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Santiago, Chile

Parque Quinta Normal Greenhouse

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

-33.4430, -70.6812

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Wall of Disappeared Persons

Santiago, Chile

Museum of Memory and Human Rights

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

-33.4398, -70.6800

Added by cnowell

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Providencia, Chile

Torre Telefonica Chile

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

-33.4369, -70.6327

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2 MILEs FROM Santiago

La Chascona

Providencia, Chile

La Chascona

Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.

-33.4311, -70.6345

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2 MILEs FROM Santiago

Many of the murals have themes relating to nature.

San Miguel, Chile

Museo a Cielo Abierto

The gorgeous murals at this open-air museum form the largest street art collective in Chile.

-33.5021, -70.6603

Added by donpocho

3 MILEs FROM Santiago

National Astronomical Observatory in 1872.

Las Condes, Chile

National Astronomical Observatory of Chile

This observatory high on a hilltop in the center of Santiago got its start in 1852.

-33.3968, -70.5344

8 MILEs FROM Santiago

The Bahá’í Temple of South America.

Penalolen, Chile

Bahá’í Temple of South America

A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.

-33.4764, -70.5116

Added by Tony Dunnell

9 MILEs FROM Santiago

Unique
Food & Drink
in Santiago

Mote con Huesillos

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Mote con Huesillos

A syrupy cup of peaches and wheat kernels is a customary reward after a Santiago mountain hike.

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Chilean Sea Urchin

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Meats & Animal Products

Chilean Sea Urchin

Flip over these prickly treasures and find creamy, orange meat.

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