| Have you ever wondered what it is like to go shopping | | | | biggest export is tin. |
| at 3660 meters above sea level? La Paz is the place | | | | As the city grows, it gets higher climbing up the |
| to come, being nestled in the Bolivian Andean mountain | | | | surrounding mountains to expand. Interestingly higher |
| range La Paz in the highest city in world. | | | | land is cheaper than lower land, with the upper classes |
| While most first time visitors take a few hours to | | | | living lower than the higher. |
| adjust to the height, La Paz's residents have adjusted | | | | La Paz is a key stop for tourists while exploring the |
| and can perform their daily life routines with no | | | | Andean mountain range. Being close to Lake Titicaca, |
| problems. The city is not a favorite for international | | | | La Paz attracted visitors that have travelled to Puno |
| football tournaments as it takes international players | | | | and onward to Cusco for the Inca trail. La Paz though |
| some time to adjust, but makes for an interesting | | | | has a number of tourist attractions of its own that |
| game of football. | | | | wows its visitors. |
| Bolivia is one of the most indigenous nations in South | | | | Fantastic views can be found over the city from the |
| America, with a big Aymara influence in the form of | | | | many vistas around the city, seeing the urban sprawl |
| clothes, music, food and of course festivals. | | | | with mountains dotting the landscape is a unique sight. |
| La Paz was founded in 1548 by the Spanish as a stop | | | | Religion was a large part of colonial life in Bolivia, like |
| off between the surrounding mining towns and Lima | | | | many nations in the region and so the grand San |
| where products would be exported to Spain. | | | | Francisco Cathedral was constructed. The Cathedral |
| However, it did not become the Capital of Bolivia until | | | | dates back to 1549 and is one of the finest examples |
| 1898, which further fuelled the cities development. | | | | of colonial religious architecture in South America. |
| Bolivia, like most Latin American countries had an | | | | Visitors can also go to the Mercado de Hechiceria |
| export led economy and so it developed infrastructure | | | | (Witches Market), where you can see items that locals |
| to stimulate export use. The construction of the | | | | use to protect themselves against evil spirits. |
| railway system, linking city with the Pacific and Atlantic | | | | One of the most well known sites in the city is visible |
| coast cemented the cities position as a regional trade | | | | from the Killi Killi watch tower, which is in the southern |
| hub, bringing further prosperity to the City of La Paz. | | | | part of the city. From here you can see the interesting |
| This is still the case today with the nation holding high | | | | geological shapes and illusions of the Moon Valley. |
| levels of oil and mineral reserves. One of the country's | | | | |