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Ticket and booking rules for Santiago: timed entries, closing days and official links, checked September 2026.
Checked September 2026 against official sources
Santiago
Bookings and opening rules
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Tickets and opening days
- Guided visits to the Palacio de La Moneda are organised by the Presidency and booked through its heritage-visits site; everyone aged 16 and over must present an ID card, passport or driving licence, every visitor from the age of one must be registered, and groups must arrive at the palace 15 minutes before the booked time for security checks.Source: Presidencia de la República, Visitas Patrimoniales · checked Sep 2026
- The Funicular Santiago on Cerro San Cristóbal runs Tuesday to Sunday 10:00–18:45 and on Mondays 13:00–18:45, closing on the first Monday of each month for maintenance; a one-way ticket is CLP 1,580, a round trip CLP 2,250 Tuesday to Friday and CLP 2,060 at weekends and holidays.Source: Funicular Santiago, official tickets · checked Sep 2026
- La Chascona (Fernando Márquez de La Plata 0192, Providencia) is open Tuesday to Sunday 10:00–18:00, and 10:00–19:00 in January and February; general admission is CLP 11,000, with CLP 4,500 for under-17s, accredited students and residents over 60. Entry is without reservation, in order of arrival, with audio guides in Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, German and Italian.Source: Fundación Pablo Neruda · checked Sep 2026
- Sky Costanera is open Monday to Sunday 10:00–22:00 with last entry at 21:00. Adults (13+) pay CLP 25,000 by day and CLP 30,000 for entry between 18:00 and 20:00; children aged 5–12 CLP 10,000, under-4s free.Source: Sky Costanera, rates and schedules · checked Sep 2026
- The Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos (Matucana 501, metro Quinta Normal on line 5) is open Tuesday to Sunday 10:00–18:00 with last entry at 17:30; admission is free and capacity is limited, in order of arrival.Source: Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos · checked Sep 2026
- The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (José Miguel de la Barra 650) is open Tuesday to Sunday 10:00–18:30 with last entry at 18:20, and admission is free for everyone; closed on January 1, Good Friday, May 1, September 18–19 and December 25.Source: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes · checked Sep 2026
- The Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino (Bandera 361) charges CLP 8,000 for foreign visitors and CLP 1,000 for Chileans and residents, with students at CLP 4,000 and CLP 500; the Chilean museums registry lists it as open Tuesday to Sunday 10:00–18:00 with entry until 17:15, closed Mondays.Source: Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino / Registro de Museos de Chile · checked Sep 2026
On the day
What to watch at each stop
Palacio de La Moneda
- Free guided tours on weekdays, booked at visitaspatrimonio.presidencia.cl; ID for everyone over 16; arrive 15 minutes early
Questions
Quick answers
Which days should I plan around?
The Museum of Memory, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, the Precolombino and La Chascona are all closed on Mondays, and the funicular runs a reduced schedule on Mondays, so keep days two and three off a Monday. La Moneda's free guided tours run on weekdays only and are booked through the presidency's website, up to two months ahead; slots go fast. Sky Costanera and the markets are open daily.
How much do the tickets cost?
The Museum of Memory and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes are free, and so are La Moneda's tours, the parks and the hills on foot. La Chascona is CLP 11,000, the Precolombino CLP 8,000 for foreign visitors, the funicular CLP 1,580 one way, Sky Costanera CLP 25,000 by day and 30,000 at sunset. Prices are in Chilean pesos; roughly 950 pesos to the US dollar in 2026.
The days these rules belong to
3 days in Santiago
Santiago's centre is compact and flat, and the metro is good, so the plan walks the first day and uses the metro and one taxi a day after that. Day one runs from the Plaza de Armas to La Moneda, back past the Mercado Central for lunch, up the terraces of Cerro Santa Lucía, through the Parque Forestal to the fine-arts museum and into Lastarria for dinner. Day two climbs: La Chascona at opening, the funicular to the Virgin on San Cristóbal, the cable car down to Providencia and the Sky Costanera observation deck, ending in Barrio Italia. Day three is the museums in the west, the Museum of Memory and the Quinta Normal park, then the Precolombino in the centre and the bars of Bellavista. La Moneda tours must be booked weeks ahead through the presidency's site, and the museums close on Mondays.
