Teleférico Santiago, Estación Cumbre by Turistik — Local services in Providencia

………To get to the cable car station you have to enter the Parque Nacional de Santiago a true-lii beautiful big park that is always humming and buzzing with people because the bus-terminus is right here and also the taxi drop-off point, some hikers as this is also where you can access the road or foot-pathway that leads up to Cerro San Cristobal, many cyclist meet here because here in the park they provide potable-drinking water-fountains one that is free of charge and another that you have to pay $ 200 peso for maybe purer water and even have a bicycle parking. Very amazing the front-area of the park has a Wi-Fi zone not something one often discovers around a place like this also providing free cell-phone charging. There is a love-lii big house that has been converted into a class-ii restaurant, big play-ground’s that are well equipped with different kinds of equipment that children can utilize to have fun with even a nice big fountain. It was very busy here with everyone out and about making good use of the rain-ii but nice weather. The Ticket Office for the cable-car rides are down-stair manned by young friend-lii ladies and gentlemen. Once you have your ticket you proceed up the stairs to get to the cars already from this point you have some awesome panoramic-views especial-lii of the picturesque Andes covered in pure-white snow. At this point you wait behind the safe-tii line to be ushered and safe deposited into a cable-car, they don’t overload four seems to be the maximum allowed per car. The ride is smooth as you sail through the air where you enjoy the most amazing aerial views of the whole of Santiago! One very distinct picture one sees is the difference of the landscape on the one side the business district with the high-rise buildings and on the other side the residential area with all the flat housing screeching for many miles. There is a middle station where you can alight and walk around and then take a later car to reach Estacion Cumbre (Cerro San Cristobal)……This is a must do activity when in...

This is a superb experience and is highly recommended.

The staff are very polite and helpful.

You get into the car at the bottom and the journey to the top is around 10 minutes or so.

There are discussions underway to create a commute up one side of the mountain, with a second cable car. This will cut emissions and journey times across the city.

The views as you ascend the hill are simply superb. Take your camera, but, take time to sit back and enjoy the view.

At the top there is the statue of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus.

Open Air Mass is held here at 12 noon on a Sunday. There is also a chapel dedicated to Mary.

There are great views to be had up here.

There is also a very friendly stall holder who makes the most refreshing drink out of peach that can be had anywhere in the world.

The sugar puff stuff at the bottom of the glass I did not like, but, it is a very refreshing and welcome drink on a hot day.

This is a very good attraction to visit. It does get busy in the holiday season.

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The Santiago Cable Car (Spanish: Teleférico de Santiago) is an aerial tramway of a tourist nature, located at the Metropolitan Park of San Cristóbal Hill, in Santiago, Chile.

The construction of the cable car began in 1979, and took about a year, mainly due to the hardness of the volcanic rock terrain in which the 12 towers were installed.

The Santiago Cable Car was officially opened on April 1, 1980, with 72 ovoid-shaped cars, which covered the 20-minute 4.8 km section at 14.4 km/h.

The system has three stations: Oasis, Tupahue and Cumbre.

In the latter it connects with the Funicular de Santiago.

The Tupahue is located near the Tupahue Pool, the Mapulemu Botanical Garden ("Forest of the Earth") and the Camino...