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Valle De La Luna La Paz
15 Reviews This is one of the most amazing geological features I have seen. It ranks with the Fairy Chimneys of Cappodocia and Bryce Canyon (USA). Valley of the Moon is close to the centre of La Paz - only 7km...
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Plaza Murillo La Paz
20 Reviews ‘Plaza Murillo’ is the city’s main square. It was originally named 'Plaza Mayor', but later renamed to honour Pedro Domingo Murillo (1759-1810). He was a Bolivian freedom fighter, who actually met...
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Mercados La Paz
13 Reviews La Paz is a magical city – and a couple of streets are properly more magical than the rest of the city… It is the 'Mercado de Hechiceria', which is the city's 'witches market'! The streets are...
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Museums La Paz
15 Reviews 'Calle Jaen' is a small street with several old colonial buildings from the 18th century. Four of the buildings are now converted into museums with different themes (’Museo Costumbrista Juan de...
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Iglesia San Francisco La Paz
14 Reviews Construction on the original San Francisco Church began on this site in 1548, one year before the founding of La Paz. The church collapsed under the weight of snow in 1610 and was reconstructed in...
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La Paz Downtown La Paz
17 Reviews I took a tour from a company called La Paz Walking Tours. It was a great experience for me because they show me all the main sights plus other places that I wouldn't find by my own!! They told me that...
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Road To Coroico La Paz
6 Reviews Picture the scene, 4700, above sea level, 7.30am, it is freezing. You are about to decend to 1400m over the next few hours, biking down a road that is steep, loose gravel, and has a 600m vertical drop...
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Tiwanaku La Paz
6 Reviews Tiwanaku or in Spanish 'Tiahuanacu' is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site near La Paz. It is recognised as one of the most important influences on the Inca Empire being the religious and...
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Sucre's Casa de la Libertad has enormous significance with Bolivians as it was here in 1825 that Bolivia's decalration of independence was signed. It is an interesting museum if you are interested in modern history.Opening hours: Tue-Sat 9am-12 midday & 2.30-7pm, sun 9am-12 middayAdmission: Bs.10
Sucre is the official capital of Bolivia. It's an attractive, colonial city, with a big student population. It was founded in 1538 and has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1991.It has lots of museums, colonial buildings, churches, bars and restaurants to delight the traveller.
Iglesia de San Francisco is the oldest church in La Paz. The foundation stone for the original San Francisco church was laid here in 1548, a year before the city of La Paz was even founded. The current church building largely dates from 18th century reconstruction.
This is another of the four Calle Jaén museums which you can visit on the combined ticket for 4 bolivianos. It is the former home of General Murillo, who was hanged by the Spaniards in 1810 for his leading role in the independence movement. It is an attractive 18th century mansion built around a courtyard.
La Paz was founded by the Spanish conquistador Alonso de Mendoza in 1548. It is a very hilly city so you will find yourself constantly walking up and down steep sloping streets. It is the highest national "capital" in the world and its altitude ranges from 3100m to 4058m. I have written "capital" because it now shares that title with Sucre, but the presidential palace and all of the main government buildings are still here.The first thing you will notice, apart from the fact that it is incredibly hilly, is how congested it is, with narrow streets and every available patch of land built on. It's hard to believe that its population is only 1.5 million.The downtown area has grand buildings, markets and many museums. One of the best things to do is visit the four Calle Jaén museums. Firstly, because they are in the most attractive old colonial area of the city and secondly because four...
La Paz' s Museum of Pre-Columbian precious metals has a pricelss collection of gold and silver coins, jewellery and artifacts.It is one of the four Calle Jaén museums you can visit on a combined ticket for just 4 bolivianos.
Museo del Litoral Boliviano is one of the four Calle Jaén museums which you can visit on a combined ticket for just 4 bolivianos. It focuses on military history with an emphasis on the War of the Pacific with Chile (1879-84).
Peru's Presidential Palace is nicknamed the Burnt Palace because of the number of times angry mobs have set fire to it! As recently as 1946 a rioting mob dragged the president out of here and hanged him from a lamppost in front of his palace. Plaza Murillo is actually named after another president who was dragged out and hanged, back in 1810, but he is still revered as a national hero because the people who hanged him were Spaniards. It's obviously not all plain sailing being the president of Bolivia although nowadays the ceremonial guards in front of the palace, in their colourful uniforms, mainly seem to be there for tourists to photograph.
While you are in La Paz there are several agencies who offer this daily trip. make sure to book it few days before if you really want to do it and don't have mch time. In every Hostel ar other accomodation you go you can surely fond somebody who take care for the reservations. If you know how to ride a byke you shouln't have any problems woth this tour. It's a lot of adrenalina and it really worths to do it!
Great experience.. high adrenaline .. see something you have never seen before.Mines are all active and you see miners working around you.! Listen to some great life story, feel the miners happiness and got to know the high sense of humor they show and share with tourists.Bring some good present to them in order to be more well accepted (remember they are still working and risking their life), usually explosives, coca leaves, water and orange juices are well accepted. For more info check also warning and dangerous!
Residencial Rosario La Paz
7 Reviews and 211 Opinions Hotel Rosario is pretty nice. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The rooms are very clean and...
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Q: Hi. Can anyone help me with the best way to get from La Paz to Salar de Uyuni to Arica? We plan to take a 2-4 day tour in...
A: Anna, I don't actually know how to do it but when I did the Salar de Uyuni tour in 2003, there was a Dutch couple that got off at the little station near Laguna Blanco...
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