Santiago is the Capital and biggest city of Chile, about 5.5 millions inhabitants. It's located next to the Andes mountains, and about one hour is the ocean.
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- Pros:Comfortable, modern compared to other 3th world cities, Safety
- Cons:Uncomfortable, no modern compared to 1st world cities, Smog
- In a nutshell:You have to visit it
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Chilean Government Palace. i don't know when it was built, but it was bombed in 1973 during a militar coup. it was fixed... more travel advice
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Hola Camilo! I'm off to Santiago de Chile next month (first week of September), thanks for the useful tips!
Muchas gracias, Camilo :-))) Hope to make it to your continent .. one day ...
Speaking of beautiful photographs! Your Santiago page is really fascinating and filled with beauty. Thanks for sharing your lovely city.
hey thanks for visiting my pages, if you would like to check out my old home town then we shall trade for a bit, i would love to see SA!
Thank you for stopping by my New Caledonia page. You have a great page on a wonderful city.
Strolling through this beautiful city and having dinner at Ocean Pacific's afterwards looks like a great plan to me. Nice page Camilo.
Great pages Camilo! Greetings from Las Palmas:))
Very nice! I plan to visit Santiago this summer, and your tips are very helpful! Keep up the good work and greets from FLorida =0) Priscila
Great update., Camilo!! The Love Parade looks like fun!!! Hey, I missed "our" empanada restaurant tip!!! ;-))
Love parade looks great Camilo - sorry I missed it. If I'm lucky maybe I'll catch it next year!!!!! Best wishes - Mike
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