Parque Metropolitano Santiago de Chile - English version

Parque Metropolitano Santiago de Chile

Metropolitan Park, Santiago de Chile, is the main recreation area of the city. Moreover, its 722 hectares, are among the largest urban parks in the world, being the largest of the country. Inside there are great natural attractions of tourist importance. Pyramid hills, forest, Chacarillas and, especially, St. Kitts form a charming landscape. This distinguished sector was opened in 1966, he joined the National Zoo and a number of services in the Cerro San Cristobal.

Metropolitan Park, Santiago de Chile

Metropolitan Park, Santiago de Chile, is the main recreation area of the city. Moreover, its 722 hectares, are among the largest urban parks in the world, being the largest of the country. Inside there are great natural attractions of tourist importance. Pyramid hills, forest, Chacarillas and, especially, St. Kitts form a charming landscape. This distinguished sector was opened in 1966, he joined the National Zoo and a number of services in the Cerro San Cristobal.

Administered by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, the Metropolitan Park, Santiago de Chile, has an area even larger than that of Gibraltar, Sea coral islands and Clipperton Island. In turn, if we compare the extent of the park with Monaco, Metropolitan exceeds three times the size of the principality, even inside can find 16 Vatican.

PiscinasLos visitors Metropolitan Park, Santiago de Chile, have available two beautiful outdoor pools, which remain enabled during the period from November to March. One of them, Tupahue, is housed in the northwest slope of Cerro San Cristobal. The surrounding vegetation allows a pleasant break amid a comfortable microclimate. Swimmers can enjoy the waters in the 82 meters long and 25 meters wide that make up the pool. Thanks to the cable car moving towards this sector is carried out conveniently and quickly.

The other pool of the Metropolitan Park, Santiago de Chile is the Antila. Situated on the top of Cerro Chacarillas from inside you can see a complete overview of the Chilean capital. Visitors can sit comfortably in this sector and have a 360 degree view of town. The dimensions of the display pool 92 meters long and 25 meters wide.

Cable car TeleféricoEl Metropolitan Park, Santiago de Chile was enabled in 1980. Your tour begins at the base of San Cristobal, in Barrio Pedro de Valdivia Norte, and after passing through the intermediate station Tupahue ends at the top of the hill. Travelers descend Tupahue have at your hands the Botanical Garden, the Camino Real restaurant and pool area that bears the same name as the station.

FunicularEl Metropolitan Park, Santiago de Chile, has a cable car that allows you to complete the route from the summit of San Cristobal and the Barrio Bellavista. Opened in 1925, this means it was declared a National Monument. Because of its historical significance and the landscape that makes evident, is a necessary step for the tourists inside the Paisy abroad. In one of the cars that make up the funicular up the Metropolitan Park Pope John Paul II during his visit to the city in 1987.