Santiago Vacation Travel Guide, Expedia

Santiago de Chile, a city of extremes, is surrounded by the worlds longest mountain range, driest desert, largest ocean and southernmost grassy plains. The cosmopolitan South American capital has the perfect mix of both historic and ultramodern attractions. The lively Plaza de Armas houses the divine Metropolitan Cathedral and the National History Museum. Santa Lucía Hill is the place where the city was founded by the Spanish in the 16thcentury and the Chilean Museum of preColombian Art shows what lif