Explore Santiago, Chile, by bike

Cyclists participate in the World Bicycle Forum in April 2016 outside Palacio de La Moneda in Santiago, Chile.

A cyclist arrives at the World Bicycle Forum in April 2016 in Santiago, Chile. The organization aims to promote bicycles in cities.

A group of bicyclists dressed up for Halloween pass Santiago’s Bellavista neighborhood. Thousands celebrate Halloween night in the trendy quarter.

On Sundays, a large portion of the streets in Santiago, Chile, are closed to vehicles in the popular initiative CicloRecreoVia.

Inside La Chascona, a former home of the late Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda in Santiago’s Bellavista.

Central Market in Santiago.

An outdoor sculpture in Santiago pays tribute to the bicycle.

Santiago’s National Museum of Fine Arts.

Enjoying the water in Santiago.

A panoramic view of Santiago, Chile.

The Central Market in Santiago.

Santiago’s San Cristobal Hill has dramatic views.

A view of the Providencia and Las Condes districts in Santiago.

Aerial view of Santiago from San Cristobal hill, with Parque Metropolitano in the foreground.

Santiago’s funicular climbs hundreds of feet up a 45-degree slope. At the top is a 40-foot-tall statue of the Virgin Mary.

A park on Avenida Pocuro in Santiago.

Bicyclists take to the streets of Santiago during CicloRecreoVia, an initiative that closes some streets of the city to vehicles on Sundays.

A bicycle monument in Santiago’s Racamalac Bridge over River Mapocho.