Hotel Posada Farellones — Hotel in Lo Barnechea

My wife and I and our grown son stayed here three nights in early August with half board. It was a great choice ... everyone on the staff without exception was very nice and helpful, the hotel was in a great location, the room was nice and the food was excellent. Paulo was very helpful with whatever advice was needed (Cristina as well). We arrived in the later morning after an early morning flight into Santiago, picking up the rental car, shopping for snacks and beverages at the Lider Puente Nuevo, and the drive up the mountain. Cristina stored our luggage for us while we drove around the ski areas, then we came back for a huge, delicious lunch at their restaurant. After this, our room was ready. We had room K, a five-person room with a room containing two bunkbeds and the bathroom off the hall, and then a short flight of stairs up to the second room with a matrimonial bed and two bunkbeds. The upstairs room could have been improved with the addition of a privacy door at the top of the stairs, but otherwise was very nice, with plenty of room to spread out. We kept our window open at night, and got used to the occasional barking dogs throughout the night. The bathroom was quite small, but the hot water in the shower was strong and plentiful, and unlike in Peru, we were encouraged to put paper in the toilet. For the half-board, all guests eat from a set menu. However, the staff was very accommodating on the selections ... they read you the menu in advance, and if there were any items you didn't like, they offered several alternates. Dinner was served at 8:00, and breakfast from 7-10. We thought all of the food was very good, nicely presented and a good quantity. We added many Pisco Sours, which were delicious. If you walk out the front door of the hotel and turn right, a short walk brings you to a beautiful overlook down into the valley with Santiago beyond ... a great place to watch the sunset and get some beautiful photos. Breakfast was served at 7, but they continued to bring out food for another 15 minutes, so wait to see if your favorite selections are yet to come. It's a good buffet with plenty of selection. After breakfast when we were ready to ski around 9, Paulo drove us over to El Colorado or La Parva. He made arrangements to pick us up at 5, and this worked out fine. When we returned to the hotel, we left our boots and skis by the lobby, and they took them to the ski room/boot dryers, and then brought them out to us in the morning. There is a hot tub spa which is open until 7:45; we used it twice and were the only people in the hot tub. There is a cabinet with plenty of towels, and it is a short walk down the hall to the rooms. Our Spanish is basic, but most of the staff either is proficient in English or able to communicate well. I think only our serving waitresses at dinner had no English, but they were very nice and we had no problems. All in all, Posada de Farellones was a great place to stay, and I would stay again. Later we stayed at Hotel Puerta del Sol in Valle Nevado, and I prefer the intimacy of Posada...

We had a wonderful stay for a few days of skiing! Pau (the owner who was always available at the front desk) was friendly and helpful, the food home cooked and delicious and the views were stunning! We chose this spot because we wanted to ski all 3 resorts which worked out well. We had just come from Portillo (also amazing) but didn’t want to do the big resort thing again. Pau speaks English so that made it fun and easy for us also. ||I was a little nervous to book as there were no recent reviews, but I think that was due to Covid ||Additional info on Tres Valles - the road from Santiago is death defying and during weekends and peak times is only one way (up in the morning, down in late afternoon- and you really wouldn’t want it any other way). There is no where to buy basic things (like a Cruz Verde) so if you run out of advil or toothpaste you are...

We had a wonderful stay for a few days of skiing! Pau (the owner who was always available at the front desk) was friendly and helpful, the food home cooked and delicious and the views were stunning! We chose this spot because we wanted to ski all 3 resorts which worked out well. We had just come from Portillo (also amazing) but didn’t want to do the big resort thing again. Pau speaks English so that made it fun and easy for us also. ||I was a little nervous to book as there were no recent reviews, but I think that was due to Covid ||Additional info on Tres Valles - the road from Santiago is death defying and during weekends and peak times is only one way (up in the morning, down in late afternoon- and you really wouldn’t want it any other way). There is no where to buy basic things (like a Cruz Verde) so if you run out of advil or toothpaste you are...