Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Santiago, Chile

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Number of sights 27 sights
Distance 9.3 km
Ascend 119 m
Descend 113 m

Experience Santiago in Chile in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Santiago

Sight 1: Palacio Walker

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The Walker Palace is a residential palace in Chile located at Concha y Toro 52, 54, 54 A, 54 B, built in 1923 in Tudor style and belonging to the Concha y Toro neighborhood.

Wikipedia: Palacio Walker (ES)

48 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Palacio Concha

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The Concha Palace is a French-style mansion that is located in the gardens of what was the demolished Concha-Cazotte palace in the heritage Concha y Toro neighborhood of Santiago de Chile. Built in 1920 by order of Enrique Renard Gómez de Silva after the Concha-Cazotte fell into decline and was divided into lots by the widow of Enrique Concha y Toro, it has been restored to its original form and is used as an event center.

Wikipedia: Palacio Concha (ES)

410 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Casona Cienfuegos 41

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The Casona Cienfuegos 41 was built in 1926, designed by Ismael Edwards Matte and Federico Bieregel, being Ismael Edwards Matte the first owner of this Casona. It comprises 1700 m² built on a plot of 935 square meters, designed in the neo-Gothic and medieval style.

Wikipedia: Casona Cienfuegos 41 (ES)

255 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: León Suizo

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The Swiss Lion is a memorial donated by the Swiss community residing in Chile on the occasion of the country's Centennial celebrations at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is located on Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, better known as "La Alameda", between José Miguel Carrera and Almirante Latorre streets, in the district of Santiago Centro.

Wikipedia: León Suizo (ES)

822 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 5: Palacio Errázuriz Urmeneta

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Palacio Errázuriz Urmeneta Carlos yo / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Errázuriz Urmeneta Palace is a neoclassical-inspired building located at 1656 Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins in Santiago de Chile, in the heart of the Dieciocho neighborhood, a favorite place of Santiago's high society in the nineteenth century. It was built by the Italian architect Eusebio Chelli at the request of Maximiano Errázuriz in 1872. The mansion dazzled the society of the time with its luxury and was cataloged by many as the best house in Santiago, putting it above the Cousiño Palace.

Wikipedia: Palacio Errázuriz Urmeneta (ES)

57 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Palacio Ariztía

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The Ariztía Palace is a historic building in the city of Santiago de Chile, it was the seat of the Chamber of Deputies in Santiago, until 2006, when the offices of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate returned to the building of the former National Congress of Chile.

Wikipedia: Palacio Ariztía (Santiago de Chile) (ES)

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Palacio Íñiguez

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The Íñiguez Palace or Íñiguez Building is a building located in Santiago, the capital of Chile, on the corner of Avenida Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins and Calle Dieciocho. Built in 1908 for Eduardo Iñiguez Tagle and Loreto Undurraga as their residence, it was the work of architects and builders Alberto Cruz Montt and Ricardo Larraín Bravo.

Wikipedia: Palacio Íñiguez (ES)

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Palacio Astoreca

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The Astoreca Palace is a residential palace located on Calle Dieciocho, between Padre Felipe Gómez de Vidaurre and Padre Alonso de Ovalle streets, Santiago de Chile. In French style, today it houses the College of Accountants of Chile.

Wikipedia: Palacio Astoreca (Santiago de Chile) (ES)

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Palacio Eguiguren

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The Eguiguren Palace is an old residential palace in Santiago de Chile that today is the DUOC Headquarters Padre Alonso de Ovalle is one of the oldest in DuocUC.

Wikipedia: Palacio Eguiguren (ES)

109 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Iglesia San Ignacio

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The iglesia San Ignacio, also known as iglesia del Colegio de San Ignacio, is a Roman Catholic church founded by the Society of Jesus in Santiago, Chile. It is next to the Colegio San Ignacio, and was declared as a National Historic Monument in 2002.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Ignacio (Santiago de Chile) (EN)

152 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Palacio Ochagavía

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The Ochagavía Palace is a building located in Santiago de Chile at 1516 Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue on the corner of San Ignacio Street.

Wikipedia: Palacio Ochagavía (ES)

93 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Palacio Irarrázabal

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The Irarrázabal Palace or the Círculo Español Palace is a former residential palace located in Santiago de Chile and current headquarters of the Círculo Español social center in Santiago. It was designed by Chilean architect Alberto Cruz Montt for the Irarrázabal Fernández family in 1906.

Wikipedia: Palacio Irarrázabal (ES)

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Palacio Rivas

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Palacio Rivas Carlos yo / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Rivas Palace, also called Casa Rivas, is a building located in Santiago, Chile. In 1983 he was declared a National Monument.

Wikipedia: Palacio Rivas (ES)

371 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Teatro Coliseo

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The Teatro Coliseo is a concert hall located on Nataniel Cox Street next to the Plaza de la Ciudadanía, in the center of the city of Santiago, Chile. With two stalls, it has a capacity of 2500 people.

Wikipedia: Teatro Coliseo (Santiago de Chile) (ES)

292 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Altar de la Patria

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The Altar of the Homeland is a Chilean monument located under the Plaza de la Ciudadanía in Santiago de Chile, between Nataniel Cox and Zenteno streets. The work consists of a crypt located under where the "Eternal Flame of Freedom" was originally located, until its transfer to the Military School in 2004. It contains the remains of Chile's Supreme Director, Bernardo O'Higgins, and a timeline that tells the history of that country.

Wikipedia: Altar de la Patria (Chile) (ES)

55 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Bernardo O'Higgins

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Bernardo O'Higgins Carlos yo / CC BY-SA 4.0

The monument to Bernardo O'Higgins is a bronze sculpture on a marble base, which represents the moment when Bernardo O'Higgins crosses with his horse over a defeated enemy of the royalist troops in the battle of Rancagua in 1814. It is located in the Alameda in front of the Palacio de La Moneda, in the Plaza de la Ciudadanía in the city of Santiago, Chile.

Wikipedia: Monumento a Bernardo O'Higgins (Santiago de Chile) (ES)

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Bandera Bicentenario

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The Bicentennial Flag is a monumental Chilean flag located in the central flag of the Alameda del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins, in the Plaza de la Ciudadanía, located in the city of Santiago, capital of Chile.

Wikipedia: Bandera Bicentenario (ES)

279 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: Casa Central Universidad de Chile

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Casa Central Universidad de Chile Sisib Universidad de Chile / CC BY 2.0

The Casa Central de la Universidad de Chile, also known as Palacio de la Universidad de Chile, is the main building for the Universidad de Chile, and is located at 1058 Alameda Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins, in Santiago, Chile. The building dates from 1872, and currently houses the rectorate, rooms used for ceremonial events and the Andrés Bello Archives, so-named to honor the lawyer who founded the university. It was declared a National Monument of Chile in 1974.

Wikipedia: Casa Central de la Universidad de Chile (EN)

646 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 19: Teatro Cariola

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The Cariola Theater is a theater located in the commune of Santiago, Province of Santiago, Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile. Built between 1949 and 1954 and inaugurated in the latter, it is considered the most important theater in Santiago after the Municipal. It was declared a national monument, under the category of Historical Monument, by Decree No. 548, of the Ministry of Education, on December 17, 2012 and published in the Official Gazette on January 24, 2013.

Wikipedia: Teatro Cariola (ES)

433 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 20: Basilica de los Sacramentinos

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The Basílica de los Sacramentinos is a church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile. It administered by the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament and its design was inspired by the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur in Paris. The main cupola of the church has a structural height of 69 m (226 ft).

Wikipedia: Basílica de los Sacramentinos (EN)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 21: Recabarren

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Recabarren

Luis Emilio Recabarren Serrano was a Chilean political figure. He was elected several times as deputy, and was the driving force behind the worker's movement in Chile.

Wikipedia: Luis Emilio Recabarren (EN)

515 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 22: Paseo Bulnes

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Paseo Bulnes is a pedestrian street in downtown Santiago. It runs from Alameda Avenue in the north to the Almagro Park in the south. The street is lined by buildings of uniform height and similar facades, which were built under an urban plan approved in 1937 and whose main purpose was the development of a government district around the La Moneda Palace. In 1939, the first zoning regulation plan for Santiago proposed the southward extension of the then Avenida Central with a large plaza south of La Moneda, known as Plaza Bulnes. The various buildings were built in an intensive campaign between 1940 and 1950.

Wikipedia: Paseo Bulnes (EN)

804 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 23: Palacio Cousiño

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The Palacio Cousiño is a palace that was designed and built for Isidora Goyenechea, widow of Luis Cousiño, who in turn was son of Matías Cousiño. It is located at 438 Dieciocho Street in Santiago, Chile.

Wikipedia: Palacio Cousiño (EN)

628 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 24: Museo Histórico Militar

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The Historical and Military Museum of Chile or in its acronym MHM, is an establishment located in the commune of Santiago, Chile. Of a permanent nature, it is a non-profit institution, open to the public and at the service of society and its development. The administration of the museum is in charge of the Garrison of the Chilean Army. It was created to make known to the citizens the military history of Chile and its value as a historical-cultural heritage, the formation of the nation and also to publicize the values and traditions of the Army.

Wikipedia: Museo Histórico y Militar de Chile (ES)

724 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 25: Basílica del Corazón de María

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The Basilica of the Heart of Mary is a Catholic Church in the city of Santiago, Chile. Built by the Claretians, it was inaugurated on 7 December 1879, being designated as a basilica in 1929 and as a National Monument of Chile on 14 January 1987.

Wikipedia: Basílica del Corazón de María (Santiago de Chile) (EN), Website

271 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 26: Teatro Caupolicán

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Teatro Caupolicán is a theatre and music venue located on the San Diego street in Santiago, Chile. It was opened in 1936. During its long history has hosted sporting, political, and cultural events. Currently is an important concert venue for popular Chilean and international artists, with a seating capacity of 4,500 and a total capacity of 5,400.

Wikipedia: Teatro Caupolicán (EN), Link

1504 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 27: Ex Asilo de las Hermanitas de los Pobres de Santiago

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The Asylum of the Little Sisters of the Poor of Santiago is a building located on Carmen Street at the corner of Ventura Lavalle, in the center of the city of Santiago, Chile. Built in 1898, it functioned as a convent and as an asylum until the earthquake of 2010, which left the building with serious damage, having to be evicted. It was declared a National Monument of Chile, in the category of Historical Monument, by Decree No. 151, of March 19, 2012. Then, in 2017, it was acquired by the Mayor of Santiago, Felipe Alessandri Vergara, for the Municipality, to be transformed into a Town Hall Building and Community Center for the residents of the Matta Sur sector. It is expected to open its doors in 2023.

Wikipedia: Asilo de las Hermanitas de los Pobres de Santiago (ES)

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