HotelChatter - Tag: Chile hotels

Santiago: Santiago Gets a Touch of W Cool

globetrotting gourmet — 2009-11-12T09:18:08-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/santiagosuite.jpg" class="top"> Give us two weeks off and 50,000 frequent flyer miles and we'd high-tail it south of the equator to Chile especially since the dreary winter season is about to cast its Vitamin D deficient pall upon us until April, at least. Note to self: when its winter in the northern hemisphere, its always summer somewhere else. In our Chilean travels, weve had our way from Calama to Cape Horn, but have yet to spend more than an overnight and a few in and out flights from Aeropuerto de Santiago in Chiles fine capital city. For such excursions, we really dig the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/11/15015/9271/hotels/Holiday_Inn_Santiago_Airport_Makes_You_Wish_You_d_Missed_Your_Flight">Holiday Inn Santiago</a> directly across the street from the airport ticketing gate, but

It's Not Too Late to Ski Portillo in Chile

globetrotting gourmet — 2009-08-14T09:45:24-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/26601/Portillo_ski.jpg" class="top"> If we could tame our wanderlust ways, wed consider holing up in the northern Chilean town of <a href="http://www.sanpedroatacama.com/ingles/home.htm">San Pedro de Atacama</a> for a good long time. Earlier this year, we traveled everywhere--from Calama to Cape Horn (via the small cruise ship, Mare Australia--and simply could not get enough of the country, the people, and culture of Chile. What we love best is that, as you know, when its summer here, its winter there. Depending upon how high the sweat factors been this summer (our condolences to Phoenix), were betting some of Northern Hemisphere dwellers would happily swap the final few weekends at the lake/river/beach/pool for a flight south of the equator and some last

Lovin' the Biggest Pool in the World

amandak — 2008-02-29T09:17:36-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Alfonso_Del_Mar_Pool.jpg" class="imgborder"> We did briefly mention last month that the world's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/23/17128/8571/hotels/It_s_Hard_to_Believe_But_Bill_Marriott_Was_Once_Young_and_Cute">largest swimming pool</a> is now officially found in the <a href="http://www.sanalfonso.cl/">San Alfonso del Mar Resort</a> in Chile, but given our deep love for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Pools">hotel pools</a>, we figured it's time to take a closer look, especially since the Guinness Book of World Records decided it was worth looking at, too. The San Alfonso del Mar Resort, on the southern coast of Chile, spent around $1.5 billion to create this lagoon of a swimming pool, which is a full one kilometer in length. Two neat facts strike us about this pool: hotel guests get to use small boats and kayaks to get around, because the pool is so

Cubicle Dreamin': Explora Hotels are an Adventure Playground

femmefatale — 2008-02-29T09:00:02-05:00

<![CDATA[ Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>. In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/FemmeFatale/stories">Monica Guy</a> returns to Chile. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/atacama.jpg" class="imgborder">Split the cubicle in half: I'm dreaming of two superb hotels at opposite ends of the

Valdivia: Chilean Hotel Scene: Villa del Rio in Valdivia

femmefatale — 2008-01-31T08:55:01-05:00

This week our roaming correspondent, Monica Guy, is giving us the low-down on the Chilean Hotel Scene. Here she checks out a five-star hotel Chilean style. Enjoy.

Some hotels are 5-star for their facilities, some 5-star for their service, some for their location. Some are 5-star because they simply award themselves the title, and nobody knows the difference.

The Hotel Villa del Rio in Valdivia, Chile, fits right into the second and third categories.