🇧🇴 La Paz
Bolivia · City · Latin America
🌤 High-altitude 📅 Best time: May-October 🌡 9 ⏱ 3-5 days 💰 Budget ~€30/day
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Climate
🌤 High-altitude
Best time
📅 May-October
Temperature
🌡 9
Ideal stay
⏱ 3-5 days
Budget
💰 Budget · ~€30/day
Continent
🌍 Latin America
📍 About La Paz
The highest city in the world with a government and the longest cable car in the world. La Paz, the Salar de Uyuni, and Lake Titicaca.
🗺️ What to do & see in La Paz
- ✅Ride the highest urban cable car in the world
- ✅Explore the bustling Witches' Market
- ✅Take a bike tour on the Death Road
- ✅Visit the Moon Valley and its clay formations
- ✅Stroll through Murillo Square and the cathedral
- ✅Discover the nearby Lake Titicaca and its islands
🏛️ Must-see attractions in La Paz
- ⭐La Paz urban cable cars
- ⭐Witches' Market
- ⭐Moon Valley
- ⭐Murillo Square
- ⭐San Francisco Church
- ⭐Jaen colonial street
🍽️ Local cuisine in La Paz
- 🍴Saltena, a juicy meat and broth-filled empanada
- 🍴Pique macho, a dish of meat, sausage, potatoes, and egg
- 🍴Anticuchos, grilled beef heart skewers
- 🍴Api, a hot and purple corn drink
- 🍴Singani, a typical Bolivian grape spirit
💡 Travel tips for La Paz
- 💡The best time is from May to October, in the dry season
- 💡La Paz is the highest government seat in the world, acclimate
- 💡Altitude sickness is common, rest and drink coca tea
- 💡Wear warm clothing, nights are cold all year round
- 💡The cable car is public transportation and offers spectacular views
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