Chile · CITY TOURS
One free day and too many options. These 15 city tours are the ones that earn the slot, priced and timed so you can pick in minutes and go back to packing.
Review of Santiago’s private four-hour city tour, with major sights, hilltop views, hotel pickup, guide quality, costs, and practical tips.
“Jaime was an excellent guide who spoke English very well so was easily understood. He was very knowledgeable and gave us a lot of information about the places we visited and life in general in Santiago. We highly recommend this tour as it gave us a good general overview of the city.”
Explore Valparaíso’s street art, funiculars, historic hills, port views, local alfajores, and colorful neighborhoods with a trusted guide.
“Alex knew so much history of the area and was able to interpret the murals with true passion about this unique are of Valparaiso. I felt like I was welcomed and part of the community as we explored. My visit to Valparaiso was wonderful because I went with this tour and I am extremely grateful that I did.”
Review of Santiago’s $44 day trip to Valparaiso and Viña del Mar, with colorful hills, Pacific views, lunch, transport, guide tips, and drawbacks.
“Tour was mostly in Spanish, in which I am not very fluent. Guide spoke enough Englis that I generally understood what we were looking at and when to record van.”
Review of Santiago’s half-day city tour, covering top sights, San Cristobal Hill, guides, costs, timing, transport, and practical booking tips.
“Had a wonderful experience on the tour. Eugenio was very knowledgeable and professional. Highly recommend doing a tour with him.”
Review of Santiago’s private four-hour city tour, with San Cristóbal views, historic districts, hotel pickup, and a flexible local guide.
“This is a great way to see Santiago our Guide Franco was super knowledgeable and fun! It was perfect because you get to walk the city center with the Cathedral and other sites as well as drive to take the funicular and see the city from the lookout!”
Review of Santiago’s Traditional City Tour, covering five key sights, transport, value, guide quality, timing, and booking advice.
“Wonderful tour, Niklas was an excellent guide. He was very pleasant and informative. I recommend taking this tour.”
Review of Santiago’s 3.5-hour city tour, covering La Moneda, Plaza de Armas, Santa Lucia Hill, Bellavista, and modern Sanhattan.
“Fantastic! Our guide, JP, was incredible as well as the driver, Tomas. Very knowledgeable and provided great information. JP’s English was impressive.”
Explore Valparaiso by van and funicular, with UNESCO sights, street art, port views, Cerro Alegre, Cerro Concepción, and local history.
“We were due to stay in Valparaiso after a two week cruise. WE thought the best way to get an understanding of the city and its history was to do a short tour. Our guide, Jeffery, was excellent. He was an American living in the city and he talked with the knowledge and enthusiasm of a local. The whole 4 hours was full of interesting facts and we saw places we would have otherwise missed. I am glad we did the tour right at the beginning as it gave us a great insight to the city and how it is laid out. Navigation afterwards was simple. Great tour, great fun…”
Review of Santiago’s guided city tour and optional Concha y Toro winery visit, with sights, timing, value, transport, and practical tips.
“En fait ce sont 2 excursions séparées et ce n est pas indiqué, on revient le midi pour 1h et demie de pause et à 14h c est un autre véhicule et guide, les heures sont donc de 7h30 à 12h30 le matin et 14h 18h.”
Review of La Serena and Coquimbo’s cruise tour, covering the cross, lighthouse, markets, museum, lunch, timing, value, and guide quality.
“The most delightful tour that showed us The Cross church at the port town, the market and supermarket, Japanese gardens and Pacific restaurant!”
Review of the San Antonio to Santiago cruise transfer with city sights, optional Undurraga wine tasting, airport drop-off, and practical tips.
“Excellent. Civil unrest in the city did not deter from our driver’s positive views of his country and the area. He was a great representative of Chile and its people. Went out of his way to accommodate one couple on the trip that wanted to eat at a different restaurant than he planned and the rest of us enjoyed. Highly recommend if you have about 6 hours between cruise ship and airport.”
Explore Santiago’s historic center, La Moneda, Santa Lucia Hill, Club Hipico, and Vitacura on a practical half-day city tour.
“Microphone problems, so you couldn’t understand anything the first hour. Guide should have tried to speak without the device. Unnecessary bathroom stop in the first 40 minutes. Tour of Valparaiso was overdone. It could have been covered in 45 minutes less. Did not appreciate not having choice of where to have lunch. Where we stopped was overpriced, suggesting that the tour company and restaurant have an “arrangement.” We should have stopped in the center of Vina Del Mar, where lots of dining choices were available. Tour guide was ok but English left something to be desired.”
Review of Santiago’s private 5-hour city tour, with La Moneda, historic plazas, modern districts, cable car views, and practical tips.
“Excellent tour. Not too long or short. Tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and pleasant. Very accommodating. Would recommend to anyone.”
Review of Santiago’s private city tour with markets, lunch, coffee, local transport, La Moneda, San Cristóbal, and expert guides.
“Great private tour. We saw so much. We even got to experience using the metro. We were able to walk at my father’s pace without feeling rushed. Had a nice lunch and great conversation with our tour guide Joseph. Highly recommend Joseph and this private tour. Remember to tip your tour guide for all of their hard work to make this tour a fantastic one!”
Review of Santiago’s 3-hour city-center walk, with La Moneda, colonial streets, local stories, ice cream, pricing, and practical tips.
“Tour guide showed up 20 minutes late which was a great start. The whole group was waiting patiently at the meeting spot and reached out to the tour operator who graciously decloned all of our calls. We paid for a tour in English and the guide spoke none. I consider this a complete loss.. possibly fraudulent.”
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