First of all, I could say that I’m a foreigner myself; I’m not from other country but I’m from another region. So I will talk about what places that some of my friends (that have lived in Santiago since very little) had taking me. The first place that I visit here with my friends was “Barrio Bellavista” and I loved the place, I love all the pubs and the happiness around there, but you have to be careful, because there are a lot of thieves and street fights.
Also a friend took me to the downtown, we went to shopping to Banderas, and then we walk to Parque Forestal, there we visit some coffee shops and book stores, everything was beautiful and was really different from the downtown in despite of being very close.
A place that I discover all by myself was Patronato what such a wonderful place, especially if you are a shopoholic like me, every tourist should have that place in their list of “must do”.
Something that a tourist should do is going to a theater like matucana 100, San Guinés Theater or many others, they aren’t that expensive and you could have a really good time in there. Something that sometimes I do with some friend is going to see a movie or just go to a museum like the Modern Art Museum. Also Santiago has lots of concerts, some of these concerts, nobody knows about them because they have really bad publicity but they have really good little bands that have amazing music. All these things are the ones that make me love Santiago, there are a lot of thing to do, even if you don’t have any money.
This is a city that doesn’t sleep.