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I'm trying to think of some places, but just off the top of my head I can think of 2 cool not snotty Chilean bars and a movie theater in the center of the city:
1. La Chimenea
2. El Bucanero
3. Cine Arte Alameda (also Normandie)
I'm going to ask one of my arty friends what he thinks, too but good luck!!
I like El observatorio cafe in Lastarria also cafe escondido except I always forget where it is maybe because it's escondido.
Orrego Luco? They have good happy hour specials.
Oh and that sculpture park by Pedro de Valdivia.
It is close to the sculpture park mentioned in the comment above.
Another quite picturesque place to visit is the Mercado Central (metro station Cal Y Canto), but beware of eating raw seafood. And try to keep a low profile or ask S. to go with you.
Good luck!
I just this week wrote blog posts on Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales. I listed my favorite things. Also, I can provide you more info if you'd like.
Although I'm a just newbie, I would recommend the Cerro Santa Lucia.
I Love this place:
http://www.boulevardlavaud.cl/
I think "El sofá" is a rather insane and fun bar... http://www.sofa.cl/ it's very aesthetic.
There's a street in el centro near the Museo Bellas Artes that has some really amazing shops. I wish I knew which one it is but it's by the bright orange house.
You could take her to the Chorillanas place on Rancagua (if she's not going to the onein Valpo) and I also LOVE this one café -- have no idea what its name is-- on Julio Prado somewhere around Bilbao.
Then there's my favorite café in el Centro Primmo Café http://www.circuloprimmo.blogspot.com/
... don't forget the microbrewery on the plaza ñuñoa, i forget what that place is called.
Wow... it seems like all i do is drink... cultural things? Um museo de la moda is kinda off the beaten path. Never been there, though.
Still Life, I'll send her the link to your posts about Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas, thanks!
Jenna, what study abroad program were you on? Your host parents weren't by any chance the really young ones from IES that got a divorce while they had a student living with them, were they?
If you are interested in Pokemon scene... my cousin hosts parties and knows the scene. It would certainly be different.
Also, Josè Miguel de la Barra there is a really cool bar with lots of good imported beer just across from parque forrestal. There are also lots of cute shops there like Amanda mentioned so it`s got a really nice atmosphere.
Kinda near there on Alameda right by Aine Arte Alameda there`s a bar/restaurant called something like Gulart or Goulart. It`s really pretty inside and the one time I went there, the service was excellent.
OH and I think Lastarria is a good bet like others have mentioned because there`s so much there (I love that museo de artes visuales or something like that with all the Matta stuff) There`s also a newish restaurant called Lucìa which is an old apartment turned into a restaurant. It`s gorgeous inside and the food is delicious. It`s a great place for dinner.
http://www.barriolastarria.com/restaurant_lucia_bistro_barrio_lastarria.htm
ok, im not going to suggest anything else because it looks like you`ve got a ton of great suggestions from everyone!
Or there is Casa Abarzua on Monjitas where we first met....they had great drinks!
I'll keep brainstorming, but that's all I've got for now.
Have fun!!!
I have to go to "work" so will quickly say that A) I'll get back to you B) i'm obsessed with the discovery travel channel and B) i have recently seen the following places highlihgted on the travel channel (i.e. you should NOT bring them to these places because they've been covered in the past couple months of my tv-watching)
- El Hoyo restaurant
- La Feria club
- Mercado Central
- Cerro Santa Lucia to show the canon go off at noon
- skiing in valle nevado
I have a ton of ideas for you but can't write now. I am SO totally jealous and think that this is just great for you and your career. besos.
1.General Cemetary (and maybe the Catholic one, too), including the detenidos-desaparecidos monument. I hear the G.C. has cool night tours.
2. Rincon de las Canallas restaurant, on San Diego near Santa Isabel. Traditionally, you had to say a password to get in, and a friend told me it was a meeting place for people opposed to the dictatorship.
3. Plaza Camilo Mori in Bellavista...the one with the castle-like red house. Lots of pubs and stuff around.
4. La Vega market
5. Club Hipico...except I don't know if there are races on Thursdays.
6. El Hoyo or La Piojera!!!
Hope this helps...
hahahahhaha, just kidding.
my fave places in Santiago are:
la vega
patronato
(food and clothing are really all you need) The vega would be very pintoresco!!!!
Two places I've been wanting to go are:
1) el museo de la solidaridad
http://www.museodelasolidaridad.cl/
Nestor Canclini recommended a visit to this museum.
2) and el museo de la moda
if anything else comes to mind, I'll let you know.
I used to go to a place called El Cimarron in Nunoa (Irarrazaval con Manuel Montt more or less) where they offered free salsa classes on Thursday nights before the dancing started (you just have to pay a luca to get in). I don't know if they still do it, but it could be an option.
haha i have no idea. the only time i was living in santiago for a short period of time we had an estufa, which pretty much won me over.
thats awesome though, check back with the story of what happens
They weren't actually married, but they did end up breaking up a bit later. Who knows--maybe it's the same people :)
Bar - ClanDestino in Bellavista
Restaurant - Boulevard Lavaud (aka peluqueria francesa)
I took my friends from LA to both places when they came and they really like them. That's so awesome what you get to do! Have fun!
I don't think a tour around Santiago is complete without seeing the city from Cerro San Cristobal!
Danielle