhood in Santiago. There, a grandmother will greet uswith Chilean Empanadas" and a glass of Chilean wine or juice. This is the proper way to see how picturesque this part of Santiago. With this in mind, we will continue to a typical artisans´s village called "El pueblito de los Dominicos." We will drive though "La Reina Alta" to appreciate the real beauty of Los Andes Mountains. Finally, we will have lunch at a family house in Vitacura. We will finish the tour at your hotel.
Reservation required. Monday museums and the artisans´s village are closed.
Santiago - La Ligua
A modest but tidy agricultural town situated 135 Kms. North of Santiago. This is the most important textile center in Chile. The "Museo de la Ligua" is a superb archaeological museum. Arriving in la Ligua we will have 3 free hours or a guided visit all the textile centers. You will have the opportunity to taste the famous "dulces" (sweets) of La Ligua.
Full day tour. Departure from hotel at 9:30 a.m. Reservations required. Lunch not included. Admissions not included. Museums are closed on Monday.
The Maipo Canyon
6-hour tour visiting Santiago through Pirque. We will also visit the famous vineyard "Concha y Toro" which was established in Pirque by a miner from the North, Francisco Subercaseaux. Its industrialization was in 1883 by his son-in-law Don Melchor Concha y Toro, nowadays it is the largest vineyard and winery company in Chile. After this one-hour tour we will have lunch at the typical restaurant "Vaquita Echá" and we will visit the Maipo Canyon area and Las Vertientes. Coming back to Santiago we will stop at the German pastries store.
Full day tour. Departure from hotel at 9:30 a.m. Reservations required. Meal not included. Admissions not included.
Los Andes town
Los Andes is a nice foothills town between Valparaiso and Santiago. We will visit the Wine Museum, the Gabriela Mistral´s House (first Chilean poet to win the Nobel price). We will then enjoy lunch in a typical Chilean restaurant. We will finish this tour by visiting the Andes Mountain's surroundings. Return to Santiago. Return to hotel at approx. 6 p.m.
Full day tour. Departure from hotel at 9:30 a.m. Reservations required. Meal not included. Admissions not included. Museums are closed on Mondays.
Pablo Neruda´s Houses in Isla Negra and Valparaiso
Passing by several beaches along the coast line, such Algarrobo, El Quisco, Punta de Tralca.
Full day tour, departure at 9:30 a.m. from your hotel. Reservation required. Lunch not included. Admissions not included. Museums and Pablo Neruda´s houses are closed on Mondays. Santiago-Isla Negra-Valparaiso-Santiago.
Isla Negra-Pomaire
This is a two-hour drive through the Curacaví and Casablanca valleys, reaching Isla Negra, a beach named after its dark colored sand, surrounded by pine trees and eucalyptus wood. We will stop for a visit to Pablo Neruda's house which today it is a museum. We will stop for lunch at a typical restaurant. After lunch we will continue south passing by several beaches along the coast line, such El Tabo, Las Cruces, San Sebastián and Cartagena. We will thencontinue on the Autopista del Sol (Highway of the Sun) stopping at Pomaire, a small town that treasures the traditions and customs expressed through its clay pottery and handcraft. Pomaire has an ample selection and variety, as well as different manufacturing techniques with the use of a lathe or totally hand-made. As for their typical dishes, the "Empanada Pomairina" stands out for its large size (ground beef and onions, dressed with boiled egg, raisins and olives). Return to Santiago. Return to hotel.
Full day tour. Departure from hotel at 9:.30 a.m. Price per person US$ 220. Reservations required. Lunch not included. Admissions not included. Museums and Pablo Neruda´s homes are closed. We will pick you up at your hotel at 9:30 a.m. and continue via Highway 68.
Santiago- Viña del Mar- Valparaiso
We will start this excursion from your hotel at 10.00 am, travelling 120 km across a diversity of landscapes and vegetation that will show you the agricultural valleys of Curacaví and Casablanca place where we will stop at Veramonte vineyard.
Once we have arrived to Valparaíso we will enjoy the view of the clusters of houses right along the hills which harbor the main commercial port of Chile and also the current Legislative Capital of the country. Valparaíso has once again undertaken the progress route which in the last century made it one of the most important ports of the Pacific Ocean . This complete and scenic visit to La Sebastiana (except mondays), former home of our Nobel Price winning poet Pablo Neruda (price does not include the entrance). We will take a funicular and walk around the hills. Lunch in Valparaiso (not included)
Continuing with our tour we will drive along the coast line road to Viña del Mar , capital of the chilean tourism. The Ciudad Jardín (Garden City) called this way due to the impressive parks, walks and the beautiful buildings, its famous Casino is an exhibit of the aristocratic and exclusive character imposed by its founder Don José Francisco Vergara. While traveling by the Beaches of Viña del Mar (scenic view ) we will stop at Muelle Vergara (Vergara dock) and its main beach, which has several prestigious restaurants and modern buildings with Mediterranean architecture that makes it one of the most exclusive places of the country. Then we will be returning by the cost line road to the place where we have to drop you off.
Valparaiso - Santiago
We can start this excursion from the dock at 9.30 am . In Valparaíso we will enjoy the view of the clusters of houses right along the hills which harbor the main commercial port of Chile and also the current Legislative Capital of the country. Valparaíso has once again undertaken the progress route which in the last century made it one of the most important ports of the Pacific Ocean . This complete and scenic visit to La Sebastiana (except mondays), former home of our Nobel Price winning poet Pablo Neruda (price does not include the entrance).
Continuing with our tour we will drive along the coast line road to Viña del Mar , capital of the chilean tourism. The Ciudad Jardín (Garden City) called this way due to the impressive parks, walks and the beautiful buildings, its famous Casino is an exhibit of the aristocratic and exclusive character imposed by its founder Don José Francisco Vergara. While traveling by the Beaches of Viña del Mar (scenic view ) we will stop for lunch in a typical restaurant for approximately 1 hour (not included). We will stop at Muelle Vergara (Vergara dock) and its main beach, which has several prestigious restaurants and modern buildings with Mediterranean architecture that makes it one of the most exclusive places of the country. Then we will be returning by the cost line road travelling 120 km across a diversity of landscapes and vegetation that will show you the agricultural valleys of Casablanca, once we arrive we can visit "Casas del Bosque" vineyard and Curacaví.
In Santiago, we will visit the civic area, San Cristobal Hill, Dominican Artisan Village, the East ending in the West of Santiago or The Old Santiago.
We drop you off at the airport . The english guide is included, who will talk to you about history, society, economy and geo politic of Chile . Meals and tickets are not included.
Airport - Santiago city tour - Airport
City tour Santiago. We will pick you up to the airport (we will be with a board and your name) and continue with the tour. Then we will visit the East of Santiago (Vitacura, Las Condes) and the artisan´s village. Then we will visit Providencia area. Downtown, walking, the government buildings, La Moneda Palace, Armas Square, the main Cathedral of Santiago. Then, by bus, we will visit Santa Lucía´s Hill and San Cristobal´s Hill in Bellavista area, we will have lunch at the Mercado Central, a National Monument central market, nowadays, inwards there are premises where seafood and typical meals can be tasted as well as wicker and clay handicraft objects can be purchased. After lunch we will visit the West of Santiago, "The Old Santiago" and we will finish our tour at the airport.
Lunch not included. The english guide who will talk to you about history, geo-politic, economy and society of Chile is included.
Personalized tours
You decide where you want to go. Reservation required.