Casa Newen offers travelers and tourists our fun santiago tours for the summer of 2010! We organize and arrange private and group tours to the must see attractions that Santiago and Chile has to offer. The tours are with experienced bilingual guides and can be personalized to fit your needs.

There are 10 tours throughout Santiago and central Chile catering to every want imaginable! If you fancy the beach and coastline we offer tours to the iconic port city of Valparaiso and the resort city of Vina del Mar as well as the enchanting fishing town of Zapallar. The Isla Negra and Pomaire tour will take you on a journey into the life of Chile’s Nobel Prize Winner Pablo Neruda, visiting the poets home and Pomaire, the traditional potters village known for it’s handmade arts and crafts.

If you love Chilean wine then the tours in Chile offer a smorgasbord of lush green valleys and vineyards. The Wine Train Tour is a popular tour in Santiago and features an original steam train and a trip to the Colchagua valley. There are also wine tours to the Maipo Valley featuring the vineyards of Concha y Toro, Undurraga. The Colchagua Ranch Tour is a unique experience of Chilean wine and culture with a traditional folklore dance and rodeo as well as visit to the Colchagua Museum.

If you are the outdoors type then a tour of Cajon del Maipo and San jose is a sure bet. Here you will find various activities at your disposal. Trekking El Morado National Park to the San Fransisco Glacier is unforgettable as well as a visit to Colina Thermal Baths, a natural wonderland with the Andes Mountain range as your backdrop.

And finally the Dinner and Show tour highlights the best attractions that Santiago has to offer! The cultural center that is Santiago’s main square, the majestic Cathedral of Santiago and the resilience of the Presidential Palace. Finally a traditional restaurant of Santiago will introduce you to Chile’s typical dances, wines and gastronomy.

Visit our website at www.casanewen.com and view our Tours section for more info. You can also book a tour by clicking on “bookings and enquiries” or by Clicking Here you can also reach us by sending an email at contact@casanewen.com or by Tel:+56 02 716 9007 (Santiago de Chile)

We pride ourselves on providing travelers, guests and tourists our renowned personal service and friendly advice so we hope you discover Chile with our Santiago tours

Alejandro Carvajal
Casa Newen Tours Santiago Chile

Hi everyone,
This year we went down to the local park Inez de Suarez, Providencia, Santiago, to celebrate Independence day and took some photos. We had some ¨churros¨ which are doughy sweet sticks covered with icing sugar, tried some Chicha (sweet fermented wine) and had a dance to ¨La Cueca¨ under the Chilean Flags.

Every house in Chile is dressed in white, blue and red. Our national flag waved of joy at Casa Newen. September has woken up with music and flavour…the 18th is coming and we will celebrate our Independence Day with “empanadas” and “cuecas”.

Our souls step to their own dance and the kites graciously race to touch the sky.
With barbecues, “empanadas” and a beautiful glass of red wine on the 18th of September.

While couples dance the “cueca”, the children are busy kicking the ball…
The “asado” is ready! everyone to the table we are going to toast :
For our Independence Day and democracy!! Without it we couldn`t celebrate. It would be like an “empanada” without the filling or a barbecue without a glass of red wine.

¡Viva el 18 de Septiembre!

Casa Newen Bed and Breakfast

Well, here we are again in our Chile Travel Guide. And one of the interesting blogs that we found is “Roberto Tango in South America” and guess what… we had the pleasure of meeting Roberto and of course we enjoyed his and our dear friend Rachel’s company on their stay at Casa Newen Bed and Breakfast.

Roberto really enjoyed our “pisco sour” which is a special cocktail of spirits and lemon juice. He was such a charming drunk, that we even revealed to Roberto our precious “pisco sour” recipe! And that outing to “El Cachafaz” with Roberto was great!, he showed himself to be an expert tango dancer, Roberto also enjoyed eating some of the delicious delicatesen “tabla” along with Rachel. We all wanted to stay longer but after the tango show and a few pisco sours we were tired, fortunately we where very close to Casa Newen.

Of course Roberto possed for some pictures….if you are curious and would like to meet him we invite you to visit his blog!

If you enjoy tango dancing, as Roberto does, we recommend to visit “El Cachafaz” on Guardia Viaja, Providencia. We payed three thousand pesos for the show, and you can choose a delicious meal from five thousand pesos. They have a live band and if you order a “pisco sour” before mid night, you pay only two thousand pesos!

Roberto promised to visit us again in February 2007, so if you like to recommend a place were to have a nice “pisco sour” in Santiago, please let us know, we are sure he will appreciate it.

A blog?…What is it?… After my son explained to us what a blog was, we thought that it might be the best way to express our experiences and opinion about Chile. We came back to our homeland about three years ago and decided to travel, but as you know Chile is very long and narrow and we still have a lot to see. However, we can tell you quite a bit about Santiago, not only about our own experiences but what we have learnt from our guests in our “Chile Travel Guide”.

According to them, we Chileans are very warm people, others say that we are very passionate….. So please do not feel threatened if people greet you with a big hug or a kiss on the cheek…it is just how we express our feelings… it’s just a different culture. It’s the Chilean way!

But talking about Santiago, you have probably already have read or heard about the many attractions the city has to offer, but we think that if you want to know about the Chilean people, the best way to do it is to sit for a while and soak up the atmosphere of “Plaza de Armas”.

There you will see performers singing and dancing traditional dances, young artists painting and making pieces of art, exhibitions, monuments and the amazing architecture that surrounds the square. The influence of French, Italian and English architecture is eminent. Cemeteries….yes, our “Cementerio General” is another good place to visit to know more about our idiosyncrasy and again you can see beautifully built mausoleums.

Well this is only the beginning of our encounter, there is a lot more to talk about Chile, especially about Santiago its capital, but its time to leave some space for you the visitors to our “Chile Travel Guide” to give your opinion, comments and tips about Santiago, Chile, so we invite you to share you own experiences with all of us.

Luis & Adda (Your host’s from Casa Newen Bed and Breakfast)