La Paz
La Paz鈥檚 best-preserved colonial street is home to four small museums. They are all clustered together and can generally be bundled into one visit. Buy鈥
La Paz
A mad carnival of jostling pedestrians, honking, diesel-spewing minivans, street marches, and cavalcades of vendors, La Paz surrounds you: you'll love it, you'll hate it, but you can't ignore it. The city seems to reinvent itself at every turn 鈥 a jaw-dropping subway in the sky brings you from the heights of El Alto to the depths of Zona Sur in the blink of an eye. Standing hotels are remodeled at a manic pace, and new boutique hotels are springing up like rows of altiplano corn.
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Must-see attractions
La Paz
The city鈥檚 most unusual market lies along Calles Jim茅nez and Linares between Sag谩rnaga and Av Mariscal Santa Cruz, amid lively tourist artesan铆as (stores鈥
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This colonial building was constructed in 1775 of pink sandstone and has been restored to its original grandeur, in mestizo (mixed) baroque and Andino鈥
Museo de Textiles Andinos Bolivianos
La Paz
Fans of Bolivia鈥檚 lovely traditional weaving consider this small textile museum a must-see. Examples of the country鈥檚 finest traditional textiles 鈥
Museo de Etnograf铆a y Folklore
La Paz
Anthropology buffs should check out this museum, one of the city's best. The building, itself a real treasure, was constructed in 1720 and was once the鈥
La Paz
The hewed stone basilica of San Francisco was founded in 1548 by Fray Francisco de los 脕ngeles. The original structure collapsed under heavy snowfall鈥
La Paz
Although it鈥檚 a relatively recent addition to La Paz鈥檚 religious structures, the 1835 cathedral is impressive 鈥 mostly because it is built on a steep鈥
La Paz
As in many Latin American cemeteries, bodies are first buried in the Western way or are placed in a crypt. Then, within 10 years, they are disinterred and鈥
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