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Few days before the beginning of Society for Psychotherapy

Research’s 40th International Congress, I notice with great joy

that the assistance of colleagues from Latin America is large

and varied, colleagues from Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay

and Chile are visiting us and many others will be joining soon.

Welcome fellow Latin Americans, this will be an opportunity

for encounters between therapists and researchers who share

a similar and also a different culture. These encounters can take different forms, boards and

posters and many social activities. The objective is to get to know each other, discuss ideas

and results, to develop joint projects and talk about our countries and wishes. There is a formal

conference with its agenda and objectives, but it coexists with many other possibilities of

presentations and meetings as relevant and complementary as the formal one.

Welcome colleagues from around the world. We warmly welcome researchers and therapists

from different cultures, languages and realities, with words and smiles, with humor and novelty

to our Latin America. Welcome colleagues from Europe, Eastern Europe, Northern America,

Asia, Oceania, from places as far apart as Sydney and Istanbul, Rome and New York. Finally,

in these coming days our world will feel smaller and closer.

Forty years is not few to reach the age of identity, it is the age to set the prospect for the future,

for the increasing influx of enthusiastic young researchers and therapists, with aspirations for

integration into their horizon, to cross the bridge of knowledge that will increasingly bring the

banks closer.

I invite you to explore or reconnect with Chile if you already have visited it. Chile is my long

and narrow country, as long as 4200 km. of deserts, mountain ranges, forest, valleys and eternal

glaciers. It is narrow to the point that the ridges of the Andes and the Pacific Coast look at each

other. We are in the confines of Latin America. I invite you to learn about my Latin America,

with its wealth of people and cultures, from the Caribbean, from rainforests and deserts, to the

Patagonian glaciers. I welcome you with a poem from our poet Pablo Neruda:

Oceanic dawn

at the center

of my life.

Waves like grapes,

the sky's solitude,

you fill me

and flood

the complete sea,

the unlimited sky,

tempo

and space,

sea foam's white

battalions,

the orange earth,

the sun's

fiery waist

in agony,

so many

gifts and talents,

birds soaring into their dreams,

and the sea, the sea,

suspended

aroma,

chorus of rich, resonant salt,

and meanwhile,

we men,

touch the water,

struggling and hoping,

we touch the sea

hoping.

And the waves tell the firm coast;

"Everything will be fulfilled"

Bienvenidos

Bem-vindo

Welcome

Dr. Luis Tapia Villanueva

Presidente Capítulo Latinoamericano

Society for Psychotherapy Research

June, 2009

Pablo Neruda, From Elementary Odes (1954)

Ode to Hope

The Venue and its Surroundings

PLACES TO VISIT

HISTORICAL CENTER

The value of traditions

There is an area that contains the most ancient history of Santiago. It is what academics call the

foundational core and that se usually know as the Plaza de Armas and its surroundings. In this

plaza, since the creation of our city, have coexisted the ecclesiastical and the civil power. Actually,

this sub-center currently maintains – despite having suffered remodeling- important patrimonial

buildings, such as Correos (Mail), the Municipalidad (town hall), the Cathedral and the Portal

Fernández Concha; the latter being a place swarming with commerce and whose apartments are

the focus of people who look for old fashion spaces to renovate at their own taste and that have

an enviable view to the plaza. It is one of the most attractive places and, thanks to the remodeling

carried out on the Plaza de Armas at the

beginning of the millennium, it faces the

esplanade that acquired a civic character,

where important religious and cultural

acts are celebrated and that allows the

authorized presence of curious street

painters. Near it, you can find the Justice

Tribunals and the building of the ex

National Congress (both declared National Monuments) forming a historical circuit interesting to

know for any local and tourist.

RESIDENTIAL DOWNTOWN

The rebirth of a neighborhood

Western Santiago has become an attractive spot for real estate agencies, thanks to the urban

remodeling subsidy. Many families, specially young ones, have moved to old houses that have

been transformed into lofts – most of them have not altered their facades- or to the new apartment

buildings that have emerged surrounded by old residencies with neoclassic reminiscences.

Numerous hostelling and restaurants have summed up to the great neighborhood life. In a fast

trip you can appreciate facades, balustrades, columns and an eclecticism that talks about a

magnificent past built mainly in the 1910s and 1920s with wooden structures filled with adobe.

In the area of the plaza Yungay you can appreciate a more modest architecture, of a continuous

façade and that along these days is celebrating their being declared Typical Zone. Although the

north-south highway – built between the 60´s and 70´s- somehow disconnected this western

area, it is still a fundamental and certainly quite live part of our downtown Santiago.

Historical minute

The opening of the Municipal Theatre and the fire that destroyed it?

The inauguration of the Santa Lucía hill?

Or the opening of the Metro in 1975?

200 postcards that portrait events that have marked the two centuries if independent Chile.

Postales bicentenaries, www.fundacionfuturo.cl

CENTRO DE EXTENSIÓN UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA

The Extension Center occupies a building contiguous with the Headquarters of the Universidad

de Chile, which until 1988 was the Institute of Humanities Luis Campino. Since its remodelling

in 1989, the building’s neoclassic style and total surface of 5.400 square meters, it has been one

of the architectural milestones most dear and memorable to our city. It is a perfect example of

conservation that it unites tradition and functionality with great harmony.

www.puc.cl/extension/

INSIDE THE VENUE

Venue’s Coffee

Open from Monday until Friday from 8:30 to 21:00 and Saturdays from

9:00 to 21:00, it offers breakfast, lunch and tea, besides coffee the whole

day.

Phone 354 65 39.

Chapel

Open from Monday until Sunday, from 9:00 to 21:00. Mass on the first

Friday from every month, 13:30.

Photocopy Center

Open from Monday until Friday, from 8:30 to 19:30 and every Saturday

from 9:00 to 12:00, it offers photocopies of documents in different sizes.

Phone: 354 65 68

Cinema

Showings from Monday until Sunday, at 16:00, 19:00 and 21:00. The ticket

office is open from Monday until Friday from 18:30 to 22:00 and on Saturdays

and Sundays from 15:30 to 22:00.

Phone: 354 65 07

Art Gallery

Open from Monday until Saturday, from 10:00 to 20:00, this exhibition

space is opened for diverse cultural events, including books publications,

concerts, art openings, and other events. Its major activities are exhibits

of visual arts from national and international artists of recognition.

Phone: 354 65 72

Bookshop


10:00 to 20:00, the bookshop Ediciones Universidad Católica offers more

than 350 titles, a wide collection of religious texts, books of art and literature

belonging to Ediciones Universidad Católica and other publishing houses.

Phone 354 65 24

Information Office


9:00 to 20:00. It offers service of information over of all the cultural and

academic activities that occur in the Extension Center.

Phone. 354 65 16

AROUND THE VENUE

Cerro Santa Lucía

At the eastern end of downtown Santiago you will find

Cerro Santa Lucia which is a small hill that is adorned

with wonderful facades, fountains and stairways and that

even has a ‘castle’ on it.

There is a great view of Santiago from the top of Cerro

Santa Lucia (especially after a

rainy day that clears the smog

away) though Cerro San Cristóbal

is higher and has better views.

WARNING! You should never

visit Cerro Santa Lucia after dark

since it is notorious for muggings

at night.

Santa Lucia Craft Market

The Cerro Santa Lucia handicraft market is the most traditional place to

buy handicraft and souvenirs in Santiago. The craft market can be found

on Alameda (the main road) just across the road from the Cerro Santa

Lucía Hill . There are many products sold here that are typical of Chile

but you will also see a variety of Peruvian and Bolivian Handicraft. It

might pay to ask the shopkeepers where a certain souvenir is made before

you buy it. Even if you are not going to buy anything, the craft market

is an interesting place to visit.

One product you should keep an eye out for is Lapislazuli. It is a

blue semi-precious stone that can only be found in Chile and

Afghanistan. Be warned that anything you buy that contains Lapislazuli

will NOT be cheap.

BARRIO LASTARRIA

www.barriolastarria.com

This little urban oasis, so-called Barrio Lastarria (Lastarria Neighbourhood) and Barrio Bellas Artes

(Bellas Artes Neighbourhood), it had its urban development in the middle of the XIX Century,

with the construction of the Parroquia de la Vera Cruz (Parish Church Vera Cruz), finished in the

year 1857 and some families settled around. But, between 1878 and 1910, with the Santa Lucía

hill remodel works, the creation of the Parque Forestal (Forest Park) and the construction of the

Palacio Nacional de Bellas Artes (Beautiful Arts National Palace), the neighbourhood consolidates

as it is, and important people from our history started to live in it, such as Mrs Victoria Subercaseux,

cousin and wife from the former mayor of Santiago, Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna; Pedro Aguirre

Cerda, Chilean president between the years 1938 and 1941, and the writer and liberal thinker

Mr José Victorino Lastarria. Intellectuals and recognized

artists from our country lived here as well, such as the

architect and painter Nemesio Antúnez, the painter Camilo

Mori, the novelist Luis Orrego Luco, among others.

During the first half of the XX century buildings and houses

with interesting characteristics were built, designed by

well-known architects from the time like Duhart, Bolton,

Larraín Bravo, Prieto Casanova, Ernesto Ried, Luciano

Kulczewski, among others… From this last one, its his former house and studio – in Estados Unidos

(United States) street – stone built, today declared Historical Conservation House.

At the end of the XX century, the surroundings began to renovate; old buildings were recovered

and facades were restored, such as the Parroquia de la Vera Cruz, declared historical monument,

which restoration process was between the years 2001 and 2002. The lightness in the area was

increased, some sidewalks were resurfaced and widened, the Lastarria street walking avenue,

from Rosal o Merced, where today, an antiques and books market it sets up every Thursday,

Friday and Saturday, at 10 in the morning.

A group of cafés, restaurants, bars, bookstores, design

stores, art galleries and cultural centres, emerge in the

visible and hidden streets of this neighbourhood, increasing

the activity from the place, already found in previous

decades by the old theatre Ictus, the distinguished art

cinema named El Biógrafo (The Biographer) and the

picturesque French restaurant Les Assassins, among

others.

The area has been declared Typical Zone in 1997, thanks

to its fascinating architecture, plus the historical monuments

that give this value to the surroundings: the Palacio de

Bellas Artes, the Palacio Bruna, the Posada del Corregidor,

the Parroquia de la Vera Cruz, among others.

WHERE TO EAT AROUND THE VENUE

In the Lastarria Neighbourhood

LES ASSASSINS

French Bar & Restaurant

Merced 297 - B

(In front of Lastarria street)

Lastarria Neighbourhood

Phone Number: (56+2) 638 42 80

In 1965 was inaugurated this typical French Bistrot, inspired in a

famous small restaurant called Aux Assassin, located in the 43

rue Jacob in St Germain des près, París.

recommended. From its menu we recommend: La soupe a L'oignon,

Tuna Meuniere, Steak au Poivre, Boeuf Bourguignon, Lenguado in

Jaivas sauce. It has excellent French music and the personnel

speaks French and English.

Average Consume p/p CLP$9.000

CASA ABARZUA

(Abarzua House)

Bar & Restaurant

Monjitas 578

Bellas Artes Neighbourhood

Phone Number: (56+2) 639 95 48

www.abarzua.com

Casa Abarzúa its a gastronomic space and cultural by excellence,

inaugurated in the end of the 2007, it rescues an important heritage

milestone such as the house Monjitas 578, the only neobaroque

construction in the town of Santiago. The fusion between Peruvian

and Japanese food give name to a new concept in gastronomy:

“La Cocina Nikkei” (Nikkei Kitchen), famous in Peru, since the 70`s decade. Inside this big house

(besides the bar-restaurant) there are fashion studios and art stores, being an attractive cultural

exhibition for those who visit the place…

Average Consume p/p CLP$12.000. Lunch Menu CLP$5.500 - $8.200

LUCÍA BISTRÓ

Restaurant

Padre Luis de Valdivia 338


Phone Number: (56+2) 633 18 59

www.luciabistro.cl

Focused in high gastronomy, with a good elaborated kitchen, with

stand out products by their freshness and quality, in a warm

atmosphere, quiet and good service, the restaurant Lucía Bistró,

has two independent rooms, separated by a welcoming living room,

ideal to wait for the table next to a chimney in winter and a fresh

welcome in the summer.

Average Consume p/p CLP$13.000. Lunch Menu CLP$5.900

SQUADRITTO

Ristorante Italiano

Rosal 332


Phone Number: (56+2) 632 21 21

www.squadrittoristorante.cl

The Pompeian atmosphere from this restaurant, with its colours,

tastes and smells it will transport you to Italy. That’s Squadritto,

an intimate and warm place that invites you to taste its Salads,

Canelloni di Matti, Ravioli, Pansotti, Risotti, Fish and Meat, and

its Special Offers, now the Festa dei Ravioli and soon the Carnavale

dei Pansotti and Gnocchi.

Average Consume p/p CLP$14.000

OPERA

Restaurant

Merced 395


Phone Number: (56+2) 664 30 48

www.operacatedral.cl

Located in one of the most well preserved places in Santiago Centro.

in April of 2006 its inaugurated one of the most desired projects

for gastronomy fans: a luxury restaurant, the “Opera” and a restobar

“Catedral”, in a big house declared national monument. The Opera

it’s characterized for its high quality atmosphere, furniture and

kitchen. Its executive chef is the Belgian Mathieu Michel, who has developed an excellent high

standard and quality carte. In his dishes it stands out the “Foie Poele et Langoustine”, duck liver

slightly sealed and prawn with scented garlic sauce, besides of the famous “truffle chicken in two

services”, the European refined “must”. Its carte stands out by its extreme quality in the best

European style. Average Consume p/p CLP$12.000 - CLP$16.000.

CATEDRAL

Bar & Restaurant

José Miguel de la Barra 407


Phone Number: (56+2) 664 30 48

www.operacatedral.cl

The second level of the building located in Merced with José Miguel de la Barra, gives shelter to

the restobar Catedral, an informal atmosphere that is part of the night circuit of the capital, with

a young audience that enjoys live performances. Its scenario has witnessed the performances

of Los Jaivas, Inti Illimani, Ángel Parra Trío and Francisca Valenzuela, among many others.

Its kitchen it’s more national and willing to offer recipes that combine different influences from

diverse part of the globe, without letting out that constant search for our roots.

The liquors, beers and wines give entertainment and distraction till the end of the night.

The barbecue, Catedral Grill, located in the third level, offers a warm atmosphere everyday of

the year, with different cuts of meat. Average Consume p/p CLP$12.000

BAJO LLAVE

Bar-Restaurant

Nueva Rosal 344, subterráneo


Phone Number: (56+2) 664 80 53

www.bajollave.cl

In the underground of an old building located in a hidden passage

of the area a suggestive space where to evoke a cava not only

reflects in the stones that covers the walls in its delicate illumination,

but also its wine list, that has more than 25 labels from 10 different

stocks…

handmade, to eat or snack, this restobar offers a variety of cheese,

pizzas with delicious ingredients like rúcula, goat cheese or dehydrated tomatoes, among others,

and dishes like “Sesame Chicken” or “Pil Pil Shrimp”.

Average Consume p/p: CLP$8.000. Pizzas from CLP$3.000; drinks from CLP$2.000

ZABO

Sushi & Cocktails

José Victorino Lastarria 307

Mulato Gil Square

Lastarria Neighbouhood

Phone Number: (56+2) 639 36 04

www.zabo.cl

Zabo Sushi + Cocktails offers its distinguish customers a varied

carte of Californian Japanese food, besides of its exclusive fusion

dishes like Ceviche Zabo, Hot Chicken Ceviche or Tartar Salmon,

plus a great option of starters, hot dishes, soups, salads and

exclusive deserts. Besides the food menu, Zabo offers a varied

and exclusive drink list with more than 100 different cocktails.

Average Consume p/p between CLP$7.000 and CLP$12.000. Lunch Menu (Monday to Friday):

CLP$5.200; includes salad, main dish and desert, plus a cup of wine or the soda that you prefer.

Besides, 50% in day drinks (Monday to Friday) from 17:00 till 21:00

CAFE FORESTAL

Coffe Shop & Design

Merced 336 Local 4

Lastarria Neighbouhood

Phone Number: (56+9) 154 82 10

Forestal opens its doors in the year 2006, being conceive as a

place where you can enjoy a varied products menu, such as salad

or sweet dishes and a space for artist to exhibit constantly their

art. With the time, this café has inclined for a different menu

for people that enjoy the healthy food, natural and vegetarian;

standing out the “empanadas” of integral pastry, which combines

attractive vegetables and cheese.

Continuing with this natural line, you can find sliced bread sandwiches and salads with an original

and special dressing.

It has a good variety of tea and diverse preparations of bean coffee, which it can come along

with sweet waffles, syrup, nutella or “manjar” (“dulce de leche”). Average Consume p/p

CLP$2.800

GATOPARDO

Bar & Restaurant



Phone Number: (56+2) 633 64 20

www.restaurantgatopardo.cl

Gatopardo Restaurant, with its surroundings, unique atmosphere

and its Mediterranean international kitchen, it will evoke you a trip

around the old world.

a la Griega” (Greek Rabbit), “Conejo a la Nata”, “Mediterranean

Chicken Breast” and the delicious homemade pasta…

Average Consume p/p CLP$10.000. Executive Menu : CLP$6.000.

CAFE SUBTE

Coffee Shop & Restaurant

Monjitas 374 - 376


Phone Number: (56+2) 638 60 77

www.cafesubte.cl

Subte, with its renewed menu invites you cordially to enjoy in

the morning for a good breakfast, with natural orange and other

flavour juices, marmalade or avocado toasts, melted cheese and

ham, and other nice stuff. For lunch we are recognized in the area

for our tasty lunches and fresh salads. At tea time come and enjoy

our big variety of tea Whittard, with a sandwich or tasty pies.

Average Consume p/p CLP$2.500. Lunch Menu (Monday to Friday):

CLP$2.800.

EL DIABLITO

Bar-Restaurant

Merced 336 local 2


Phone Number: (56+2) 638 35 12

www.eldiablito.cl

One of the oldest and recognized bar-restaurant in the area; famous

for the home made pisco sour and meat ”a la diabla”, besides the

decoration with the most varied and strange old objects. This bar

it’s orientated to a young-adult clientele that wants to have a good

conversation in a fun atmosphere, with lounge and alternative music.

El Diablito at lunch time has a homemade executive menu, with a variety of stews, “granados

beans”, omelette, “charquicán”, “salpicones”, lasagna, roasted chicken, champignon meat, etc.,

you also have its three regular dishes: Bolognese spaghetti, “diablito salad”, and meat or chicken

stew. Lunch Menu: CLP$2.800; Extra Menu: CLP$2.900. Average Bar Consume p/p: CLP$5.500.

R.

Bar & Restaurant


Mulato Gil Square


Phone Number: (56+2) 664 98 44

www.errepunto.cl

The R. has more than 19 years in the Lastarria Neighbourhood,

being one of the oldest and recognized restaurants from the area,

distinguished for its international gastronomy and most of it

because of its homemade pasta, along with the delicate sauces

that come with them.

OTHER PLACES TO EAT NEAR THE VENUE

FUENTE ALEMANA

Address : Av. Libertador Bernardo O´Higgins

58, Santiago

Address : Pedro de Valdivia 210, Providencia

Specialty: Sandwich

Open: Monday to saturday from 10:00 to

23:00 hrs

Average Prize p/p: CLP$4.500

This is a very tipical restaurant. It is of fast

food, but a very good, you don´t have to miss it!. And it is near the

venue!.The preparations of the Fuente Alemana had a special flavor

and that is what has made it keep its prestige in the business of

sandwiches for decades. You can taste enormous sándwiches of lomito,

barbecue and many other flavors.

The city´s downtown has an art circuit of indisputable richness. The most recommended is to

just walk around it calmly and enjoy the little stores, cafes and restaurants that accompany these

10 museums and galleries, ideal to seat and comment on the varied cultural offer.

Visual Arts Museum: The local scene

Its collection registers 1400 works of more than 400 authors

from the 60’s to date. A stroll along part of this heritage is

available with the exhibition of “The art of love”. In the second

floor you can appreciate the installation “[re][des]arm[o]” by

Roberto Larraguibel, Yto Aranda and Nury Gaviola. This is a

project that overflows in technology and invites the spectator

to interact. Another thing you cannot miss as the pieces of the

Archeological Museum of Santiago, a valuable pre-Columbian heritage. Also valuable is the

educational project of the MAVI which contemplates the work with children from high social risk

schools: they have 25.000 guided visits each year.

J.V. Lastarria 307. Free entrance on Sundays and all week for art, architecture, art history,

aesthetics and film making students. www.mavi.cl

Cultural Center La Moneda Palace: Massive Vocation

This civic point of downtown Santiago has been thought for the

thousand daily visits it receives, since it has a space of more

than 2.000 square meters destined to visual arts and patrimonial

value. The exhibition “Chile Mestizo” follows this line and shows

heritages of art and colonial religious imagery. As a complement,

the Photography gallery presents “Devota”, with works of

contemporary Chilean authors that dialogue with this same

theme. The Violeta Parra room shows a third exhibition of

creations by this former Chilean folk artist, while the Design

gallery shows eight proposals by university students. For a little

break in this route, there are restaurants, coffee shops, crafts

and design shops and a bookstore.

Plaza de la Ciudadanía 26. Free entrance from Monday to Friday

until 12:00 noon.

Cultural Map of Santiago

Gabriela Mistral Gallery: Public Avant-Garde

Located in the center of the civic district, this is the first contemporary art public gallery. After

18 years of exhibitions in a small but precise space between Teatinos and Amunátegui streets,

it shows five exhibitions each year, one of them destined to a foreign artist. Although it is usual

that it spreads the work of young artists; the acclaimed artists are also welcome. The visual

prospect here is of absolute avant-garde, and around these days the invitation is to see “Vida

Salvaje” [Wild life] by Claudia del Fierro, Chilean artist settled in Berlin, In this, her fifth individual

exhibition, very striking, she presents a video and graphic project done in Sweden. In it she

explores marginal life of a small community of Northern Europe.

Alameda 1381. Free entrance, www.cnca.cl/galeriagm

Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) in Parque Forestal:

University’s view

After half a century from its creation, having competed a collection

of 2.500 pieces- paintings, engravings, photographs and drawings,

the most important- and explored new productive options, the MAC

belonging to the University of Chile, receives works in languages such

as installations (today “Cohortes 02-07”), performances, work in progress, videos, site specific,

art actions, etc. their authors are usually emergent Chilean artists, but also foreign, thanks to

exchange negotiations with other countries. These exhibitions also include areas called Risk Zone,

Ópera Prima, Diáspora, Architecture and Photography. In this last discipline there are actually

two stunning exhibitions: images by Antonio Quintana and modern Brazilian photographs from

the 40’s and 60’s.

Parque Forestal S/N in front of Mosqueto Street.

www.mac.uchile.cl

Moro Gallery: From Chile to the World

Juan Pablo Moro is interested in promoting Chilean and foreign

contemporary art in his gallery. Works of 23 artists under 45 years of

age, with university studies, whose works are founded in a certain

discourse and are constantly participating in biennials and assisting to

residencies abroad are found in this space that is expecting the opening

of its new house at Merced 349, local 12, nest April 29th.

www.galeriamoro.cl

Fine Arts Museum: The Big Brother

This is a highly recommended museum for its traditional permanent exhibitions, as well as by

its neoclassic architecture with Art Nouveau details and its grandiose scenery, together with the

diverse activities than take place in it, such as classes, conferences, seminars, workshops. You

really go to learn to the Fine Arts Museum, and the lesson

currently dictated is varied and marvelous. On one hand, the

photographic dairy from the early 20th century by León Durandin,

a montage full of nostalgia. You can also find the “Equations”

by Ximena Mandiola and the decisive years of Charleston by

the Spanish Rafael Penagos.

Parque Forestal S/N. Sundays free entrance and voluntary fee.

www.mnba.cl

The Lastarria Observatory: To have a look at the environment

Not only do you get a splendid view of the neighborhood from the

exhibition room of this cultural center. You can also visit, in line with

the spirit with which this place was created, works on varied techniques

and by several authors, whose theme is Chilean art, the national

territory. In fact, its slogan is “A place to look at Chile”. You can

also find a crafts shop, a coffee shop and a restaurant.

Villacencio 395. Open every day from 8:00 to 22:00. Free entrance.

www.elobservatorio.cl

Sala Gasco: Visual Strength

In one of the most antique area of downtown Santiago, this site distributes

its annual agenda along five exhibitions. Contemporary art in all its forms-

installations, paintings, sculpture, photography-, those who take their works

to this scenario must be authors that account for a solid piece of art. Pieces

must be developed specifically for this gallery that raises an architectural

challenge by being like a showcase that traps pedestrians.

Santo Domingo 1061. Free entrance.

www.salagasco.cl

Posada del Corregidor [El Corregidor Inn]: Art and History

This casona from the 18th century has been declared National

Monument and it is located on Esmeralda Street. The house became

famous when people found in it a niche of the city´s bohemia in the

30’s and 40’s, with dances, a good drink and visiting writers, painters

and poets. Since the 80’s, Santiago’s City Hall has been in charge of

it and offers exhibitions of emergent artists, with guided visits that

reveal details of the history of the place.

Esmeralda 749. Free Entrance.

TOURISM AND CULTURE

www.turismoycultura.cl

(english translation)

In this website there is tourist and

cultural information such as: Bars,

restaurants, accommodations,

events and tourist services that will help to plan your stay. Furthermore you will find a cultural

board, with the work of dance, music, theater and art in the region.

NATURAL HISTORY TOURS

Paola Soublette Stagno, Biologist, Ornithologist

(56.9) 941 949 22, (56.2) 723 910 2

www.naturalista.cl

[email protected]

Some of the excursions offered:

La Campana National Park

is located in the heart of the Coastal Range of central

Chile. With an area of 8,000 hectares, this park harbours

one of the most representative

populations of flora and fauna of the

Mediterranean zone of Chile. It was

declared a National Park in 1967 by CONAF and a World Biosphere Reserve in

1985 by UNESCO.

Excursion includes transportation from and to the hotel, a snack and a lunch

box, a specialized bilingual guide. The prices go from USD 300 (1 person) to

USD 38 (10 people)

El Peral lagoon is a beautiful wetland on the central coast of Chile. It was declared a Natural

Sanctuary by CONAF in 1975, thereby designating these 16 hectares of wetland a protected

reserve. In this wonderful landscape it is possible to find a great biodiversity of aquatic species.

Some of the wildlife you can observe are the beautiful black-necked swan, great egret, yellow-

billed pintail, stilts, many-coloured rush tyrant, wren-like rush bird, coots, grebs, yellow legs,

rails, brown-hooded gull, coipus and many others.

Excursion includes transportation from and to the

hotel, a snack and a lunch box, a specialized bilingual

guide. The prices go from USD 325 (1 person) to

USD 35 (10 people)

More things to do or visit during your stay

HUMAN RIGHTS LEGACY TOUR.

www.chiptravel.cl

The 17-year military dictatorship (1973-1990) of General Augusto Pinochet left Chile with a

dramatic human rights legacy. The Chile Information Project provides a profound look into Chile's

past and present, as well as forces shaping the future (both progressive and pro-Pinochet).

Sites visited may include the General Augusto Pinochet Foundation (which honors Pinochet and

his work), the General Cemetery housing memorials for coup victims and the infamous Villa

Grimaldi compound which served as the main torture center for the military regime.

SANTIAGOWALK

is a service of walking tours in the city, realize with non-traditional contents

and circuits, which allow passengers to recognize and experience the

different historical and urban layers of Santiago in an informative and

entertaining tour, done by university young men as guides.

The conviction is that the best way of knowing a city is by the direct contact with it, with the

people, the buildings and the most out-standing places. In our tours we offer a historical and

urban perspective that helps to build a personal, but informed, opinion of what you perceived.

Ther principal tour takes three hours of unhurried walking, beginning from the Santa Lucia Hill,

ongoing in barrio Lastarria, Parque Forestal, Patronato, Vega Central, Mercado Central, calle

Puente y Plaza de Armas. It will allow you to get a comprehensive view of historic Santiago, with

the contrast of the French style city of the 1900 and the popular country market, ending at the

Plaza de Armas, heart of the city.

The price for passenger is: CLP$13.000.

It does not include movements to the start point of the tour, lunch,

drinks, or others. Anyhow, they can pick you up with an extra cost related

to the taxi fee.

The tours begin from the exit of the Subway Station Bellas Artes

(Fine Arts)

It requires previous reservation via mail (diegomatte@gmail) or telephone

(562-8335117 or mobile 9-3589713).

www.santiagowalk.com

Ode To Conger ChowderPablo Neruda

In the storm-tossed

Chilean

sea

lives the rosy conger,

giant eel

of snowy flesh.

And in Chilean

stewpots,

along the coast,

was born the chowder,

thick and succulent,

a boon to man.

You bring the conger, skinned,

to the kitchen

(its mottled skin slips off

like a glove,

leaving the

grape of the sea

exposed to the world),

naked,

the tender eel

glistens,

prepared

to serve our appetites.

Now

you take

garlic,

first, caress

that precious

ivory,

smell

its irate fragrance,

then

blend the minced garlic

with onion

and tomato

until the onion

is the color of gold.

Meanwhile steam

our regal

ocean prawns,

and when

they are

tender,

when the savor is

set in a sauce

combining the liquors

of the ocean

and the clear water

released from the light of the onion,

then

you add the eel

that it may be immersed in glory,

that it may steep in the oils

of the pot,

shrink and be saturated.

Now all that remains is to

drop a dollop of cream

into the concoction,

a heavy rose,

then slowly

deliver

the treasure to the flame,

until in the chowder

are warmed

the essences of Chile,

and to the table

come, newly wed,

the savors

of land and sea,

that in this dish

you may know heaven.

SANTIAGO GOURMETSantiago Gourmet

CHILEAN SPECIALTIES

The list of typical Chilean food is rather small, but you should not miss the chance to try the

following:

Pastel de Choclo: corn casserole with meat stuffing

Empanadas: pastry filled with meat, cheese or mussels

Cazuela: homemade stew with beef, chicken, corn, rice and potatoes

Asado: barbecue of beef, pork or chicken

Reineta, Congrio, Corvina: the most typical fish

Locos: a rare type of molluscs

Jaiva: shrimp, crab

Centolla: king crab with tender meat of reddish colour

From Cuchuflis to Ripped Knickers: A Guide to Chilean Street Sweets

Chilean street sweets are available at your favorite picada (snack shop) or can be traded for loose

pocket change around nearly every corner. They´ve been around for donkey´s years and there's

a very good reason why: you just can´t say no.

When it comes to Chilean pastry fillings, there only seems to be one and its name is manjar. The

sweet, golden brown, dry caramel mixture is thick as peanut butter and used as filling in practically

every pastry.

Cuchuflis: With a name cute enough for a cartoon superhero, the cuchufli is a tubular, wafer-

thin pastry filled with manjar.

Enjoy your meal with the excellent Chilean wine and go ahead and have one or two Pisco Sour!

RESTAURANTS IN SANTIAGO

VITACURA

MESTIZO RESTAURANT

Address: Parque Bicentenario 4050 - Vitacura

Phone: 09-74776093

Specialty: International

Open: Lunch from Monday to Sunday, from 13:00 to 16:00 hrs.

Dinner, Monadys to Sundays from 20:00 to 01:00 hrs

www.mestizorestaurant.cl

And is that the kitchen of Mestizo is under the concept of being

able to gather and mix, or rather, drawn from every preparation

the best, giving a new product, without ignoring its roots.

the card of this warm and surprising restaurant very traditional

preparations can be found for which have been given a turn to

jump from the commonplace to a true culinary surprise. Specialities

like suck crab, the carpaccio of loco, and the ravioli of plateada.

PUERTO FUY RESTAURANT

Address : Nueva Costanera 3969 – Vitacura

Phone : 2088908 – 2067391

Specialty : Fish and Seafood – Meat

Open: From Monday to Thursday, 13:00-15.30 hrs. and 20:00-23.30

hrs. Friday and Saturdays from 20:00 to 24:00 horas.

Average Price p/p: CLP$19.000

www.puerofuy.cl

Of simple lines, modern and sober, where the white and wood are protagonists in the style that

defines the personality of Puerto Fuy. This place stands out for its perfect blend of gastronomy

and good taste where service, care and food are the best of the visit.

RISTORANTE DA CARLA

Address: Nueva Costanera 3673 - Vitacura

Phone: 2065557

Address: Enrique Mac Iver 577 – Stgo Centro

Phone: 6333739

Specialty: Italian Food

Open: 12:30 to 15:30 and 20:00 to 24:00 hrs.

Average prrice p/p: CLP$12.000

www.ristorantedacarla.cl

The restaurant with nearly 50 years of existence, has become a reference of Italian food at the

present time and a lifetime of family and tradition, all under some delicious homemade pasta

from the regions of Emilia Romagna and Lazio, made exclusively by female masters of the

restaurant.

As for his Specialty, the restaurant offers classic pastas such as Lasagna, Torteloni, Ravioli,

Gnocchi, Caneloni and, the traditional spaghetti, this time, with seafood sauteed with white

wine, peppers, parsley and tomato cocktail.

LA SAL RESTAURANT

Address: Vitacura 2911, Vitacura

Phone : 2336312

Address: Vitacura 8411

Phone : 2241410

Specialty: International

Open : Monday to Saturday from 13:00 to 16:00 and from 20:30

to 00:00hrs. Sunday from 13:00 to 16:00 hrs

Average Prize p/p: CLP$8.000-CLP$12.000

"Well, nice and cheap," is the perfect description for this restaurant, which offers a wide variety

of dishes, which include meat, fish, seafood, pastas and risottos. It also features a salad bar and

a buffet of desserts.

In a menu prepared by the chef with Chilean products, but with Spanish recipes, which give the

originality of their dishes, La Sal, stands out for its good food and service at a very convenient

price.

PROVIDENCIA

EL OTRO SITIO RESTAURANT

Address: Antonia López de Bello 53, Providencia.

Telephone: 7773059

Address: Monseñor Escribá de Balaguer 6.400 (Borde Río), Vitacura

Telephone: 2180105

Specialty: Peruvian

Average Prize p/p: CLP$12.000 - CLP$16.000

www.elotrositio.cl

Peruvian cuisine plays an important role in Chilean cooking, and this standby remains one of

Santiago's best Peruvian restaurants. It's a classy place with a

lush interior garden surrounding a central fountain. The service

is excellent. Tasty dishes include ceviche de corvina (sea bass

seviche), aji de gallina, and seco de cordero con arroz y choclo

peruano (lamb shank with Peruvian rice and corn). Daily for lunch

and dinner

PEYO RESTAURANT

Address : Manuel Montt 1631 – Providencia

Phone: 8237359

Address: Lo Encalada 465

Phone: 2740764

Specialty: Meat

www.peyo.cl

In an old tipical house hides the true Chilean cuisine. This restaurant has an atmosphere completely

typical, where meats are prepared with the recipes of the old days.

This ancient and famous minced restaurant remains as the favourite for the lovers of typical

Chilean culture, because among other things, offers delicious bread an the typical “sopaipilla”

to accompany meals.

A classic pin.

ASTRID & GASTON RESTAURANT

Address: Antonio Bellet 201 – Providencia

Phone: 6509125 – 3786767

Specialty: Peruvian Food

Open: Monday to Friday, 13:00-15:00 and 20:00-00:00,

Saturday, 20:00-00:00

Average Prize p/p: CLP$20.000 Main courses CLP$15-CLP$20

(£7.50-£10)

www.astridygaston.com

With venues in different countries of South America, this restaurant has earned an important

place in the gastronomic offer of Chile, thanks to its unsurpassed quality cuisine.

Wonderfully provocative menu filled with delicious flavour combinations using luxurious ingredients

in unexpected ways. Think cuisine influenced by Peru, Spain, France, and Japan, and you'll have

an idea of the exciting dishes that await your taste buds. The ambience is brightly lit, elegant,

and better for a meal among friends than a romantic date. The service at Astrid y Gastón is

flawless, and there is an on-site sommelier and one of the city's most interesting and varied wine

lists. Try the fresh goose liver, a fist-size tuna steak with a spicy honey sauce, or, king crab ravioli.

Dessert orders must be placed early so that the kitchen staff can make each one from scratch.

Frommers review.

SUKALDE RESTAURANT

Address: Bilbao 460, Providencia

Phone: 6651017

Specialty: Fusion cuisine, molecular cuisine

Open: Lunch from Monday to Friday 13.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs. Dinner

from Monday to Saturday from 20.30 hrs til closure


www.sukalde.cl

Sukalde in Basque means "kitchen" is a simple, austere modern place, the menu is limited but

exquisite. His chef has been awarded as one of the best chefs in the year 2007. Its dishes are

Tatar-style tuna, duo of pork (pork and bacon). It is ideal to surprise spirits gourmets. Small and

cosy, the dining room is divided into three environments that are reported by the round windows,

a very intimate and clean, white walls and wooden furniture, make the place a single space in

which premium food rather than its decor.

INFANTE 51 RESTAURANT

Address: José Manuel Infante 51, Providencia

Telephone: 2643357

Specialty: Seafood


Open: Monday to Sunday at lunch from 13 to 15:30 and

dinner from 20 to 23:30 hrs.

If you want to try the best food Chile has to offer, then it must begin with the seafood gathered

along the country's long Pacific coastline. And none do better at preparing Chile's natural advantages

than Xavier Zabala, part-owner and chef of Infante 51. Zabala—probably Chile's best-known

chef—has gathered well-deserved fame for the taste and extensive offering of his fish and other

seafood plates, some of which you will find nowhere else. Also some fine beef and pasta dishes.

The atmosphere is elegant and pleasant. Daily for lunch and dinner.

DOWNTOWN

PATAGONIA RESTOBAR

Address: Lastarria 96. Santiago Centro

Phone : 6643830

Specialty: Varied between Fish, Seafood and Meat

Open: Monday to Friday 08:00-01:00 hrs. Saturday and Sunday

09:00-01:00 hrs.

Average Prize p/p: CLP$8.000 - CLP$12.000

www.patagoniarestobar.cl

This is a restaurant that is near the venue. Patagonia has a characteristic atmosphere of the

south, where the queen is wood. An impressive wall filled with wine bottles adorn the bottom of

the place, alongside a collection of beer bottles which are characteristics of the German settlers

in southern Chile.

Highlights of their meals like homemade pasta such as gnocchi, ravioli and fetuccini, meat as

patagonic wild boar and lamb magallanico, which can be accompanied with exquisite wine.

VICTORINO RESTAURANT

Address: José Victorino Lastarria 156, SANTIAGO

Telephone: 6395263

Specialty: Peruvian, Bolivian and Chilean


Open: Monday to Friday from 12:30 - 02:00 and Saturday from 19:00.

The closure is relative.

Located on the street José Victorino Lastarria, this restaurant stands

out for its cuisine of South America, mainly Peru, Bolivia and Chile,

occupying typical of those areas. So you can taste cebiches, risottos,

yuccas, salmon, etc..

ZULLY RESTAURANT

Address : Barrio Concha y Toro 34 – Santiago Centro

Phone : 6961378 – 6963990

Specialty : International Food

Open: Monday to Saturday, Lunch and Dinner

Average Prize p/p: CLP$16.000 Main courses $16-$21 (£8-£11)

www.zully.cl

A lavish surroundings, an old house declared national monument and the

touch of diversity and good taste to accompany this restaurant located in

the centre of the capital, where the decoration and furniture presents a

constant struggle between modern and ancient.

both products of the sea and land, from fresh seafood and fish to exotic

meats such as wagyú, deer and ostrich.

AMBROSÍA RESTAURANT

Address: Merced 838 A, Santiago Centro

Phone : 6972023

Specialty: International Food

Open: Monday to Friday, breakfast and Lunch,

8:30-18:00 hrs.

Average Prize p/p CLP$8.000 a CLP$12.000

www.ambrosia.cl

Restaurant Ambrosía, delicacy of the Gods, a different place, warm and reserved, perfect to meet

and enjoy a wide variety of dishes and desserts that will leave a tasty memory on your palate.

All this accompanied by a long list of wines that you enjoy yourself and get the same service as

the gods of Olympus.

ANA MARÍA RESTAURANT

Address: Club Hípico 476, Santiago

Phone : 6984064

Specialty: Traditional Chilean.

Open: Tuesday to Saturday from 12:30 to 16:00 hrs. and

from 19:30 to 23:30 hrs

Average Prize p/p: Main courses $7-$12 (£3.50-£6)

This little-known, old-fashioned restaurant is quintessentially Chilean, and

they specialize in wild game entrees such as boar, venison, and pheasant. The Picada started out

as that, a picada, Chile-speak for a restaurant that serves simple, inexpensive meals, but its

popularity prompted the owners to break out the tablecloths and open a full-service restaurant.

Located within a handsome antique home with just a tiny sign by the door to orient you, the

uniqueness of this establishment draws politicians and businessmen at lunch and families on

weekends, making it a good place to people-watch.

CONFITERÍA TORRES RESTAURANT

Address: Alameda 1570, Santiago Centro

Phone : 6880051

Specialty: Chilean

Open: Monday to Saturday from 08:00 till closure

Average Prize p/p: Main courses $7-$12 (£3.50-£6)

www.confiteriatorres.cl

The chef rescued traditional recipes from high society during the late

1800s and gives them a modern flair, turning out dishes such as beef

marinated in cilantro, and conger eel with a barnacle sauce -- simple

but tasty. On Fridays and Saturdays, the restaurant has live tango music;

in the afternoon, the restaurant is a good bet for tea and cakes. Confitería

Torres recently inaugurated a new restaurant/cafe within the Centro

Cultural, offering the same menu but in a more masculine, modish

ambience, with leather booths and a sun-filled nonsmoking area. It's a

very attractive place for lunch, but for the real deal, visit their locale

on Avenida Alameda. Frommers review.

BOULEVARD LAVAUD RESTAURANT

Address: Compañia de Jesus 2789, Santiago

Specialty: Bakery, Mediterranean, International, Café, Winery, Brew Pub

Open: Monday to Thursday from 09:00- 01:00, friday and saturday 09:00 - 03:00.

Average Prize p/p: CLP$4.000-CLP$8.000

www.boulevardlavaud.cl/peluqueria.html

Great place, unique environment, excellent food. Everything is for sale, including the seat you're

sitting on while dining, the cutlery, and dishes.

A very special place to go. Old furniture and exquisite cuisine and a pub in the second floor, and

a real old style barbershop in the first floor.

RESTAURANTE PUERTO PERU

Address: Avenida Condell 1298, Santiago

Telephone: 3639886

Specialty: Seafood


Open: Monday to Saturday from 13:00 to 15:45 and

23:45. Sunday from 13:00 to 15:45 hrs

www.puertoperu.cl

From modest beginnings, Puerto Peru has become one of

Santiago's top fish and seafood choices (including seafood-based pastas), with spicier options

than most Chilean palates usually prefer. There's a smaller selection of meat-based Peruvian

dishes such as lomo saltado (stir-fried beef strips and vegetables). Monday-Saturday for lunch

and dinner.

BELLAVISTA NEIGHBOURHOOD

This neighbourhood characterizes by varied and very good restaurants. See the others newsletters

for more information, specially of “Patio Bellavista”, a very turistic place where you can by craft,

eat and at night have a drink.

EL AMORÍO RESTAURANT

Address: Constitución 181, Bellavista

Phone: 7771454

Specialty: Contemporary Chilean

Average Prize p/p: Main courses $7-$13 (£3.50-£6.50)

www.amorio.cl

Breathing new life into a staid Bellavista dining scene, Amorío is the restaurant of the moment

and part of the Mori Cultural Center that, along with a theater and art cinema, is housed inside

a beautifully recycled old mansion that sat unused for far too long. The dining area is one of the

chicest ambiences in Santiago: think retro-style hibiscus-flower wallpaper, exposed brick walls,

refurbished Louis XIV chairs, parquet floors and lots of soft halogen lighting. The first floor is

more formal, with a full menu, and the second is more casual and offers a tapas menu and

cocktails. Try the asado de tiro estofado, a tender stewed beef, and save room for dessert.

Frommer review.

EL MESÓN NERUDIANO RESTAURANT

(FRIDAY MUSIC GROUP “LOS LUCEROS”)

Address: Dominica, 35, Bellavista

Telephone: 7371542

Specialty: Chilena

Average Prize p/p: CLP$12.000- CLP$16.000

Open: Monday to Saturday from 12:30 to 16:00 and

19:30 to 12:30 am.

www.elmesonnerudiano.cl

In an old Bellavista mansion near Neruda's house, this outstanding

restaurant has two bars, three expansive floors of dining rooms, a shaded deck with garden and

park views, and a basement that hosts live jazz or folk bands several times weekly. Menu highlights

include corvina (sea bass), pastas with seafood sauces, cordero magallanico (Patagonian-style

lamb) and parrillada Mediterranea (grilled meat and seafood). Desserts include crema catalana

(natillas to Spaniards) and papaya mousse. Daily for lunch and dinner.

ANDES HOSTEL

Monjitas 506, Barrio Bellas Artes,

Santiago, Chile

Phone numbers 56 2 632 9990 - 632 9173

www.andeshostel.com

[email protected]

Andes Hostel is located in Barrio Bellas Artes, one of the

trendiest, most beautiful, and best located neighborhoods in

downtown Santiago! The neighborhood’s architecture, which

combines both classic and modern styles, the charming cafes

located on every corner, the Bellas Artes Museum, the Parque

Forestal, and the youthful environment, make it a really fun

place, where you will be entertained 24 hours a day, 7 days

a week!

Other Accomodations

Our young and friendly staff will help you with everything you

need, including useful information on tours, maps, pubs, and

restaurants, making your stay a pleasant and unforgettable

experience.

During your stay you will have the chance to enjoy our shared

areas, relax in the living room while listening to music or watching

TV, or hang out at the bar to meet new people while enjoying one of our famous Pisco Sour drinks

or a smoothie made from fresh Chilean fruits! If you want to meet new people or just have a

sample of the Chilean hospitality, participate in our weekly activities, such as bbqs, tours, and

parties.

For the assistants to the congress there would be a 10%

discount

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