Quietly located in the crater of an extinct ancient volcano, surrounded by majestic Andes, the Bolivian city of La Paz amazes with its scale. Its population, together with the suburbs, is more than one and a half million people, and the total area exceeds 255 square kilometers. At the same time, La Paz continues to grow, covering all new areas on hard-to-reach mountain slopes. And this is at an altitude of more than 3.5 thousand meters above sea level! About the sights of the highest mountain capital of the world and will go further.
Three times "the most": 3 main pride of La Paz
About the first title of "the highest mountain capital of the world" we already mentioned above. However, the city of Sucre is legally the capital of Bolivia. But in fact, the cultural and political center of the country has always been, is and will be La Paz.
Also, the city has two more incontestable titles of "the world's most". One of them is due to the famous football stadium named after Hernando Siles, located at an altitude of 3601 m above sea level. He is recognized as the highest stadium in the world, where international matches are allowed. And the city boasts the most high-altitude international airport in the world - El Alto.
City of contrasts: the main attractions of La Paz
Something, and there are plenty of attractions to satisfy the needs of even the most experienced traveler in La Paz. First of all, the city is striking with its amazing architecture. Here, majestic skyscrapers, colonial buildings of the Spanish period and poor shacks built according to the traditions of their ancestors peacefully coexist. Of particular interest to tourists is precisely the colonial architecture, perfectly preserved to this day: the Murillo square, the Presidential Palace, the Cathedral, the Palace of Justice.
The whole color of Bolivia
Those who are not surprised by architectural beauties, we advise you to visit places where you can fully experience the local flavor. For example, to visit the famous Wicked Market in Bolivia, where sellers are the real sorcerers and shamans. Here you can easily buy incredible things from harmless amulets-souvenirs for relatives and ending with dried mummies of embryos of animals for rituals.
It boasts La Paz and one more place unique in its kind of coke museum. Having visited it, you not only learn a lot of new and interesting things about this plant, but you can personally taste a couple of leaves of the forbidden bush.