La Paz

A dense market alley where vendors sell dried llama foetuses, herbal remedies, and ritual offerings used in Aymara ceremonies.

A network of cable cars spanning the city and El Alto that doubles as cheap public transit while delivering panoramic views of the snow-capped Illimani.

An otherworldly landscape of eroded clay spires and labyrinthine canyons on the city's southern edge that took millions of years of wind and rain to sculpt.

Housed in a colonial mansion, this museum holds one of the finest collections of Andean textiles, masks, and ceremonial costumes in South America.

A hilltop viewpoint above the Villa Pabón neighbourhood where locals gather at dusk to watch the entire canyon city light up against the Andean backdrop.

A sprawling neighbourhood market where paceños shop for fresh produce, and market women ladle out steaming api morado and buñuelos from giant clay pots.

A small colonial-era tambo converted into a museum displaying carnival masks, early photographic portraits of La Paz, and locally crafted silverwork.

One of the best-preserved colonial streets in the city, lined with ochre walls and home to four intimate museums that charge just a few bolivianos entry.

Claus Meyer's celebrated restaurant champions indigenous Bolivian ingredients — from chairo broth to Amazonian fish — in a tasting menu format with sweeping city views.

A sophisticated Sopocachi restaurant blending European techniques with Bolivian produce, known for its carefully sourced meats and an impressive Bolivian wine list.

A plant-based fine-dining restaurant that transforms Andean tubers, quinoa, and native herbs into elegant multi-course menus that have put Bolivian vegan cuisine on the map.

A lively Sopocachi bar fitted out with retro Bolivian industrial salvage where singani cocktails and cold beers fuel a regular crowd of locals and long-term expats.

A longtime backpacker institution in the city centre serving cold Paceña beer, pub food, and pool tables in a reliably convivial, no-frills atmosphere.

A Sopocachi stalwart for live jazz, folk, and Andean fusion where musicians play late into the night in an intimate room thick with cigarette smoke and good noise.

La Paz's most internationally connected electronic music venue, hosting touring DJs in a converted space with serious sound design and a committed local dance crowd.

A cosy venue near the Prado that morphs from a daytime café into a late-night spot for live Andean folk music and singani-based cocktails on weekend evenings.

The city's main cultural centre hosts evening concerts, traditional dance performances, and folkloric events that showcase the full breadth of Bolivian performing arts.