TRANSPORTATION
Transportation from the Santiago airport to the hotel will be arranged. We need your arrival/departure time to organize this travel. Please give us (groups2005@eso.org) your flight number and arrival time in order to arrange the schedule of the transport we will provide.
There will be either a taxi for 3 persons or a van for 8 persons. Approximate cost will be between US$20-30 to be divided among the passengers.
Other options:
- From the Airport:
- By bus: first take a bus, shuttle, or taxi to the metro station Pajaritos. A good choice are the Centropuerto buses that leave the airport every 10 minutes, from 6:40 until 23:30 hr. The cost of a one way ticket until the metro station is CLP1100 (around US$2.00).
At the Metro station, you may acquire a ticket ("un boleto", in Spanish). Its price will vary depending of a time schedule, but it should not exceed CLP400 per unit (around US$0.75).
From Pajaritos station, take the metro in the direction of Escuela Militar station (Line 1). The metro stations closer to the Hotel Torremayor are Pedro de Valdivia and Los Leones.
Please check here for a guide of the Metro lines and stations. - Shuttle vans: they run from the airport to various locations in the city door to door. Most of them have a desk in the baggage hall and on the arrivals level. Frequent departures. A shared van price should not exceed US$10.00.
- Taxis: it is recommended to agree a price with the driver before using the taxi.
- Public transport in the Santiago area:
- Buses: They will usually show their destination in signboards located in front and at the side of the bus. The price for a ticket is CLP350 (US$0.65), and you normally pay this amount to the driver although a few buses might have an automatic machine to receive the coins.
- Metro: (see above)
- Taxis: The black cars with their yellow roofs can be hailed anywhere. In Santiago, there is a base price of 150 pesos (USD$0.28) plus around 80 pesos for each 200 m driven (or per minute when waiting). The rates are posted on the windscreen; the meter has to be where you can see it. For longer hauls or cross-country, you can negotiate a price beforehand. Tipping is not customary.
