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Chile Travel Podcast with Tomás Fuentes

Tomás Fuentes

Chile Travel Podcast is a resident’s guide to travelling through a country that stretches across 39 degrees of latitude. Between the Atacama Desert, the central valley, and the cool, damp south, journeys are measured in changing climates and landscapes as much as in kilometres. The show treats travel as a process of learning one place at a time.

Over the series, the host’s range includes Santiago, Valparaíso, the Atacama Desert and the Chiloé archipelago. Each episode connects one place to the next, so the listener gradually sees how Chile fits together: the Andes to the east, the coastal mountains to the west, and the central valley where most people live.

The podcast unfolds by returning to places in different seasons, letting Chile change around the listener. A valley heard about in summer is revisited after winter rains; a port town becomes familiar through repeated visits over a year. The result is a slow accumulation of knowledge, closer to how a resident comes to know a place than how a tourist passes through.

Tomás Fuentes lives in Chile and stays for two years, moving between cities, coastlines and smaller towns on a route that follows the seasons. Not a week-long visit — Tomás is there in every kind of weather, working out where to eat on an ordinary Tuesday, which train to take, what a festival actually feels like from the pavement.

A new episode arrives every day. Each one is short and specific: one neighbourhood, one journey, one meal, one museum worth the detour — with the practical detail that matters. What it costs. When it closes. Whether the queue is worth it. What to do when it rains. Every episode carries a full transcript and chapter markers.

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Episodes5

  • Yesterday · 10 min

    Winter Markets, Metro Maps, and the City's Pulse

    On day five in Santiago, Tomás navigates the city's markets and metro system, contemplates the cost of daily life, and prepares for the road north. A reflective episode about finding rhythm in a new city.

  • Tuesday · 9 min

    Barrios, Markets, and the Custo of a City

    On day four in Santiago, Tomás explores the distinct barrios of the capital—from the bohemian Bellavista to the design hub of Barrio Italia—and reflects on the everyday textures of a city settling into winter. He touches on the practical costs of daily l…

  • Monday · 9 min

    A City in Winter, and a Free Museum

    On day three in Santiago, Tomás dodges drizzle through Parque Forestal, watches the guards change at La Moneda, and spends a long, slow afternoon in the Museum of Memory and Human Rights—a place that explains modern Chile better than any guidebook. Along…

  • Sunday · 10 min

    The River, the Rain, and Winter Plums

    On his second day in Santiago, Tomás walks the Mapocho River in the rain, climbs Cerro San Cristóbal for a snow-dusted view of the cordillera, and finds a quiet meal in a hidden corner of the Mercado Central. A slow, practical look at getting your bearin…

  • Saturday · 12 min

    First Days in Santiago, Winter of 2026

    Tomás Fuentes lands in Santiago de Chile in early August, gets his RUT, a bank account and a local SIM, and walks the winter city. What it looks like, what it costs, and how the capital actually works in 2026.