Chile

Santiago

• Bicentenario Park swan and flamingo
• pirque south of the city, wine tasting. Concha y Toro
• bellavista neighbourhood for food, carft shops, street art
• Cerro San Cristobal
• 聂鲁达故居
• O'Higgins: 独立英雄，主干道（相当于长安街）La Moneda 原铸币厂，现总统府,换岗仪式
• Barrio Bellavista: On the north side of Santiago, fashionable and bohemian
• 中央市场，海鲜
• Safe zone: Eastern Comunas, e.g. Providencia and Las Condes

Valparaiso / Viña del Mar

Valparaiso, a UNESCO World Heritage Site famous for its colorful hillside neighborhoods, winding stairways, and abundance of street art.

Viña del Mar: next to Valparaiso; a more modern town

Bus from Santiago to Valparaiso / Viña del Mar:

• 1.5 hours
• Terminal Alameda
• Bus Companies:
  • Tur-bus: https://turbus.cl
  • Pullman bus: https://www.pullmanbus.cl/

Wine Regions

• Colchagua: Syrah and Carménere
• Casablanca Valley: Chardonnays and Sauvignon Blancs

The Maipo Valley 中央山谷 Carmenere Bordeaux grape varieties (primarily Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot) The Colchagua Valley similar to Napa valley

Atacama Desert / Calama

• Calama: Chuquicamata, the largest copper mine in the world
• San Pedro de Atacama: ~1hr from Calama, Valle de la Luna

Valle de La Muerte 死亡谷 月亮谷 （ Valle de La Luna） The three Marias Valley of the Moon Moon Valley Amphitheater

欧洲南方天文台 The European Southern Observatory 帕纳尔台站免费参观预约

Transportation

Airlines

LATAM (full service), JetSmart (low cost), Sky (low cost)

• narrow body all A320
• wide body 767/787 (LATAM Brazil has 777-300ER)
  • 787-8 in 2-2-2
  • 787-9 in 1-2-1 or 2-2-2

Santiago airport bus

No trains to the airport.

• Centropuerto: https://www.centropuerto.cl/
• Turbus: https://new.turbus.cl/turbuscl/venta-aeropuerto

Santiago metro and bus

https://www.red.cl/ (meaning of the logo: walking, buses and trains)

• Buses
• Santiago Metro: ~2.6 million per day, 7 lines (1-6, 4A); Line 7 in 2027, Line 8 and 9 in the future. Standard gauge.
  • rubber tire: 1, 2, 5; trains start with NS (neumatico santiago)
  • steel wheeled: the other lines; trains start with AS (Acero Santiago)
  • driverless: Line 3 and 6

Commuter Trains

Current:

• Metrotrén: 133.8 km, 1,676 mm Indian gauge.
  • In 2021, EFE decided to eliminate the brand Metrotren The services are branded now as the
    • Santiago-Rancagua line
    • Santiago-Nos line. (integrated to the city's public transport fare.)

Future:

• Santiago-Batuco commuter rail: under construction 27 km 2024, from Quinta Normal, going north, operator EFE
• Melitrén: to Melipilla, 61 km 2025, from Del Sol metro station (line 5) to southwest.

Santiago–Valparaíso railway line

• project website: http://www.trentvs.cl/
• wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago%E2%80%93Valpara%C3%ADso_railway_line

Intercity Buses

4 seat types: Clasico, Semi Cama, Salon Cama, Premium

• Clasico: 2-2, economic seat, normal
• Semi Cama: 2-2, seat similar to Clasico but with footrest and may have a higher degree of recline and/or more space between seats
• Salon Cama: 1-2, greater recline, some double-decker buses have Salon Cama on the first floor while Semi Cama on the second floor
• Cama Premium / Cama Suite: fie flat

(seat = asiento)

Food and Drink

• Cherry 11 月到三月成熟
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• 藤壶

Others

• punta arenas: base to explore the tierra del fuego archipelago and torres del paine national park
• Chiloé Island
• Lauca National Park
• Easter Island
• Antofagasta: the mining capital
• Mining:
  • Copper exports alone stands for more than one third of government income.
  • Most mining in Chile is concentrated to the Norte Grande region spanning most of the Atacama Desert.
  • Pisco, Chile's most popular liquor
• 复活节岛 世界肚脐
• 奎卡舞
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMPC_(company)
• mapuche