Sometimes
the things we have closest are the ones we mostly forget. The hill San
Cristóbal, in the heart of Santiago, and its immense Metropolitan Park (is open every day of the year, it rains, thunders or flashes).
The
recommendation to climb is the bicycle or better yet, the walk. Go step by step taking photos, breathing and enjoying. Meeting scenes
that look like paintings or knowing corners that look like they are only
waiting for you. All this in an environment of others who run, pedal, exercise
and walk their dog's friends.
The usual
route up Pío Nono, to the junction where the Tupahue pool is. Hence a stop at
the Mapulemu botanical garden and we returned through the Japanese Garden to
Pedro de Valdivia Norte.
And it is
that Parque Metropolitano has, absolutely, for all tastes. On weekends,
entertaining gymnastics and Pilates in the Mapulemu sector, picnic areas with
grill, trail routes guided by the Chilean Path Foundation and the already
classic Tupahue and Antilén pools.
It goes
without saying the metropolitan Zoo, the educational center Bosque Santiago, the Virgin in
the Summit and of course the Funicular.












