"The first place to know in Santiago"

I think that one simple place to visit in Santiago, very traditional and so common for a lot of people, because a lot of people work next to this place and this place has a lot of shopping, malls and a lot of commercial stores are there; is the “Paseo Ahumada”.

The Paseo Ahumada is an a pedestrian way where the people can walk, buy a lot of sheep things in the street, go to shopping or cinemas, eat some food in the restaurants and little bars, you can see a lot of street shows where some people sing, tell some jokes, dance (sometimes very funny), recite poems, etc. And if you walk to the “Plaza de Armas” in the Paseo Ahumada, you can see the “Catedral de Santiago” in front of the square and the “Correo Nacional” next to the square, for another side of the square you can find a lot of passage with stores, shopping, restaurants, hairdresser's salon, etc. And in the “Plaza de Armas” you can find a lot of attractions how are the street artists that make paintings, portraits, and some fast funny portrait of the people that you can buy in the moment. In general, in front of the square you can see a lot of people meeting in a big circle surround to a person that make a little show where include to all the spectators and always all the people is laughing.

“Paseo Ahumada” and “Plaza de Armas” is in the Center of Santiago (the Capital of our country), and if you want to get there; you can take the subway to the “Plaza de Armas Station”, then you leave the station going up the stairs and you can walk in the “Paseo Ahumada”. Maybe this is very large and a lot of time is full of people, but is very interesting, is a traditional place in our city, in this place you can see a lot of important events in important dates, and the most important is that place is FREE!!!!, because is just a big street; but is beautiful, and you can value the street art and all that you want to find is there.

I recommend this place so much because is not only a beautiful traditional place of our capital to the tourists; more than this; a lot of Chilean people never see the “Paseo Ahumada” and I think that is very important to know this because is a typical place of Santiago, maybe you never see some things very very old, but you can see people dancing our national dance (“Cueca”) or a lot of art, is interesting and very accessible to all people.