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.