Santiago City Tour - Concha y Toro Vineyard
Breakfast at the hotel. We will visit the city of Santiago. We will visit some interesting places such as: the Presidential Palace known as Palacio de la Moneda (Government House), which is a neoclassic building because all coins of the country in the past were coined there. To get to the Palace, we will take the main avenue, Bernardo O' Higgins Boulevard.
The Historical and Civic Center, along with Huérfanos and Ahumada pedestrian walkways, are the places which concentrate the main business activity of the city and lead to Plaza de Armas (Main Square), strategic place where the first city layouts were designed. You can see the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Main Post Office and the Town Hall.
Then we will go to the University neighborhood, the Art Museum and the river Mapocho on its side, the Equestrian Club; afterwards, we will visit San Cristobal Hill, also called Metropolitan Park, main green lung of Santiago de Chile. We will visit the residential neighborhoods such as Providencia (with its business area), Las Condes or Vitacura, main towns involved in the growth and modernity of Santiago. The Bohemian neighborhood of Bella Vista concentrates a great cultural, artistic and night life.
In less than one hour we will arrive at Concha y Toro vineyard. We will be welcomed at Don Melchor square and invited to have a panoramic view of Pirque vineyard. Walking along the old park will take us back in time to appreciate the Pirque big house, residence of Concha y Toro family.
In this place, the most important Chilean wine-growing company was founded 100 years ago (1883). We can learn about the development of vineyards of first quality yield. Then we will visit the winery to learn about the methodology and materials used for producing wine. We will taste their Premium wines.
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