15:00 HRS Santiago Highlights Walking FREE Tour
Would you like to see Santiago’s Highlights and understand Chile in depth but you count on limited time? Wally will walk you through Santiago’s downtown to visit some of the most beautiful and important places while discussing the events that have shaped Chile and its people in the last decades.
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 experience.
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!
Our classic Highlights tour takes you into Santiago’s downtown not only to visit some of the most interesting places in town but also to discuss the events that have shaped Chile and Chieans throughout the last 50 years. We will talk about precolombian times at the main square but also by visiting some of the most important insitutions like the presidencial palace we will discuss the complexities of Chile in the last 50 years so you can understand why Chile became what it is today. Join us to understand the fascinating story of the southernmost country in the world.
TOUR DETAILS
PRICE
Pay-What-You-Like
TIME
Departs at 15:00 Hrs Finishes at 18:00 Hrs
MEETING POINT
Start Location: Meet in front of Museo Bellas Artes Finish Location: Lastarria Neighborhood Distance: 4 km walking
WHAT TO BRING
Only yourself and comfy clothes, maybe slap on some sunscreen!
ROUTE MAP
TOUR ITINERARY
BELLAS ARTES MUSEUM 15:00 Hrs
BELLAS ARTES MUSEUM 15:00 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.
BELLAS ARTES SUBWAY ENTRANCE 15:20 HRS
Just after walking a couple blocks we will delight ourselves with murals and of course Wally will share his expertise on the topic with you. Chile has a very long history on street art that was deeply connected to politics in the first half of the 20th century so this spot is perfect to set the atmosphere and expectations for topics that will come along later in the afternoon.
PLAZA DE ARMAS 15:50 Hrs
PLAZA DE ARMAS 15:50 HRS
After a great introduction we will head to Plaza de Armas, one of the oldest, if not the oldest square in Santiago, so old the Inca actually had a settlement on the same location. Here we will have a look at a more european side of the city with beautiful architecture from the 19th century. This is also a great spot to understand about the evolution of the city dating back from the first inhabitants up to current times.
CONGRESS BULDING 16:15 HRS
Now at this building we will talk about the political turmoil the country faced between 2019 and 2023. Chile, while building a reputation based on development and stability, also became a pressure pot where different actor of society found themselves trapped in a system that did not provide the opportunities for everyone to have a good life. We will do our best to explain why this happened.
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE 16:30 HRS
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE 16:30 HRS
If the last period was a breaking point and hopefully will be regarded as one of Chile’s most interesting and also most difficult moments, it didn’t happen out of nowhere. The last 60 years provide enough background to understand why Chile became what it is today. Now at the Presidential Palace, La Moneda, we will go deep into the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s to understand how Chile went from Socialism, to a right wing dictatorship, then to democracy and establishing a system that seems to be stuck.
SUBWAY 17:00 HRS
We’ll go in the subway for a few stops to visit Lastarria and an amazing cultural center. Don’t worry if you haven’t used Santiago’s public transportation, we will teach you how to do it.
GAM CULTURAL CENTER 17:20 HRS
GAM CULTURAL CENTER 17:20 HRS
Before ending our experience we will visit the amazing building for the UNCTAD on it’s third version. Nowadays the facilities operate as a Cultural Center GAM, the name honors the legacy of the first Chilean writer to win the Nobel Prize of literature. Stay with us so you can hear how Chileans achieved the impossible by working together and Santiago hosted people from all over the world during the socialist goverment by Salvador Allende.
LASTARRIA 17:30 Hrs
LASTARRIA 17:30 HRS
What a better idea than a drink or an ice cream to keep on with the amazing topics we discuss or just to hang out with friends we made in the afternoon? Wally will give you amazing recommendations of places in the neighborhood including wine, beer, pisco, sandwiches, seafood and ice cream so feel free to ask.
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