Practice your spanish while exploring Santiago and its environs.
Santiago has much to offer the inquisitive traveler. In a city
that holds a third of the country’s population, you are
bound to find many interesting places to visit and things to
see. We offer a variety of afternoon excursions, guided by a
Spanish teacher and included in your course.
Excursions provide an excellent opportunity for you to practice
your Spanish and to learn more about Santiago and Chile. Excursions
are provided as a courtesy, but students are expected to pay
for their own transportation and entrance fees. Occasionally
a day trip is arranged that will replace classes (upon student
request only). Some of the excursions we offer are described
below.
Mercado
Central (Central Market)
The Mercado Central is an experience of all five
senses. Housed in a 19th-century wrought iron building,
the Central Market actually consists of many smaller
markets, including a fish market, meat market, vegetable
market, flower market and hundreds of individual
booths where any number of things can be purchased.
There
is also an entire section devoted to small restaurants
serving delicious seafood at prices unavailable
anywhere else in the city.
Cerro
San Cristobal
The excursion offering the best views of Santiago
is the trip to the Metropolitan Park and Cerro San
Cristóbal. San Cristóbal is the 860-meter
hill around which the city of Santiago is wrapped.
A teleférico (gondola) will take you halfway
up the hill where you can visit the wine museum
and restaurant, or walk among the palm trees and
lawns with excellent vistas.
You will
then take the teleférico to the top where
you’ll be treated to a magnificent view of
Santiago stretching out between the Andes and the
coastal Cordillera. To return, you’ll take
the funicular down to the bohemian barrio of Bellavista,
famous for its nightclubs and restaurants.
Museo
Casa de Pablo Neruda La Chascona This excursion takes you to the
house of Pablo Neruda, Chile´s most famous
poet and winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature.
The eclectic structure, designed by the poet himself,
is now open to the public as a museum. Commonly
known as "La Chascona" ("The Lady
with Disheveled Hair"), the house is located
Bellavista, a bohemian Santiago neighborhood located
at the foot of Cerro San Cristóbal.
Museo
de Bellas Artes On this trip, you will explore the
oldest art museum in South America. It was founded
in 1880 and the current building was constructed
in 1910 in the French neo-classical style. The museum
houses masterpieces from Chile´s colonial
period as well as modern works done by national
and foreign artists.
After
visiting the museum, you can stop for some coffee
and dessert and then take a stroll through Parque
Forestal, one of Santiago´s most famous parks.
Museo
Histórico Nacional
You will visit the National Historical Museum located
in the Plaza de Armas. This museum houses an
exhibit that shows the diverse periods of Chilean
history from its discovery until 1973. After touring
the museum, you can take a short walk through
the Plaza de Armas to Santiago´s cathedral,
central post office, and the shops on Paseo Ahumada,
a pedestrian street in the downtown area.
Centro
Cultural Palacio La Moneda
This newly constructed cultural center and museum
is located underneath the recently remodeled Plaza
Constitución next to the presidential palace
La Moneda. The center is home to a variety of rotating
cultural exhibits. After visiting the museum, you'll
take a stroll into the central garden of the presidential
palace La Moneda and take in the architecture of
this very historic building, place of the 1973 coup
engineered by former General Agusto Pinochet..
Museo
de Arte Precolombino
In this excursion, you will be escorted to the Pre-Colombian
Art Museum, one of Santiago´s most interesting
museums. Located in the city’s main business district
close to the Plaza de Armas, the museum houses ceramics,
textiles, paintings, and sculptures from a wide
range of Pre-Colombian cultures.
Viña
Concha y Toro
Chile is famous worldwide for its wine production.
This popular excursion takes you to the vineyard
Concha y Toro, where you will be given a guided
tour of the winery in Spanish. There are many fine
wines to be tasted and bottles are sold at much
lower prices than can be found outside the winery.
Pueblito
de Artesanos Los Dominicos
Housed on the site of an old ranch, this market
is home to a group of artisans offering a wide range
of quality crafts and gifts. There are restaurants
and shops where you can try homemade cakes and excellent
peach empanadas. You will also be able to visit
the old Dominican church built on the site..
Viña
Cousiño-Macul
Founded in 1856, Viña Cousiño-Macul
is the only winery established in the 19th century
that is still in the hands of its founding family.
The winery prides itself on supervising the growth
and production of all the components that go into
its world class wines. You can take a tour of their
vineyards and wine cellars as well as try a couple
of glasses of their fine wine.
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