Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Santiago, Chile

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Number of sights 21 sights
Distance 6.2 km
Ascend 81 m
Descend 90 m

Experience Santiago in Chile in a whole new way with our free 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.

Activities in SantiagoIndividual Sights in Santiago

Sight 1: Basílica del Salvador

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The Basílica del Salvador is a basilica located at the corner of Huérfanos Street and Almirante Barroso Street in the Barrio Brasil of Santiago de Chile. The basilica was designed by the German architect Teodoro Burchard in the Neo Gothic style. It was renovated by Josué Smith Solar in 1932.

Wikipedia: Basílica del Salvador (EN)

286 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Plazuela Griselda Hinojosa Flores

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993 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 3: 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 Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue in Santiago de Chile, in the heart of the Dieciocho neighborhood, a favorite place of Santiago's high society of the nineteenth century. It was built by the Italian architect Eusebio Chelli at the request of the surveyor and politician Maximiano Errázuriz Valdivieso in 1872. The mansion dazzled the society of the time with its luxury and was cataloged by many as the best house in Santiago, placing it above the Cousiño Palace.

Wikipedia: Palacio Errázuriz Urmeneta (ES)

57 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: 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 its dependencies and that of 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 5: 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)

91 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Palacio Irarrázabal

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The Irarrázabal Palace or the Spanish Circle Palace is an old residential palace located in Santiago de Chile and current headquarters of the Spanish Circle Social Center of Santiago. It was designed by Chilean architect Alberto Cruz Montt for the Irarrázabal Fernández family in 1906.

Wikipedia: Palacio Irarrázabal (ES)

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: 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)

109 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Palacio Eguiguren

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The Placio Eguiguren is a building located in Santiago de Chile, which is currently used as the headquarters of Duoc Padre Alonso de Ovalle, being one of the oldest of DuocUC, an institution of higher education.

Wikipedia: Palacio Eguiguren (ES)

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Palacio Astoreca

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

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

506 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 10: 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)

500 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 11: Palacio Piwonka Jilabert

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The Piwonka Palace is a building located at 412 Ejército Avenue in front of the church of San Lázaro in the Santiago district of the capital of Chile. It is one of the palaces that is part of the Eighteenth neighborhood and is used as a Central House by the Diego Portales University (UDP), which restored it while maintaining its initial attributes.

Wikipedia: Palacio Piwonka (ES)

71 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Iglesia San Lazaro

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The church of San Lázaro is a Catholic temple dedicated to San Lázaro located on Calle Ejército Libertador corner Gorbea, in the center of the city of Santiago, Chile. Inaugurated on August 15, 1930, it is under the administration of the Order of the Mother of God. It was declared a National Monument of Chile, in the category of Historical Monument, by Supreme Decree No. 21, of January 16, 1992.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Lázaro (Santiago de Chile) (ES)

80 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Diego Portales

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Diego Portales

Diego José Pedro Víctor Portales y Palazuelos was a Chilean statesman and entrepreneur. As a minister of president José Joaquín Prieto's government, he played a pivotal role in shaping the state and politics in the 19th century, delivering with the Constitution of 1833 the framework of the Chilean state for almost a century. Portales' influential political policies included unitarianism, presidentialism and conservatism which led to the consolidation of Chile as a constitutional, authoritarian republic with the franchise restricted to upper class men.

Wikipedia: Diego Portales (EN)

611 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 14: Palacio Aldunate

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The Aldunate Palace is a neoclassical building located in Santiago de Chile, on the corner of Alameda de las Delicias and Calle Ejército Libertador. It was built for Luis Aldunate by the architect José Benito Mannheim.

Wikipedia: Palacio Aldunate (ES)

297 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: 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)

253 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Casona Cienfuegos 41

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Cienfuegos 41 is a building built in 1926 and designed by Ismael Edwards Matte and Federico Bieregel, the first being the first owner of it. It includes 1700 m² built on a land of 935 square meters, designed under the neo -Gothic and medieval style. [Required quotation]

Wikipedia: Casona Cienfuegos 41 (ES)

410 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 17: 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 Palacio Concha-Cazotte in the patrimonial Concha and Toro neighborhood of Santiago de Chile. Built in 1920, Enrique Renard Gómez de Silva, after the Concha-Cazotte decayed and was divided into lots by Enrique Concha and Toro's widow, has been restored to its original form and is used as an event center.

Wikipedia: Palacio Concha (ES)

48 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: 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)

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: Antiguo Teatro Carrera

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The Carrera Theater is an old theater located in the Concha y Toro neighborhood, specifically on Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue, between Maturana and Concha y Toro streets, in the center of the city of Santiago, Chile. Opened in 1927, a restaurant and bar has been operating in the place since 2012. The theater was declared a National Monument of Chile, in the category of Historical Monument, by Decree No. 487, of September 29, 1989.

Wikipedia: Teatro Carrera (ES)

390 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 20: Iglesia de la Gratitud Nacional

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The National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians, initially named the Church of National Gratitude to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is a neo-Gothic style temple in Santiago de Chile that is located in the same place where, during colonial times, the hermitage of San Miguel stood.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de la Gratitud Nacional (ES)

892 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 21: Conjunto Virginia Opazo

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The Conjunto Virginia Opazo is an architectural ensemble designed by architect Luciano Kulczewski, which is located in the Barrio República, in downtown Santiago, Chile. It consists of 33 two-story terraced houses. The residential subdivision was inaugurated in 1944, and was declared as a National Monument of Chile on November 10, 1992, within the category of Zona Típica.

Wikipedia: Conjunto Virginia Opazo (EN)

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