Congress House, Santiago

Santiago

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May 12th 2013
We arrived in Santiago, frankly, expecting to see a very dirty city from what we have heard about the pollution, but we were very pleased and surprised by how clean and modern it was. We got straight off the bus, on to the tube which was clean and efficient, straight into the centre and checked into our hostel in about 20mins. We decided to start our stay with a free walking tour of the city, it ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more