10 AM Santiago Offbeat Walking FREE Tour

Are you a wanderer with an inkling for excitement and enthusiasm for culture? This free walking tour will fill your inner desires. This is not your average tour! This is an experience where you should expect the unexpected and discover what it is like to be a Santiago local.

Charge your camera and slap on some sunscreen, friends! Come and enjoy a personal tour for life’s culture seekers

To make sure everyone has a good experience on our tours, we aim to keep groups small. In our experience, big groups can compromise the tour quality. To be fair to all of our customers, we ask groups of over 8 to reserve a private tour or contact us on [email protected], besides that when large groups are expected we aim to have enough staff to provide the best possible [email protected]

Why take this Free Walking Tour, and why with Tours4Tips? This is one of Santiago’s oldest Free Walking Tours, we have had thousands of happy people join our tours and you can check their reviews on Google and Tripadvisor. What could be better than counting on passionate, experienced tour guides to walk you into a new town?

Our freelance Wally’s guides are selected on the basis of how much they love Santiago and how well they can communicate their passion with travellers. We keep our tours up close and personal, ensuring not to have more than 20 travellers per Wally.

Do you wish for an experience more unique and memorable than other generic tours? Then jump on board and join us!

An offbeat walking tour where the only thing that will be to the beat is the sound of our feet. Together we discover Santiago’s fresh produce market and the amazing people who work in there. Our feet bounce off the tourist path and we will interact with true Chileans as they hustle over the capital city, tasting, smelling, An offbeat walking tour where the only thing that will be to the beat is the sound of our feet. Together we discover Santiago’s fresh fruit, vegetables, fish (and everything in between) market. Our feet bounce off the tourist path and we will interact with true Chileans as they hustle over the capital city, tasting, smelling, and filling our minds and hearts with the beauty around.

TOUR DETAILS

ROUTE MAP

TOUR ITINERARY

BELLAS ARTES MUSEUM 10:00 Hrs

BELLAS ARTES MUSEUM 10:00 HRS

Find your Wally waiting for you outside the front entrance of Museo Bellas Artes (on José Miguel de La Barra St). Wally wears a white and red striped T-shirt (in Santiago this is easier to find than the fun kids books). We spend a few minutes in Parque Forestal getting to know each other. Before leaving Wally will tell you what we will do on the tour.

ESMERALDA NEIGHBORHOOD 10:30 Hrs

ESMERALDA NEIGHBORHOOD 10:30 HRS

We will walk through Esmeralda Neighborhood learning how the city’s heart beats. We will tell you about divisions in Santiago and how different cultures get along in the city.Then we wonder on to “La Chimba” (the other side) of the river to explore one of the most diverse neighborhoods in town.

TIRSO DE MOLINA AND LA VEGA 11:15 Hrs

TIRSO DE MOLINA AND LA VEGA 11:15 HRS

Next, we follow our path to the markets where you senses will be stimulated by life at the market. We start with Tirso de Molina, the transition between southern Santiago and the core of the district, La Vega Central. We will go trough alleys next to local vendors and customers to reach La Vega Central. Once there, many surprises await and Wally will be excited to share all of his expertise on the market, its produce, its people, its pets and of course its secrets.

GENERAL CEMENTERY 12:00 Hrs

GENERAL CEMENTERY 12:00 HRS

After leaving La Vega Central we will hit the subway at Patronato Station, don’t worry if you haven’t used the subway, it’s easy and Wally will teach you how to do it. Just two stations to the north, we will get off at Cementerios and will visit the largest cemetery in Chile. We will walk this beautifull Necropolis born right after Chile´s independence in 1810 to learn about how Chileans relate to their beloved ones after their passing away, how they honor their memory and of course some interesting spooky stories. At the end we will share a short insight on Politics by visiting Salvador Allende´s grave, socialist president in the seventies, who was overthrown in september 11 1973

Hit the Bar or have lunch? 13:00 Hrs

We finish off the tour in the afternoon and your freelance Wally will offer up his best advice and recommendations over a nice lunch. Feel free to ask any questions. Don’t forget this is a pay-what-you-feel tour, the enjoyment levels are on and the pressure level is off! A tour for tips also with tips, the best ones you can get of Santiago!