Santiago/Providencia

Providencia is in Santiago. It's one of the commercial and gastronomical hotspots of the city, in particular along Avenida Providencia. Here you can find culturally interesting barrios like Bellavista and Italia, and in the east, towards Sanhattan, some of the city's skyscrapers. Cerro San Cristobal, one of the city's most famous hills, is located here as is the part of the Mapocho river and the parks on the bank of it.

By foot
If you like walking, you can get in from downtown on foot, it's about 2 km to Parque Bustamente and longer elsewhere. One nice route is through Parque Forestal along the Mapocho river.

By subway
With several lines crossing through and several stops, it's easy to get in and around Providencia by subway. Providencia is easily accessible by Metro Lines 1 and 4 as well as the many buses which run along Avenida Providencia.

Buy


Avenida Providencia, between Manuel Montt and Tobalaba is full of shops selling things like fashion, jewellery, crafts as well as larger department stores. More of the latter can be found near Portal Lyon.



Eat
Numerous restaurants can be found here, especially in Barrio Bellavista, Barrio Italia and the side streets of Avenida Providencia. Thanks to the presence of banks and offices in the area, there are often fixed menu lunch deals for about 2000-4000 pesos, available at about 13:00-16:00. Fast food places and pizzerias are not different to find either.



Drink

 * Barrio Manuel Montt has a small and unique atmosphere with mid-range prices. It can be reached at Metro Manuel Montt (Line 1).
 * Suecia is roughly located at Providencia and Suecia, in between Metro Tobalaba (Lines 1 and 4) and Los Leones (Line 1). It is a boulevard of bars and discos about three blocks long. It used to cater to a foreign and upscale audience, but it seems now that the most entertaining bars moved to Manuel Montt.
 * Suecia is roughly located at Providencia and Suecia, in between Metro Tobalaba (Lines 1 and 4) and Los Leones (Line 1). It is a boulevard of bars and discos about three blocks long. It used to cater to a foreign and upscale audience, but it seems now that the most entertaining bars moved to Manuel Montt.
 * Suecia is roughly located at Providencia and Suecia, in between Metro Tobalaba (Lines 1 and 4) and Los Leones (Line 1). It is a boulevard of bars and discos about three blocks long. It used to cater to a foreign and upscale audience, but it seems now that the most entertaining bars moved to Manuel Montt.
 * Suecia is roughly located at Providencia and Suecia, in between Metro Tobalaba (Lines 1 and 4) and Los Leones (Line 1). It is a boulevard of bars and discos about three blocks long. It used to cater to a foreign and upscale audience, but it seems now that the most entertaining bars moved to Manuel Montt.