The location in "central, central Santiago" is downtown, big city like some Parisian, New York, Los Angeles or Barcelona neighborhoods where graffiti and grit mixes with the sound of patio chatter and music from the Passeo below. The building retains the patina of a bygone era, including a vintage elevator, and a curved terrazzo staircase. The newly renovated penthouse apartment has an extremely comfortable bed, a large bedroom with vast amounts of storage space, a spa-like bathroom, and a large terrace accessible from bedroom, living-room and an ideal apartment kitchen. I've stayed in apartments on tree-lined streets in Las Condes and Providencia and they felt removed -- suburban. This feels like downtown. Paloma as you expect from all the reviews is a perfect host. The lockbox works well to get the keys.