Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Fiesta de la Virgen de Cande- laria
Pilgrims descend on Copacabana for three days of
drunken revelry and to honor the town's patron saint (
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Phujllay
For a look at Bolivia's Inca roots, check out this two-day celebration that in-
cludes a Quechua mass and feast (
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Willkakuti
On the winter solstice Bolivians celebrate Aymará New Year with offerings at
Tiwanaku (
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Fiesta del Santo Patrono de Moxos
The Amazon's biggest bash includes fireworks,
masses, dancing, feasts and wild costumes (
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Cultural Exploration
Extraordinary cultural experiences are to be had across Bolivia. The culturally curious
will love learning about the nation's unique indigenous imprint, history and modern-day
trends by exploring archaeological sites, well-preserved colonial cities, markets and mys-
tical cathedrals and missions.
Sucre
Bolivia's white city remains an intellectual stronghold, home to some of the na-
tion's best museums and architecture (
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Potosí
This colonial city fueled Bolivia's economy for hundreds of years - the city center
is not to be missed (
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Tiwanaku
Bolivia's best-known pre-Inca site has large ceremonial platforms, monoliths
and a mysterious arch that may have been an ancient calendar (
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Markets
Culture lives on every day in La Paz' markets, where Quechua, Aymará, Span-
ish, English and German are heard on nearly every corner (
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Jesuit Missions Circuit
There's a mystical air to the missions of the Chiquitania region
outside Santa Cruz (
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Tarija
Indulge your senses in Bolivia's wine country (
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