Tourist bus around Santiago for a day - Santiago 2023


2 hours
Free cancellation
1 - 15
Mobile ticket

Overview

Get to know the city at your own pace aboard the only Big Bus in Chile. With the Hop-On Hop-Off Classic Edition you can tour Santiago along 11 stops, which include the Historic Center, parks, shopping centers and main attractions. You can go up and down as many times as you want during 1 full day.

Inclusions

  • Unlimited Hop On - Hop Off Ticket for one day

What to expect

Itinerary

Reopening Edition: Big Bus tour around Santiago

Route Duration: 2 hours

Stops on the Reopening Edition: Big Bus tour around Santiago:
  • Av. Pdte. Kennedy 5059 - Parque Arauco One of the most important malls in Chile and Latin America. Here you will find various products from the best brands, along with an entertainment center that includes an open-air boulevard with a wide gastronomic variety, cinema, theater and an Infocenter Turistik (located at the entrance of the boulevard) from where you can discover Santiago and its surroundings. Nearby is the Parque Araucano, ideal for walking, touring, having a picnic and enjoying fresh air and nature.
  • Isabel Montt & Avenida Bicentenario - Bicentennial Park This beautiful park, designed by the architect and landscape architect Teodoro Fernández, has an area of 27 hectares and stretches along the southern bank of the Mapocho River. It has two lagoons where black-necked swans, flamingos, herons and fish coexist, walking trails, an amphitheater where musicals, plays and other shows are performed, and an exclusive international restaurant called Mestizo. It is a perfect place to enjoy the outdoors and take one of the best postcards, which mixes nature and architecture.
  • Los Conquistadores & Pedro de Valdivia Norte - Cable Car This is the closest stop to the entrance to the Santiago Metropolitan Park and Cable Car. It is only 5 minutes walking to be able to enjoy these entertaining attractions, such as seeing Santiago from the heights in the Cable Car and reaching the top of the San Cristóbal hill. On the way to the park you can visit the Parque de las Esculturas, an open-air terrain with more than 30 sculptures by prominent Chilean artists. Also in the sector is the historic Casona "Lo Contador", a beautiful building with Spanish influences from the end of the 18th century, which today is occupied by the Campus of Architecture, Design and Urban Studies of the Catholic University.
  • Bellavista 52 - Patio Bellavista Bellavista stands out as one of the most visited sectors of Santiago, a must-see that mixes culture with entertainment. Patio Bellavista is a place that brings together art exhibitions, live music, theater, craft shops and a wide and exquisite gastronomic offer. This stop is 5 minutes from Parquemet (entrance through Pío Nono), where you will find the Metropolitan Zoo and panoramic buses that take you to the top of San Cristóbal hill, where you can connect to the Cable Car. In the surroundings there are also Plaza Baquedano, Parque Forestal and Bustamante, multiple bars and restaurants.
  • Monjitas 821 - Plaza de Armas The Plaza de Armas represents the true heart of Santiago. This type of plaza exists throughout Chile, because when the Spanish established cities they used that point as the axis of their grid plans. From this Turistik stop, you can tour the historic center of the city, visiting the historic buildings that surround the square, such as the Metropolitan Cathedral, Municipality of Santiago, Casa Colorada Central Post Office and Museum of Santiago, Former National Congress and National Historical Museum, among others.
  • Teatinos 254 - Plaza de la Constitución Around this square you will find some of the most important buildings and monuments linked to the executive power of the State of Chile, among them, the Palacio de la Moneda, seat of the Presidency of the Government of Chile. Its construction was carried out between 1784 and 1805, it was designed by the Italian architect Joaquín Toesca and its original destination was to be the Royal Mint, that is the reason for its current name. You will be able to see and explore buildings and places of interest that include: Plaza de la Constitución, Palacio de la Moneda, Palacio de la Moneda Cultural Center, Metropolitan Administration, Santiago Stock Exchange, Club de la Unión, Universidad de Chile, Paseo Bulnes and Eighteenth Quarter
  • Av Alameda Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 440 - Cerro Santa Lucía has been one of the most relevant points since the founding of Santiago. On February 12, 1541, the monumental neoclassical entrance to the hill was finished in 1902 and harmonizes around a sculpture of the god Neptune an entire architectural ensemble with curved staircases, pools, a wide terrace and a triumphal arch topped by a dome. The set constitutes a very evocative image of the lifestyle of Santiago's high society at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. From the Turistik Santa Lucia stop you can see and explore places of interest that include: Santa Lucia Hill, National Library, Paris-Londres neighborhood, San Francisco del Monte church, Central House of the Catholic University of Chile and Lastarria neighborhood that has a strong cultural stamp where you can find art galleries, restaurants and cultural centers.
  • Av. Providencia 969 - Plaza de la Aviación The Plaza de la Aviación is an extension of the Balmaceda Park, which was created in 1929 as part of the old Japanese Park, designed by the Austrian landscape designer Óscar Prager. Its current name is given in honor of the Chilean Air Force monument erected in 1980. In addition, in the square you will find a water fountain called the Bicentennial, which is almost 70 meters long and more than 25 meters wide, inaugurated in 2005 by the Municipality of Providencia. In this sector you can visit Parque Balmaceda and Parque Uruguay that are part of the green areas that run along the slopes of the Mapocho River. You can also walk along Providencia Avenue, a tourist sector full of life, which has different shops, restaurants, cafes and bars to enjoy Santiago.
  • Tajamar & Avenida Vitacura - Costanera Center The Costanera Center is a complex that combines an experience of modernity and entertainment. With the tallest building in Latin America at 300 meters high, this imposing construction offers endless possibilities that start with its wide range of products in the largest mall in Chile, where some of the most important brands in the world are housed. world. In addition to its wide culinary offer, it has a terrace and a viewpoint, the Sky Costanera, which allows you to appreciate the city with privileged views. The enclosure also has a cinema and its surroundings, with the maximum expression of modernity and progress, in front of the new financial district of the city, also known as Sanhattan.
  • Museo Interactivo Las Condes (MUI) - Las Condes Interactive Museum This stop is in the heart of the El Golf neighborhood, which gets its name from the fact that the entrance to the exclusive Los Leones Golf Club is only a few blocks away. Several of the mansions in the sector date from the mid-20th century and belonged to the family of the wealthy Isidora Goyenechea, the name given to the main street in this neighborhood. Around this stop you will find many restaurants and cafes, as well as the Municipal Theater of Las Condes and the Interactive Museum of Las Condes. In the latter you will be able to travel in space and time through entertaining audiovisual productions in 3D format. An ideal panorama to enjoy with the family.
Attractions on the Reopening Edition: Big Bus tour around Santiago:

Parque Arauco / Parque Bicentenario / Parque Metropolitano de Santiago - Parquemet / Patio Bellavista / Plaza de Armas / Plaza de La Constitucion / Centro Cultural Palacio de la Moneda y Plaza de la Ciudadania / Cerro Santa Lucia / Plaza de la Aviacion / Sky Costanera / Teatro Municipal Las Condes

Operates: Service from Tuesday to Sunday First departure 9:45 a.m. Closing at 6:30 p.m. Buses every 1hr

Additional information

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Ticket delivery

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
Jürgen W
October 2019

the Service of the bus started at 12:00 instead of 9:30 and was suspended very soon later without notice. People left in the city without possibility to return!

rayhC8169MZ
December 2019

It was so bad I would avoid it a all cost and do not book on Tripadvisor you get ripped off with the ticket there is no commentary on the bus and bus journey has been shortened also you do not know where the stops are so you dare not get off.

Y7587FGdonaldm
December 2019

I took this tour on 26 November. I was the only person on the first bus I boarded so had the guide to myself, yet she was "googling" to answer simple questions. Got off bus just to see if next one was any better but no. Third one was a bit better but she was just going round talking to the differ...

Birte_A
December 2019

Because of political reasons the stops were not as the map, understandable they tried to avoid trouble spots. However we thought we might have gotten earphones to understand a bit of what we saw , not so. We had no idea. So pretty disappointing

raymondhM1310TJ
December 2019

We booked our tickets off TripAdvisor it's a rip off no head phones so you don't know were you are and the route has been cut because the trouble in Santiago

Ajsajsajsajsajsajs
November 2019

The tour was amended due to the protests, the bus headphones were not working and the tour guide only told us what neighborhood we were in but nothing regarding the sites and sounds of the city. Essentially we were driven around on a bus and just stared out the window.

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