My Best Place

Post 4: My best place

One of my favorite places in Santiago is Bellas Artes. This neighborhood is located very close of the center of Santiago, between Cardenal José María Caro street by the north, Santa Lucía or Huelen Hill by the south, Purísima bridge by west side and mac-iver street by the east side.

Is very easy to getting there, one option is get down in the Bellas Artes subway station, other option by bus.

This neighborhood is part of the traditional and historical foundation of Santiago. There are historical buildings like the house of partido radical social demócrata, the national library of Chile, and the most representative building and very important for the arts the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA) situated in the Parque Forestal, behind it is located the Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of Chile.

Bellas Artes is full of restaurants and bars like “The Clinic”, coffees like Mosqueto. By the way, this place is also known as the coffee neighborhood. So you can go alone or with friends and have a nice coffee or beer.

If you walk by their streets you can find different monuments and statues like Neptune and Anfititre. Also, you can go for a walk, run or ride in bicycle in the Parque Forestal, I recommend sundays because the street are closed for cars but open to run and bike, also in the afternoon the Parque Forestal is full of activities, like street shows, theater is very funny.

As you can see there are many activities and places to visit here, personally I like to walk and visit the museums regularly, so I recommended 100% percent, especially for tourist who wants to know one of the most representative culture of our society.