Saturday night in Santiago

April 3, 2010 9:57 PM

What to do for a single night in Santiago, Chile?

I have a *very* short stopover in Santiago de Chile, arriving early afternoon Saturday 17 April and leaving early the next morning.

1. Can you recommend a good place to stay that's relatively convenient for the airport, and also to places to eat and maybe catch some live music?

2. What's a good place to go and hear some live music, preferably something local, maybe folksy, but I'm not averse to something like, say, a Deep Purple covers band playing a pub if that's what's available?

posted by nomis to travel & transportation around Santiago, Chile (2 answers total)

stay somewhere (im no help there...)

just make sure you eat ceviche. i HIGHLY recommend:

La Mar‎
found at:
Avenida Nueva Costanera 3922, Santiago, Chile

as for the folksy stuff i've got news for you, you gotta go pretty far to find it. everything i saw while i was there was either dancey or extremely alt rock... all good though. there is a lot to do in costanera though so you shouldn't have trouble finding some live music.

but seriously get the ceviche.
posted by chasles at 6:43 AM on April 4, 2010

There isn't really anything around the airport, except for the attached holiday inn. Better to go into downtown to find a hotel. I can't recommend anything specific though. The Crowne Plaza Hotel is really nice, but I don't think I would ever stay there if I had to pay for it myself (Thanks LAN Chile!).
posted by kiltedtaco at 8:10 AM on April 4, 2010