Audio tour · Chile
Santiago
A self guided audio tour of Santiago.
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A self guided audio tour of Santiago.
Santiago sits in a bowl of clear Andean air, with the snow capped cordillera close enough on a clear day to feel almost within reach. The city center mixes ornate nineteenth century plazas with the energy of a South American capital very much in motion, and the neighborhoods radiating outward each have a distinct tempo. Walking here is to move between registers, formal and spontaneous, monumental and intimate, all under an enormous blue sky.
In the app, 54 stops in Santiago are narrated aloud, about 1h 32m of listening across 7 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 100 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.
The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.
"You're looking at the tallest building in South America."
"When you look around this plaza, you are looking at a place built upon layers of history."
"Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral."
"Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts."
"When this theatre opened in 1936, the resources for public employment financed it."
"You would be walking through a space that is genuinely massive."
Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.
A sweep from Santiago's tallest skyscrapers through the green edge of the Metropolitan Park taking in military heritage and a hilltop sanctuary.
A compact loop around Plaza de Armas visiting the colonial portals, the cathedral, grand courts, and the ornate Basílica de la Merced.
From the Fine Arts Museum through bohemian Lastarria and its intimate plazas to the gilded interiors of the Municipal Theatre.
Starting at the storied Teatro Caupolicán this route winds through Barrio Italia past baroque basilicas, a leafy park, and the monument to Bernardo O'Higgins.
From the colonial church of San Francisco past the seat of government and the Vega market all the way to the leafy parks and tower of the eastern boulevard.
Beginning at the hillside zoo this route dips through the weekend squares of Bellavista, Brasil and Yungay finishing at the grand Hipódromo Chile.
Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route. Open a category to see what is inside.
Every place on TourTour has its own routes and its own stories.