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In-Depth Information
Airport
Mercado Negro
Cochabamba, Cal Orko & Bus Station
Parque
Bolivar
SUCRE
Corte Suprema
de Justicia
ACCOMMODATION
Alojamiento La Plata
Casa de Huéspedes
San Marco
Hostal Charcas
La Dolce Vita
La Escondida
Hostal San Francisco
Hostal Wasi Masi
7
4
6
1
3
5
2
Teatro Gran Mariscal
PLAZA DE LA
LIBERTAD
2
Mercado
Central
Hospital de
Santa Bárbara
ENTEL
EATING, DRINKING
AND NIGHTLIFE
Abi's Café
Amsterdam Café Bar
Bibliocafé
Café Gourmet Mirador
La Casona
Churrasquería Cumaná
Flavour
Florín
Joy Ride Café
Kultur Café Berlin
Las Orígenes
Pizzeria Napolitana
La Taverne
San Francisco
Santa
Mónica
4
3
8
13
10
2
11
6
7
9
12
5
1
Facultad de Derecho
Banco de
Santa Cruz
University
Alcaldia Municipal
Banco
Nacional
de Bolivia
San
Agustín
Casa de la Libertad
PLAZA 25 DE MAYO
Dino
Truck
Prefectura
Catedral
Basilica
Santo Domingo
Santa Teresa
Punto Entel
Fast Clean
Laundry
Museo de la Catedral
N
Migración
San
Felipe Neri
Museo-Convento
Santa Clara
Museo
Universitario
Charcas
0
100
San Lázaro
La Merced
metres
PLAZA
COCHABAMBA
Cine Sas
Potosí
& Tarabuco
The Catedral and Iglesia de
San Miguel
Sucre's sixteenth-century Catedral is
situated on Plaza 25 de Mayo and is
open on Sundays only; next door is the
Museo de la Catedral
(Calle Nicolás
Ortiz 61; Mon-Sat 10am-noon &
3-5pm, Sat 10am-noon; B$20), which
has a wonderful collection of important
religious relics.
Half a block northwest of Plaza 25 de
Mayo along Calle Arenales, the modest
whitewashed Baroque facade of the
Iglesia de San Miguel
(sporadic opening
hours; best to visit during Sunday Mass
between 6.30pm and 8pm), completed
in 1621, conceals one of the most lavish
church interiors in Sucre, with glorious
carved Baroque altarpieces covered in
gold leaf and an exquisite panelled
Mudéjar ceiling.
Museo de Arte Indígena
The fascinating
Museo de Arte Indígena
(Mon-Fri 9am-noon & 2.30-6.30pm; Sat
9.30am-noon & 2-6pm; B$22 including
tours;
W
asur.org.bo/en/museum), at Pasaje
Iturricha 314 opposite
Hotel Kolping
in
the Zona Recoleta, is dedicated to the
distinctive weavings of two local Quechua-
speaking indigenous groups, the Jalq'a
and the Tarabuqueños, and provides an
excellent insight into a distinctly Andean
artistic expression.
Museo Universitario Charcas
On Bolívar, at Dalence, is the rambling but
worthwhile
Museo Universitario Charcas
(Mon-Fri 8.30am-noon & 2.30-6pm,
Sat 9am-noon & 3-6pm; B$15), housed
in a delightful seventeenth-century
mansion. It is really four museums in one,
combining the university's archeological,
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