The Santiago City Guides cover what every visitor wants to know: where to find a proper empanada de pino or completo, which hill to climb for the Andes view, how to spend a hot afternoon indoors, where the good pisco and jazz bars hide and how to reach Valparaíso by bus. Each guide is a short, opinionated list giving the reason to go, what to order or look for and a practical tip for every place, and it opens in your browser as soon as you have paid.
About the Santiago City Guides
- 143 places
- 6 guides
- 13 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Santiago guides
Food guide
22 places
Completo counters and empanadas, old lunch rooms serving pastel de choclo, modern Chilean cooking, three markets and the best coffee and sweets.
Things to do guide
24 places
Museums, many of them free, the viewpoints on Cerro Santa Lucía and San Cristóbal, walks through Lastarria and the parks, and cool indoor spots for the hottest hours.
Family guide
24 places
Playgrounds and parks, the funicular, cable car, zoo and pool on the big hill, hands-on museums for heatwave afternoons and places to eat with kids.
Nightlife guide
24 places
Pisco and cocktail bars, Chilean wine and craft beer, a jazz club lined with books, rooftops at sunset and a plate of chorrillana at 2 am.
Day trips guide
24 places
The hills of Valparaíso, Viña del Mar and the Pacific coast, Maipo and Casablanca wineries, plus Andean valleys and villages.
Budget guide
25 places
Free museums and hills, parks for the heat, set lunches and sandwich counters, and how to get around on one Metro card.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Emporio Zunino
Paseo Puente 801, near Plaza de Armas
A bakery that has turned out empanadas for close to a hundred years. Order the empanada de pino, filled with beef, onion, egg and olive, and eat it standing at the narrow counters. From the food guide.
Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende
República 475, Barrio Brasil
Works given to Chile in the early 1970s by Miró, Picasso, Matta and other artists, shown in a quiet house. It tells a story of art and politics rather than one man’s life, and an hour is enough. From the things to do guide.
Casa de Isla Negra
Isla Negra, about 2 hours by bus
Pablo Neruda’s favourite home by the ocean, crammed with ship figureheads, shells and coloured bottles, with the poet’s grave in the garden. The rocky shore below is for looking, not swimming. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Santiago
Day one: climb Cerro Santa Lucía early, cross Plaza de Armas and see a free museum before the heat, have empanadas or a set lunch, then spend the evening in Lastarria or Bellavista. Day two: take the bus to Valparaíso for its hills and port, or visit a Maipo winery and ride the funicular up San Cristóbal in the late afternoon. For a slow or very hot day: the Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, a long lunch in an old classic and a jazz set at night.
Questions about the Santiago guides
What do the Santiago City Guides include?
143 places in six guides: food, things to do, family, nightlife, day trips and budget. Each entry tells you why to go, the neighbourhood, opening notes and one practical tip.
How do I get the guides once I have paid?
The links appear on your order page straight after payment and arrive in your order email too. Any browser on a phone or laptop opens them; you need no app and no account.
Can I use the guides offline in Santiago?
Yes. Open each guide once while connected and it keeps working without signal, including your ticks and notes. Map links need mobile data.
Which languages are the guides in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Greek, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
Can I buy only one guide?
Yes. One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99, four are €15.99 and the full set of six is €19.99.
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