5-Hour Private Santiago Walking Tour including San Cristobal Hill

Santiago Tour

Streets of Santiago

Santiago

Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino

Santa Lucía Park

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Highlights

San Cristobal Hill cable car and funicular ride

Santiago

historical, sightseeing, walking

Private Tour

5 Hours

Easy

English, Spanish

Description

Explore Santiago on this informative walking tour. Enjoy a cable car and a funicular ride to San Cristobal Hill for panoramic views of Santiago and the Andes Mountains. On this walking tour, you will see all the important sites and landmarks in the downtown area.

Itinerary

Explore Santiago
- Begin the tour at your hotel and start with a visit to San Cristobal Hill's top by cable car or “teleférico”. From here, admire a panoramic view of the entire city of Santiago, where your guide will describe the city’s geography and point out the sites to be seen during the walking tour. Descend by an open-air funicular to get right into the colourful Bellavista neighbourhood with streets lined with lively cafes.
- Walk by Plaza Italia and stroll through beautiful Florestal Park to reach the Lastarria neighbourhood with many tiny shops and cafés.
- Continue to Santa Lucia Hill, an oasis in the center of Santiago. Originally named Huelén Hill by the Mapuche Indians, Pedro de Valdivia founded the city in 1541.
- Reach the historic city center and visit the Museum of Fine Arts (closed on Monday), Central Market, and Plaza de Armas, Santiago’s main square. At the plaza, see the Cathedral, City Hall, Historic Post Office, and Monument to Chile’s Indigenous People and enter the Museum of National History (closed on Mondays).
- Pass by the Old Congress Building and Supreme Court.
- Walk to La Moneda Palace (The Government House).
- Stop by the oldest church in Chile, the San Francisco Church, and visit a handicraft market for souvenir shopping.
Your guide will take you back to your hotel at the end of the tour using the city’s modern Metro system for a real, local experience.

What's Included

Multilingual Guide in Santiago

Public Transport

Funicular and Cable Car Ride at San Cristóbal Hill (Closed on Mondays)

Bottled water

What's Excluded

Optional Gratuity for Guide

Lunch

Know Before You Go

The cable car and funicular at San Cristobal Hill are closed on Mondays for maintenance.

The order of sites visited may vary depending on your pick up location.

Museums are closed on Mondays.

The summer months (December-March) are hot and sunny in Santiago, with daytime temperatures rising to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. The total walking distance of this tour is around 5 to 6 miles. We encourage guests to wear comfortable walking shoes and to bring a hat and sunscreen.

Suppose you would like to explore the city from the comfort of your private tour van with minimal walking. In that case, we recommend our "Private Santiago and Neighborhoods Tour: San Cristobal Hill & Artisan Village", which sees many of the same downtown landmarks and goes beyond the city center, or our "Private Full-Day Santiago City and Wine Tour", which also passes by the downtown landmarks and includes a visit to a nearby wine vineyard.