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Santiago de Chile
The first time, everything is new. Nice on one side: you experience something new. Stressing on the other side: you need first to find your way and some mistakes happen.
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Hotels are not cheap. But one should not try to economise, in order to avoid nasty surprises.
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Good food needs to be searched for. The best places are the mercado central and Belles Artes.
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Take care and bargain ahead with taxis and shuttle buses to the hotel.
Things to see:
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Of course the house of Pablo Neruda – one must like it.
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Station Mapuche. With some chance an interesting exebition is just going on.
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Just next to it the Mercado Central with Donde Augusto, who also has fresh fish if you really ask for it. In addition he advertises his original herb licor. Garanteed according to the recepy of German immigrants from 1945, made from Araucania herbs and Grappa. Ask yourself who came from Germany in 1945.
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Region Belles Artes in Baquedano. This is where the Social life happens in restaurants and galeries.
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Train museum.
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Cerro Christobal with the Statue, which stands on the hill visible from everywhere. Best to take the vintage inclined elevator (if it works) to get up and then walk down. Pay attention to the wild MTBikers, who race downhill despite the interdiction.