HotelChatter - Santiago

Holiday Inn Santiago Airport Makes You Wish You'd Missed Your Flight

globetrotting gourmet — 2009-05-11T16:14:30-05:00

The Holiday Inn brand doesn't necessarily evoke a sense of hipness or luxury, but the Holiday Inn Santiago Airport just may change everything you think about this well-known chain.

Located literally less than 50 steps from the front entrance to Aeropuerto de Santiago, this property has every amenity the business or casual traveler needs for a long layover or comfortable overnight stay. If you miss your flight or get delayed, there may just be no better place to stay in Santiago.

Where to Stay in Santiago

EricRosen — 2009-01-29T09:30:57-05:00

<![CDATA[All this week, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ericrosen">Eric Rosen</a> will be bringing us his hotel recommendations for an interesting trip down in South America. He explains it all in our latest hotel guide--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/33rd%20Parallel%20South%20Hotels">Budget Boutique Hotels of the 33rd Parallel South.</a><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/PlazadeArmas.JPG" class="top"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/33rd-Parallel-South-Hotels-Map"><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/33rdparallelmap.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/cl/Santiago">Santiago</a> is not one of the most tourist-friendly destinations in South America. Perhaps thats the last remnant of a past strewn with the wreckage of successive dictatorial regimes. Or maybe its just because the city itself isnt that pretty despite the beautiful snow-capped Andes that saturate every vista. Most people dont even exit the airport, but simply use the city as a transfer hub to Chiles other points of interest. This is a city of over

Chilean Hotel Scene: How Do You Say Anti-View in Spanish?

femmefatale — 2008-01-30T08:50:01-05:00

<![CDATA[This week our roaming correspondent, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Monica%20Guy">Monica Guy</a>, is giving us the low-down on the Chilean Hotel Scene. Here she encounters una vista mal. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Radisson_Santiago.jpg" class="imgborder">Lucky Lorie and Paul Bennett, who found a killer view staring at them out of the window of the businessy <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/8/215622/069/hotels/Room_with_a_Killer_View_Park_Plaza_Hotel_in_Santiago">Park Plaza Hotel</a> in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/cl/CHILE/Santiago">Santiago</a>, Chile.We on the other hand spent the night in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Radisson+Plaza+Santiago+Hotel/ian/122478">Radisson Plaza Santiago Hotel</a>, a similar 160-room 5-star mega-hotel in Santiago's business district. In their information about the local area, they forgot to mention they're backed right onto a mega-building site which actually seems to create 100 times more dust and noise and pollution than buildings. If you're lucky, you'll be on the other side

Room with a Killer View: Park Plaza Hotel in Santiago

Tim L. — 2006-11-09T09:20:03-05:00

<![CDATA[ We are suckers for a room with a killer view.  We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/park_plaza_santiago.jpg">Visit the web site for the <a href="http://www.parkplaza.cl/accom.htm">Park Plaza Hotel</a> in Santiago, Chile, and you get the impression that this is a sedate 104-room

Chile Gets W'd

Courtney — 2006-05-03T09:55:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/santiago_whotel.jpg">Maybe W should change the whole whatever, whenever thing to include wherever. Seriously, W's are beginning to pop up all over the globe. Is that a good thing? Well, either way, in 2008,<a href="http://www.whotels.com">W Hotels</a> will open their first South American property in Chile.Aside from the over-hyped Whatever/Whenever service (they always neglect to tell you that they will charge you for this service), the W Hotel Santiago will also have an open terrace restaurant, nightclub, and signature Bliss spa. Sounds like the 205-room hotel will give some guests reasons to hide in their room during their visit to the Chilean capital. But considering the ideal location on Avenida Isidoro Goyenechea, Santiago's inspiring backdrop, and the nearby ski slopes