Discover Santiago Like a Local: Culture, History & Food Tour

5 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 1 more

Discover Santiago on a small-group walking tour blending history, culture, and food. Visit landmarks like La Moneda, Plaza de Armas, and Santa Lucía Hill, then step off the tourist trail into markets, hidden streets, and Chilean flavours.

Led by a local guide, uncover the stories that shaped Chile’s past and present while exploring the city’s historic heart.

Experience Santiago’s food culture with stops at Mercado Central. Enjoy bites like empanadas or completos, coffee, and local beer.

Explore neighborhoods and hidden corners, leaving with a deeper connection to the city.

Perfect for first-time visitors, this tour combines sightseeing, storytelling, and food into one unforgettable experience.

✔ Ideal for first-time visitors
✔ Small-group or private experiences only
✔ Visit La Moneda, Plaza de Armas & Santa Lucía Hill
✔ Authentic food tastings (empanadas, completos, coffee & beer)
✔ Explore Mercado Central and local neighbourhoods
✔ Led by an English-speaking guide

What's Included

Completos or empanadas
Public transportation
Coffee and/or Tea
Beer tasting and pub snacks!
To comply with our sustainability efforts, we kindly ask that our clients bring refillable water bottles

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Our guide will pick you up at your hotel. Please note that if your hotel is outside Providencia, Las Condes, Vitacura or Santiago municipalities, we may ask you to meet your guide at a closer meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 5 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
  • 1
    Cerro Santa Lucia

    We'll start with a unique breakfast at a Mapuche coffee shop. Here you'll get to try wheat coffee or Maqui hot chocolate (our favourite!), and some delicious treats! Afterwards, we'll be walking up the hill to experience this beautiful urban park, where Santiago was founded, experience beautiful views of the city and get to know some of the local flora

    40 minutes Admission ticket included
  • Parque Forestal (Pass by)

    We'll use this park as a leisurely walkway towards the market

    Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Central Market (Mercado Central)

    We'll stop here to experience this beautiful building as we get to know some of Chile's incredibly varied seafoods

    20 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Plaza de Armas

    Visit the main square in the city with an optional walk inside the Cathedral. Here we will also discuss some of our most famous street food: Completos and Empanadas, and take you to one of Santiago's most traditional "fuentes de soda" to try them out.

    50 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 4
    La Moneda

    We'll stop at La Moneda, our house of government. Here you can appreciate the fantastic views of the civic neighbourhood

    30 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Londres 38

    We will visit the memorial outside this memory centre, where we discuss Chile's recent history and how it has impacted current society.

    20 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Bellavista

    We finish the tour by visiting our favourite brew-pub. Chile has fantastic wines, but we also make fantastic beer (and Gin, who knew!). After walking around the city, we deserve to sit down, taste a flight of their flagship beers accompanied by some pub nibbles, and its a fantastic opportunity to wrap up the day, in this beautiful, bohemian area. Afterwards, if you feel like going up to the beautiful Cerro San Cristobal (part of the largest urban park in Latin America), we can walk you to the funicular entrance. Otherwise, we'll take you back to your hotel.

    2 hours Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by Chile Off Track

Tags

Half-day Tours
Private and Luxury
Private Sightseeing Tours
Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
Walking Tours
City Tours
Seasonal
Public Transportation Tours
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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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