Imagine a wealthy friend from Santiago whose parents own a weekend getaway in the Colchagua Valley: a hacienda with its own private airstrip, helipad, tennis court, and swimming pool. With seven standard rooms and four suites, as well as a … Read More
As soon as your driver deposits you at the private garden entrance lined with soaring trees, you realize that you’re entering a privileged realm that’s as sexy and festive as a party hosted by Tom Ford. If you think you … Read More
If you find yourself atop the Noi Vitacura near sunset, sipping a cocktail while mesmerized by the 360-degree views of the city of Santiago and the Andes Mountains, then you’re probably doing something right. The newest addition to the tony … Read More
What dinner isn’t better with a bottle of wine? As Chile’s Nobel Prize-winning poet, Pablo Neruda, wrote, “I like on the table, when we’re speaking, the light of a bottle of intelligent wine.” As with all true oenophiles, Neruda knew … Read More
If you love the clamor of a big family Sunday dinner, then you’ll feel right at home at Donde Augusto in the middle of Santiago’s Central Market. Pisco sours appear almost immediately, followed by fresh salads, platters of seafood, and … Read More
What dinner isn’t better with a bottle of wine? As Chile’s Nobel Prize-winning poet, Pablo Neruda, wrote, “I like on the table, when we’re speaking, the light of a bottle of intelligent wine.” … Read More
Islands generate interiority – and so perhaps it’s not surprising that once-remote isles have been discovered through literature. Published in 1947, James Michener’s Tales of the South Pacific turned the Solomon Islands into a Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical, and … Read More
During the Seventies, when there were very few international travelers wandering through Chile, Pedro Ibanez roamed his native country, traveling to destinations that were both remote and beautiful. These early explorations inculcated in Ibanez an appreciation of the journey itself … Read More
