If you ever plan to visit Santiago, Chile, you must visit Cerro San Cristóbal. Cerro San Cristóbal is a beautiful hill that's part of a mountain range that makes up the Metropolitan park of Santiago, there you can enjoy the best viewpoint of the city of Santiago and also observe the Andes mountains and the Coastal mountains at the same time! Discover in this article, everything you have to know if you want to visit Cerro San Cristóbal in Santiago de Chile.

History behind San Cristóbal Hill ....

St. Cristóbal is represented as a stout giant who carries Christ in his arms and has the mission of protecting travelers. This is why, according to Vicuña McKenna, "the Spaniards often called some of their mountains with the name of San Cristóbal. Our hill served as a guide for travelers arriving in Santiago, and the San Cristóbal hill began to be known by its name long after the Santa Lucia and Monserrat hills (now Cerro Blanco) received their names." When the Spaniards arrived, the natives called San Cristóbal Hill Tupahue, a Quechua word that means centinela this means "Soldier who keeps watch while guarding the post he is in charge of."

Have you ever wondered where is San Cristóbal Hill?

Well I know! It is in the district of Providencia and Recoleta. San Cristóbal Hill is a beautiful place also is a part of a mountain range that makes up the Metropolitan and have more than 700 hectares, this makes Parque Metropolitano the largest urban park in Chile and one of the largest of the world.

Here is a video for you to know more

(See it only if you have time.)

Here is a map of where is located San Cristóbal hill

Cable car

View from the top

Some activities you can do are....

You can visit the National Zoo of Chile. A very interesting activity is

Discover the incredible Japanese Garden you may

Climb to the Cerro San Cristóbal viewpoint and in summer you can

Enjoy the pools on the hill.

Here you can know more about the activities.

The persons that work on this work are Violeta Larrain, Maida Plaza, Isidora Letelier, María Paz Ilabaca

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