Mercure Santiago Central

Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 632, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, 8330066, Chile, Santiago, Chile

Why We Like It

This hotel answers a very specific chic urban need in downtown Santiago. It could scarcely be more centrally-located, close to many local points of interest and is clean and efficient and expected for those who know the international chain. It's a study in the interplay between hip and professional, at a reasonable price for the location.

Fodor's Expert Review

It's hard to beat the location of this hotel, close to Cerro Santa Lucia. A facelift in 2014 has refurbished the terrace, pool area, and common areas. The hotel is popular with business travelers, and there are conference rooms and Wi-Fi throughout. Great discounts are sometimes available for rooms booked more than 30 days in advance.

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Room

Clean, modern, muted rooms with comfortable beds and soft hued walls, with modern patterned upholstery, large windows and views over Cerro Santa Lucía and the National Archive.

Tip Rooms for wheelchair and other people with reduced mobility available on request, including wheelchair-accessible roll-in showers with grab bars.

Bathroom

Handsome, with large vanities and magnifying mirror.

Tip Ask for rooms with wheelchair accessible bathrooms or ones with better access for people with reduced mobility.

Lobby

Open and showy, with curved architecture and undulating furniture in red, black and white, framed art and an airy, atrium feel.

Pool

On an outdoor terrace, with ample lounge chairs, nearby Nimbus bar and a view of Cerro Santa Lucía, the National Archive and downtown Santiago.

You Should Know The pool is unheated, and even in Santiago summer, it does not get particularly warm, due to the cooler overnight temperatures.

Gym

Small, adequate gym with towels and refreshments, treadmills, elliptical machines, and weights.

Dining

Amaranto restaurant, upstairs from the lobby has hipster lighting and seating and meals that highlight the flavors of Chile, with liberal use of seafood, ancient grains and other local ingredients. Cobre is the indoor bar, perfect for business meetings, happy hours, etc. And up on the terrace, by the pool is the Nimbus bar which keeps music pumping, and has drinks and finger foods until late at night.

Drinking

Cobre is the hotel's indoor bar, which does happy hours, and is a good place to meet up at the end of the day. Nimbus, on the pool level has music, drinks and finger food with views over the city.

What's Nearby

Getting Around

The hotel is very well-situated just steps from the Santa Lucía (red line, Linea 1) metro. However, post metro-hours (it closes at around 11), most guests will prefer Uber/Cabify or a taxi to get around.

Restaurants

This hotel is very close to the strip of restaurants that extends along the street of Lastarria (9-minute walk) including Bocanáriz (10-minute walk) for local wine in a variety of pour sizes, and pairing plates, and Chipe Libre (10-minute walk) with Chilean and Peruvian dishes and Pisco cocktails. Head over to Bellavista (11-minute taxi or 16-minute metro and walk) instead for more variety, including the classic Como Agua para Chocolate, (13-minute drive) or Chilean classics like Galindo's (13-minute drive, or even innovative Sandwiches like Ciudad Vieja (13-minute drive). La Diana (15-minute walk) is close and quirky, with tasty meals and cocktails.

Bars

In Lastarria (9-minute walk) try Bocanáriz (10-minute walk) for local wine in a variety of pour sizes, and Chipe Libre (10-minute walk) with Chilean and Peruvian Pisco cocktails. In Bellavista (11-minute taxi or 16-minute metro and walk), consider Azotea Matilde (15-minute drive) or the bar upstairs attached to the Hip Hotel in Patio Bellavista (12-minute drive). Or if beer and pub grub are your thing, go to KrossBar (13-minute drive) for local beer and tasty burgers and ceviche.

Quick Facts

HOTEL INFO

Phones: 2-2595–6622