One day in Santiago, Chile
A day through Santiago’s best-known sights that lie close together: Santiago Metropolitan Park, Jardín Japonés de Santiago, Gran Torre Costanera, Military Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Santiago, Iglesia de la Divina Providencia and Santiago Chile Temple. 6 stops, about 5 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Santiago Metropolitan ParkPark · On the map
- Jardín Japonés de SantiagoGarden · 1.4 km on from Santiago Metropolitan Park · On the map
- Gran Torre CostaneraSkyscraper · 0.8 km on from Jardín Japonés de Santiago · On the map
- Military Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, SantiagoCathedral · 0.4 km on from Gran Torre Costanera · On the map
- Iglesia de la Divina ProvidenciaTemple or shrine · 1.2 km on from Military Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Santiago · On the map
- Santiago Chile TempleTemple or shrine · 1.2 km on from Iglesia de la Divina Providencia · On the map
6 stops, 8.4 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 46 min of walking.
More for Santiago
- Things to do in Santiago, Chile · 40 places to see, led by Gran Torre Costanera and Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts
Photo credits
- Santiago Metropolitan Park: Carlos yo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jardín Japonés de Santiago: ShootingStarMax, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gran Torre Costanera: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Military Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Santiago: Carlos Figueroa Rojas, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Iglesia de la Divina Providencia: Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Santiago Chile Temple: Carlos Figueroa Rojas, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.