Bolivia
The highest capital in the world, a salt flat the size of a country, and prices from another decade. Altitude shapes every day of the trip.
Bolivia in ten slides
Wikipedia · 4 Sep 2026
Best time to visit Bolivia: May–Oct
Where people go in Bolivia
- La Paz3 days is about right
- Cochabamba
- Sucre
- Oruro
- Santa Cruz
- Santa Ana
What people go to see in Bolivia
The Basilica of San Francisco in the city of La Paz, Bolivia, is a Catholic church under the advocation of Francis of Assisi. It is located in the center of the city, in the square that bears its name, Plaza San Francisco.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 11 Jul 2026
Parallelepiped09 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, also called La Paz Cathedral, is a cathedral and minor basilica is located in Murillo Square in the city of La Paz in Bolivia. It was built in 1835 with a neoclassical architecture with Baroque elements. It has an interior consisting of five naves with different layers.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 12 Jul 2026
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The Coca Museum is a museum located on Calle Linares in La Paz, Bolivia. It covers the history of the coca plant from the Andean region and related drug cocaine. The museum is associated with the International Coca Research Institute (ICORI), which is based in Amsterdam, with both having been founded in 1996 by renowned Bolivian scientist Jorge Hurtado.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 19 May 2026
Micah MacAllen from Travel Bums, Latin America · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mi Teleférico, also known as Teleférico La Paz–El Alto, is an aerial cable car urban transit system serving the La Paz–El Alto metropolitan area in Bolivia. As of October 2019, the system consists of 26 stations along ten lines: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, White, Sky Blue, Purple, Brown, and Silver. Further lines and extensions are in planning or construction.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 29 Aug 2026
Empresa Estatal de Transporte por Cable Mi Teleférico · Public domain
The National Museum of Art, Palacio Diez de Medina is a museum in the city of La Paz, Bolivia. It has an important permanent collection of colonial paintings, including canvases by Melchor Pérez de Holguín and Gregorio Gamarra.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 9 Jul 2026
Yolipy · CC BY-SA 4.0
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz, is the seat of government of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, it is the third-most populous city in Bolivia. Its metropolitan area, which includes the neighboring city of El Alto, and other smaller towns, is the second most populous urban area in Bolivia, with a population of 2.2 million, after Santa Cruz de la Sierra with a population of 2.3 million.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2 Sep 2026
Parallelepiped09 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Pre-Columbian Precious Metals Museum is a museum located in the city of La Paz, Bolivia. This museum was inaugurated in 1984. It operates on Jaén Street, in a historic building that is part of Bolivia's cultural heritage, with monumental status.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 May 2026
Yurizzama · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Witches' Market, also known as El Mercado de las Brujas and La Hechiceria, is a popular tourist attraction located in Cerro Cumbre, a mountain clearing in La Paz, Bolivia. It is located in the street of Linares, El Rosario neighborhood, but also extends to the streets of Jiménez, Santa Cruz and Illampu. The market was named as a way to be recognizable for foreigners, due the high amount of visitors.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 Aug 2025
Dan Lundberg · CC BY-SA 2.0
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