Lose yourself in a flea marketAfter lunch, explore the Persa Víctor Manuel flea market, a former leather-tanning works that is one of the few spaces where Santiaguinos of different socioeconomic backgrounds mix.
Start at Galería La Curtiembre , an art gallery where you can pick up stylized maps of the market, before venturing into the incense-infused alleyways with more than 1,200 stalls.
Among the market’s characters are Carlos Escobar, who wears solderer’s goggles and sells old film cameras, and the collector Roberto Ávila, who has maps and monographs of Chile and elsewhere — some from the 1800s.
Marvel at Bastián Cifuentes’ photography of the social unrest in 2019, and pick up colorful prints at the gallery of the muralist Alejandro ‘El Mono’ González (where you might meet the artist).
For a post-lunch pickup, Kilig , next to El Mono’s stall, has the market’s best coffee.
Persons:
Manuel, Carlos Escobar, Roberto Ávila, Alejandro ‘ El
Organizations:
Marvel
Locations:
Chile, El