Day 9 (Jan 7): Santiago City Tour, From La Moneda to Modern Neighborhoods (+ Optional Wine Tour)
Breakfast at the hotel. A Santiago city tour begins in the center. La Moneda Palace: strict, bright, once a mint, today the presidential residence. Then Plaza de Armas Santiago, the central square: the Cathedral, the post office building, the City Hall, and the former Royal Audience building. All key sights of Santiago de Chile gathered in one place.Then we climb Santa Lucia Hill Santiago for a view of the capital from above. Below: a dense grid of streets, straight lines of blocks. Further: the strip of the old center with domes, towers, and light stone. The Mapocho River passes through the city like a dividing line, and beyond it the modern neighborhoods rise. Behind everything: the Andes. Looking from here, you understand that the strength of Santiago is in its restraint. The longer you look, the more you see. Finally, we walk through the modern neighborhoods of Vitacura, Las Condes, and Providencia, and down to the Mapocho River.
*Optional wine tour: excursion to the Maipo Valley wine tasting vineyards with a wine tour Chile and tasting. USD 230 per person (minimum 2 people).