Santiago Dos and Don'ts

el mejor y mas caracteristico local para comer sandwich en santiago se llama la fuente alemana que queda en stgo centro no vayan a la otra, vayan a la que esta en plaza itaia

You have different areas in Santiago where you can go out. This means that in these areas the concentration of café's, discothecs and restaurants is higher then other.
Very popular are Bellavista, across the river and against the flancs of a popular mountain. On and near the bridge people are selling things and there is also a local market with artisanal things.
Nunoa, on a big square with parc and lots of cafés and restaurants, very nice during the day.
Suecia like Bellavista a nice area with a lot of terrases and very well alive.
In Providencia and Las Condes, El Golf you also have restaurants and cafes but they are more spread, more expensive and more for business lunches.

Enjoy!!

Party in Bellavista. It's more of a local crowd and less expensive than Suecia.

I attended La Universidad de Chile in Santiago... Facultad Macul. Many of my friends also lived in that area of the city, Macul. Residencial neighborhood in the southern most tip of the ciy.

Take a Spanish course - www.latinimmersion.com or www.woodward.com are two schools I have used. You need Spanish to interact with the locals.