Places in Santiago

I think that a foreigner tourist should visit Plaza de Armas. Many people like painting sellers, chess players, religious and immigrants meet there every day and there are a lot of cheap restaurants and bars where you can eat typical food. He could also go to the Parque Forestal. It is a very large park, with a huge variety of types of trees where friends and couples meet. It’s parallel from the Mapocho River. At night it is enjoyable to go there and the streetlamps look nice. If he go there, it would be nice that he could visit to the Museo de Bellas Artes. It is a museum from the 19th century, and it has a lot of paintings from Chilean painters and sculptors. In the permanent exposition, he could find some paintings of Roberto Matta, for example. He could also visit to the Biblioteca Nacional, where you can find almost all of the Chilean publicated books. You can read in the library all of the books that they’ve got there. It’s also a loan’s section, and they lend you books for two weeks. Another special place in Santiago is the Parque Quinta Normal, which is a park where families share with their children.