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A real gentrification has occurred in this very green, yet very urban downtown neighborhood in just the past three years.
It is the result of young, professional Chileans migrating to the center of the
city – either rehabbing large, dilapidated apartments that used to house a much older generation, or occupying one of the modern new high rises that now dot the neighborhood. There is a profound sociological change behind all of this: young Chilean professionals forging out on their own, rather than assuming the “stay-at-home-until-marriage” routine that characterized the less worldly Chile of past generations.

The Bellas Artes neighborhood bristles with a kind of young entrepreneurship that makes for a really interesting afternoon or evening for visiting tourists: coffee shops, botiques, and restaurants. And not a single “made-in-the-USA” franchise in site. Also close by are the city’s main fish and vegetable (La Vega) markets, both featuring modestly priced eateries for the economically minded tourist. And it is all just a few minutes’ walk to the peacefulness of the Parque Forestal.

Best access: Metro Bellas Artes.

BELLAS ARTES National Museum of Fine Arts MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO Museum of Contemporary Art
Restaurants Andes Hostel Casa Abarzúa Restaurante Obsesión Lodging Hostel Oveja Negra Shops Olympus Boutique Metales Pesados Libros ONA Shop Too much Garbo Culture / Art Galleries Casa Naranja Tango Lessons Reina Abilene	Language / Education Institutes Goethe-Institut community Cyberonline Internet Cafe Cybercafe "Revelación" Cafe / Bar / Snack bar Melinka Pastry Shoppe Pan de azúcar Cafe ONA Cafe La Taba Tomodachi Café Concepto Cafebistro de la Barra Café de las Artes Café Santo Domingo Mosqueto Café El Hábito Café Brainworks - Cafetería & Modern Furniture Cosmopolitan Café Café Forestal Soccer pub