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Homey in Santiago, Chile

Homey in Santiago, Chile

Chile’s capital city has so much to offer. From wine tasting and central barrios exploring to mural gazing, central urban park wandering to skiing and sunbathing, Santiago has it all. Surrounded by the Andes and the Pacific, you have a landscape so eclectic, you’ll...

Hotel Ismael 312 in Santiago, Chile

Hotel Ismael 312 in Santiago, Chile

Santiago’s beauty is boundless. With its landscape framed by the Andes and the Pacific, and with countless neoclassical and modern motifs scattered across the city, visitors are spoilt for choice, be it sights or experiences. From trekking and skiing to lounging on...

The Tonito Hotel – A Real Delight in Uyuni, Bolivia

The Tonito Hotel – A Real Delight in Uyuni, Bolivia

Gateway to the natural wonder that is the world’s largest salt flats, Uyuni is a city visited mainly by passer-by tourists. Located in the south-west of Bolivia, the city is known for its militia, its high lithium content and its chilly temperatures. Of course, the...

Hotel Neruda in Santiago, Chile

Hotel Neruda in Santiago, Chile

A few days into Santiago, we had adjusted to the transition from Argentina to Chile. The city is imbued with so many beautiful sights, with the Andes and a smaller mountainous range enclosing the massive capital, and with nineteenth century financial, political and...

The Su Merced Boutique Hotel in Santiago

The Su Merced Boutique Hotel in Santiago

After a toiling twelve-hour bus journey through the Andes Mountains (which had some of the most amazing scenery we’d ever seen), we had made the transition from the beautiful land of Argentina and arrived in Chile’s captivating capital, Santiago. Anyone who...

1555 Malabia House: More than just a Hotel

1555 Malabia House: More than just a Hotel

There is no greater neighbourhood in Buenos Aires than that of Palmero Soho. Just shy of a five star rating on Tripadvisor, most of the cities’ natives live in this spot as it has countless cafés, restaurants, nightclubs, parks, museums, galleries, high end shops and...

Boca Juniors Tour

Boca Juniors Tour

Boca Juniors was a team that I’d known about from the early 90’s – as a result of my fascination with Maradona’s epic 1986 world cup success. As a teenager back then I’d heard about Boca Juniors as Maradona played with them for a couple of seasons. While we were...

The Beautiful Bonito Hotel in Buenos Aires

The Beautiful Bonito Hotel in Buenos Aires

Monsterrat lies at the heart of Buenos Aires’ business district, and beholds many traditional public buildings such as the City Hall, the National University and the Ministry for Defence. It makes for wonderful sightseeing and is centred on main avenues and plazas...

Travel Tales with Sam & Pete – Travellingking.com

Travel Tales with Sam & Pete – Travellingking.com

Next up on Travel Tales is Sam and Pete who blog over at www.travellingking.com. They've been focusing on travelling a lot more after their honeymoon to Thailand a few years back. Read on to find out some more about them.....   Tell us where you're from, and a...

The Home Hotel: A Relaxing Haven in the city of Buenos Aires

The Home Hotel: A Relaxing Haven in the city of Buenos Aires

The capital of Argentina ingrains itself in its autonomous stance that it received in 1994; you can feel it in the European-esque architecture around you, in its various cultural identities and in its sheer population.   A South American Paris, its nightlife does...

A Gringo in Argentina: The “Blue Dollar” Tip

A Gringo in Argentina: The “Blue Dollar” Tip

For anyone travelling into Argentina for any period of time, it’s vital that you bring in either Euro’s or American Dollars. We were told about this while in Paraguay and if we hadn't found out, then we’d have been none the wiser. The current currency situation in...

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