7 Best Places to Shop in Vitacura, Santiago

Yards and yards of cashmere fill the window of Casimires Ingleses Matilde Medina. The owner imports her beautiful scarves and sweaters from England and sells fine dress shirts, which are also imported.

Some nice antiques shops are found in the basement of the Centro Comercial Lo Castillo, which is quite small and, apart from a cinema and the antique shops, sells mostly women's wear and jewelry. It's one block up from the corner of Avenida Alonso de Córdova. The indoor shopping arcade dates back to the '80s and is caracol-, or snail-like, in its spiral layout. Le Fournil restaurant, just across Avenida Vitacura in Paseo Mañío on the fifth floor, is a good place for a coffee or light meal.

See works by local artists at Galería Animal, a spacious, luminous gallery in Vitacura. The large-scale pieces include sculpture and other types of installations.

Javiera García-Huidobro and Isabel Aninat curate works of both established and emerging Chilean artists at this Vitacura gallery, which has three rooms to browse.

Looking a bit like a fortress, Hermès occupies some prime real estate on Alonso de Córdova, Santiago's main upscale international brand shopping drag.

This shop sells a wide variety of wool carpets and other weavings designed and produced in Chile.

Proudly proclaiming itself Santiago's first fine wine shop, La Vinoteca stocks vintages from all over Chile and abroad, as well as beer and liquor. There is an outlet at the airport for last-minute purchases and another shop 14 blocks down Manuel Montt from Providencia.