The "Poet's Retreat" is located just steps away from both Pablo Neruda's house in Santiago "La Chascona" and the main entrance to Santiago's excellent Parquemet (Santiago Metropolitan Park) on Cerro (hill) San Cristobal (take the bus up for about a dollar a person). It is also an easy walk to the Plaza de Armas, the Chilean Precolumbian Art Museum, The National Fine Arts Museum, Parque Forrestal and National History Museum. We had an embarrassment of riches in opportunities to entertain (at the half-dozen cool playgrounds we visited) and educate (at the 6+ museums we could walk to) our variously-aged children. The house (and kitchen) was small, but clean and totally functional with ample hot water from a on-demand water heater and space heat from two propane heaters and two electric heaters. It also had a smart TV in the "master bedroom". It had an outdoor deck space that we didn't use as it was too cold and wet during our visit, but seemed very cool. It is in the middle of a trendy neighborhood full of bars and restaurants, and we did hear loud music from the streets until late on one of the evenings we stayed. Franco reached out every day to check on us to make sure we were taken care of, and sent us off with some nice gifts for the kids. We would totally recommend this place for families of all types; it was a cool, well-located and well-run "retreat" and was a great value.