Pet-friendly hotels and homes in El Convento

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The breakfast was amazing. Lorena would make you whatever you wanted. Lots of food and everything was made to order. On our first day we were tired after a 10 hour delay, Lorena made sure that we had everything that we needed and even picked us up at the airport despite the delay.We decided to walk into town where there was a huge fish market, a mall and a casino. The location of Lorena's house is about a 30 minute walk to everything. The area is very safe and the people were very friendly. We planned to go out for dinner however when we returned to Lorena's house she had made us dinner. A wonderful Chilean meal. We ate together and Lorena and her son Max helped us to understand more about life in Chile. We felt so comfortable, drank some wine together and we honestly felt like part of the family. On day 2 we decided to go into Santiago. We took the bus which went directly from San Antonio to Santiago for $6 each one way. in the morning before we left Lorena made sure that we had a big breakfast. She then gave us excellent instructions on how to get around Santiago. She even gave us a pass for the subway. We had the most amazing day because of all of the information Lorena shared with us. In the morning of our cruise Lorena took us to the port. Lorena and her beautiful home is a place that you must stay if you are visiting San Antonio. I would also recommend doing what we did and stay in San Antonio if you are going on a cruise. Santiago is very accessible by bus so you may want to consider it as an option to staying in Santiago. I would also recommend arriving a few days before your cruise so that you can enjoy the area before the cruise.

The owner gave us the information one day before that the house was not available due to some kind of mistake with the booking, but would not cancel the booking through booking.com, and tried to convince us to cancel the booking. The owner also tried to convince us to book another house (that they said they helped the neighbour to rent), but wanted to charge the whole amount beforehand by bank transfer and not go through booking.com, which we of course would absolutely not do. Seemed very sketchy so BE AWARE