Chile
9 Best Things to Do in Chile
From Santa Lucía Hill down: what real review volume says is worth your time in Chile.
Order reflects review volume from real travelers across 287 tracked Chile places, capped at 3 per city. Refreshed monthly.
Santa Lucía Hill
Park & nature · SantiagoSanta Lucía Hill is a 69-meter-high hill in central Santiago, featuring a 65,300-square-meter park with ornate facades, stairways, and fountains.
Read our full guide →Sanctuary on San Cristóbal Hill
Religious site · SantiagoThe Sanctuary of the Immaculate Conception sits atop San Cristóbal Hill, 863 meters above sea level, and is a major Catholic landmark in Santiago.
Read our full guide →San Cristóbal Hill
Park & nature · SantiagoSan Cristóbal Hill is a prominent hill in northern Santiago, Chile, rising about 300 meters above the city.
Read our full guide →Plaza de Armas
Landmark · Los AngelesFree entryPlaza de Armas is the main square of Los Angeles, Chile, located at the intersection of Colo Colo and Urenda streets.
Read our full guide →Laguna Esmeralda
Park & nature · Los AngelesFree entryLaguna Esmeralda is a small, emerald-green lagoon nestled within a park in the city of Los Ángeles, in Chile's Biobío Region.
Read our full guide →Plaza Pinto
Park & nature · Los AngelesFree entryPlaza Pinto is the main square of Los Ángeles, a city in the Biobío Region of Chile.
Read our full guide →Mercado Drugstore
Market · ProvidenciaFree entryMercado Drugstore is a unique concept store in the upscale Providencia neighborhood of Santiago.
Read our full guide →Patio Rugendas
Landmark · TalcaFree entryPatio Rugendas is a charming colonial-era courtyard located in the heart of Talca, between 1 and 2 Norte streets.
Read our full guide →Plaza Maule
Market · TalcaFree entryPlaza Maule is a shopping mall located in Talca, Chile, situated along Avenida Circunvalacion Oriente.
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Good to know
What is the best-known of the places to visit in Chile?
Santa Lucía Hill in Santiago is the most reviewed, with 19,846 traveler reviews and a 4.3 rating. That makes it the safe choice if you are only fitting in one.
Which of Chile's places to visit is worth going out of your way for?
Sanctuary on San Cristóbal Hill in Santiago rates highest at 4.5 out of 5 across 18,720 reviews. Smaller crowds than the headline entry usually explain the gap.
Which city in Chile has the most places to visit?
Santiago, with 3 on this list, ahead of Los Angeles on 3. The list spans 4 cities in total, capped at three per city so one big city cannot crowd out the rest of the country.
Are any of these places to visit free to visit?
Yes, 6: Plaza de Armas, Laguna Esmeralda, Plaza Pinto and others. That is based on each place's own visiting information, not an assumption about the category.
How is this list of places to visit ranked?
By how many travelers reviewed each place, filtered to those rated well enough to be worth your time, drawn from 287 tracked places in Chile. No one pays to appear on it, and the order is refreshed monthly as new reviews land.
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