Santiago Shopping

  1. Almacenes Paris

    Almacenes Paris is perhaps the most extensive of Santiago's downtown department stores, with 11 floors stuffed with everything from cell phones to carpets.

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  2. Centro Artesanal Santa Lucía

    Centro Artesanal Santa Lucía, across the Alameda, has a reasonable range of goods, and is well worth a browse if you're looking for gifts to take home. It includes tie-dye T-shirts and handmade books, as well as indigenous and lapis lazuli jewelry, incense and panpipes.

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  3. Centro de Exposición de Arte Indígena

    Despite the misnomer (Centro de Exposición de Arte Indígenais is a shop, rather than an exhibition), there is a reasonable selection of indigenous crafts here, including ethnic jumpers, postcards, tea and Mapuche dictionaries.

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  4. El Mundo del Vino

    As the name suggests, El Mundo del Vino is a classy wine hypermarket with a bewildering array of wines from all over the world. It also conducts tastings.

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  5. Feria del Disco

    The Feria del Disco superstore is the best place in Santiago for music. It also sells tickets to live music and sporting events at slightly marked-up prices.

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  7. La Vega Central

    There's nothing like a trip to this vast, sprawling market to remind yourself that you're in Latin America. A kaleidoscopic selection of fruit and vegetables at ridiculously low prices is available on la Vega Chica, while the Vega Central has just about everything you could want at knockdown prices. Watch out for pickpockets.

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  8. Lapiz Lazuli House

    Bellavista is traditionally the spot for lapis lazuli jewelry (only Chile and Afghanistan have major deposits of this semiprecious gem). Shop around if you can, but Lapiz Lazuli House is one of the most established shops in the area; and you could also try the market between Avenida Bellavista and Pio Nono.

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  9. Pueblito Los Dominicos

    This artisans' village, next to the twin white domes of Los Dominicos church, boasts Santiago's largest crafts selection. Beautiful handmade goods, ranging from jewelry to horse saddles, are made on site or brought in from around Chile. From the metro catch a taxi or micro (look for one marked 'Los Dominicos') along Av Apoquindo. Micros 235, 327, 343 and 344 will take you almost to the end of Apoquindo, from where it's a five-minute walk.

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