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Learn Spanish in Santiago
About Santiago
Learn Spanish in Santiago! It is the capital of Chile and is home to over 5 million inhabitants. Spanish language students love it's situation, nestled in the foothills of the Andes. Chile has Latin America's highest standard of living. The water is safe to drink, the streets are clean, and the police are honest . Santiago is undeniably the vibrant, political and cultural heart of Chile. Beneath the mammoth backdrop of the Andes lies a curious mixture of soaring skyscrapers, neoclassical architecture, Spanish colonial adobe bungalows, and dignified boulevards.
Although approximately one third of Chile’s 15 million residents call Santiago home, the city maintains an intimate feeling. Along the bustling streets of the city centre or within the popular pedestrian malls one can always find Chileans bumping into acquaintances and friends, greeting them with the customary kiss on the cheek. The open parks, food, friendly people, relaxed attitude toward time, and the lively nightlife that begins at 10 PM inevitably exercise a magnetic attraction on travellers. Santiago is full of restaurants, bars, discos, salsa clubs, museums, theatres, shopping malls, and parks so there is always plenty to do.
Chile is one of the world's outdoor sports capitals. People come from all over the world for rafting, hiking, mountain climbing, surfing, and skiing. The south contains the famous lakes region and Patagonia while the north has one of the world's driest deserts. Beaches are only 100 km to the west, while the Andes mountains begin to rise at the city's eastern edge. Comfortable long-distance buses provide convenient access to the north's deserts and the south's lakes.
Local Specialities
Chilean cuisine is a real mixed pot of cuisines of the native Indians, Spanish, French, German, English and Italian. In recent years the Mexican and oriental cuisines have slowly been incorporated. Dishes with less meat and more vegetables are typical of Creole and rural Chilean cuisine, examples include: pastel de choclo (a corn baked dish) or cazuela, this is a meat dish with potatoes and vegetables. Barbecued meats are a favourite with the locals, as is seafood. Chileans enjoy a varied supply of fresh seafood, including abalone, eel, and scallop. Barnacle, and king crab. As Chile is the second largest producer of Salmon after Norway, this fish is very popular as an oven-baked dish or marinated.
