Santiago de Chile/Barrio Lastarria
Barrio Lastarria is in Santiago de Chile.
Get in
See
- Parque Forestal - A long park that runs parallel to the Mapocho River, also site of the National Museum of Fine Arts (Museo de Bellas Artes) and Modern Art Museum.
- <see name="Cerro Santa Lucia" alt="" address="Junction of Santa Lucia and Bernando O'Higgins" directions="Santa Lucia metro station" phone="" url="" hours="" price="Free; registration at entrance required" lat="" long="">A park with fountains and stairs leading up to a fort and viewpoint the top. The summit has a great view of all but the skyscraper-obscured city center. Charles Darwin visited this peak at one point in his travels; his words are immortalized in a plaque at the summit.</see>
Do
- <do name="Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (GAM)" alt="" address="Av. Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 227" directions="Metro Universidad Católica (Line 1)" phone="+56 2 25665500" email="info@gam.cl" fax="" hours="" price="" url="http://www.gam.cl/">An impressive cultural center built on the former military Diego Portales building which was destroyed in a fire. The center has an art and film focused library with free WiFi, a theater, concert halls, a restaurant, a café, and public spaces for resting. </do>
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Sleep
- <sleep name="Andes Hostel & Apartments" alt="" address="Monjitas 506" directions="In front of the Bellas Artes metro station" phone="+56 2 26329990" email="info@andesapart.com" fax="" url="http://www.andeshostel.com/" checkin="" checkout="" price="">Mixed and women-only four- to six-bed dorms , private rooms and apartments. Price includes breakfast, Wi-Fi, and daily housekeeping service. Great staff and fun weekly events.</sleep>
- <sleep name="Hostal Santa Lucia" alt="" address="Santa Lucia 168" directions="" phone="" url="http://www.hostalsantalucia.cl" checkin="" checkout="" price=""lat="" long="">A view of Cerro Santa Lucia located just blocks away from the center. Great personal staff and good breakfast with fresh fruit.</sleep>
- <sleep name="Hostal de la Barra" alt="" address="José Miguel de la Barra 451" directions="Near Museo de Bellas Artes and Parque Forestal" phone="+56 2 26392384" url="http://www.hostaldelabarra.cl" checkin="" checkout="" price=""lat="" long="">This hostel is run directly in a old building in the middle of Neighborhood Bellas Artes, it has high quality infrastructure and also has a very nice coffee shop next door where the breakfast is served: The drawback is the six lane road outside which is rarely quiet and the early morning revellers returning home. Sleep is at a premium here. Good points are the staff, the location and the park areas nearby</sleep>
