Crowne Plaza Santiago is located in midtown Santiago, at the entrance to Providencia, and approximately 15 miles from Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez Airport. With views of the city and the Andean Mountain Range, the hotel is two blocks from the metro station, within walking distance of Diego Portales Convention Center and Parque Forestal, half a mile from the National Museum of Fine Arts and National Library, one mile from Santa Lucia Hill and San Cristobal Hill, two miles from Plaza de Armas Square, and 50 miles from Isla Negra Pablo Neruda. Hotel amenities include the swimming pool, sauna, whirlpool, health center, cocktail lounge, and restaurant. The hotel also offers room service, babysitting, a concierge, dry cleaning, currency exchange, and a business center. All rooms feature high-speed Internet access, bathrobes, hairdryers, irons and ironing boards, coffeemakers, minibars, safes, individual climate control, in-room movies, and satellite TV. Note for Chilean Nationals: Chilean citizens only are responsible for a government mandated 19 pct tax. The tax is payable directly to the hotel. Citizens of all other countries are exempt from the tax.