Mercado Uruguay

A vibrant neighborhood market in the heart of Sopocachi, Mercado Uruguay offers Andean produce, fresh meats and humble eateries — far from tourist circuits, at the heart of local Paceño life.

Yungas Valley

Northeast of La Paz, the Yungas valley links the Altiplano to the tropical rainforest: Coroico, El Choro trek, Death Road and Afro-Bolivian villages.

La Susana mine

Abandoned silver and tin mines at 4,000 m on the western slope of Ancohuma, a key stop on the trek to Laguna Glaciar and the Cordillera Real.

Tiquina Strait

An 800-metre passage linking the two basins of Lake Titicaca, Tiquina Strait is the mandatory stop on the route between La Paz and Copacabana.

Mururata Mountain

Mururata, a truncated summit at 5,775 m in the Bolivian Royal Cordillera: Aymara legends, demanding ascent from Choquecota and threatened glacier.

National Museum of Archaeology in La Paz

Bolivia's premier museum, it houses over 50,000 artifacts tracing Andean and Amazonian civilizations from the 2nd millennium BC to the colonial period.

Moon Valley

Just 10 km from La Paz, Moon Valley reveals a landscape of erosion obelisks named by Neil Armstrong. Trails, cacti and legends in half a day.

Cimetière de La Paz

La Paz Cemetery

National necropolis and repository of funerary art, La Paz's general cemetery brings together military heroes, artists and Andean traditions of death.

Iskanwaya Archaeological Site

Dubbed the « Machu Picchu of Bolivia », Iskanwaya is a pre-Incan city of the Mollo culture, perched above the Llica river, 280 km north of La Paz.

La Paz Cholitas Market

Markets, bowler hats, Pollera skirts and female Lucha Libre wrestling in El Alto: your guide to understanding and meeting the Cholitas of La Paz.