A LUXURY VACATION TO SANTIAGO

A couple of nights in one of the capital’s sharper boutique hotels is about right to dip into its independent galleries and museums, and to eat well at its restaurants. The city’s architecture runs the gamut from neoclassical mansions to radical Brutalist experiments, with cultural spaces that reflect both its Mapuche heritage and contemporary Latin American voices.

Chile’s extraordinary geography means that in Santiago one is rarely far from the action. In less than two hours, you can be on the Andean ski slopes of Valle Nevado, lolling on the beach of a Pacific fishing village, or drinking old-vine Cabernet in a family-run vineyard in the Maipo Valley – making it the ideal springboard into the rest of the country.

It’s a land of striking contrasts, where ancient traditions sit alongside a dynamic, contemporary culture – and we’ve spent years exploring its every corner. From the vineyards of the Central Valley to the mysterious Moai of Easter Island and the beaches of the Pacific Coast, we can open doors to places and people few travellers ever encounter.