Car rental in Santiago de Chile concentrates at Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport (SCL), where Sixt and Fox list desks and the arrivals-level rental area gathers the international majors, with city offices in Las Condes and Providencia for later pickups. Two practicalities set Chile apart. First, Santiago's urban highways bill tolls electronically: rental cars carry the TAG transponder and usage bills back to you, so confirm it is fitted and active at handover. Second, geography: the coast at Valparaiso and the Casablanca wine valley sit an easy 90 minutes west, while the Andes ski resorts climb a switchback road where winter weekends demand snow chains - carry them and check road status before driving up. In the city itself, the Metro often beats the car.
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