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Prices are high, but this store returns the highest percentage to the weavers themselves.
You can sometimes see weavers at work in the patio.
ARTS & CRAFTS
Pacha Mama
(Audiencia 76)
A new store with the biggest and best selection of local
artesanías
in
town. Aymará owner Sayda Quispe offers some of his own jewellery and clothing designs.
It's also a sales point for Lonely Planet books.
Information
Emergency
Tourist police
(
648-0467; Plazuela Zudáñez)
Sucre has long enjoyed a reputation as
one of Bolivia's safest towns, but occasionally visitors are harassed by bogus police or
'fake tourists.' If you have a problem, report it to the tourist police.
Immigration
Migración
(
645-3647; Bustillos 284;
8:30am-4:30pm Mon-Fri)
A no-fuss place to
extend visas and lengths of stay.
Laundry
Lavandería LG
(Loa 407; per kg B$12; daily)
Delivers to hotels.
Limpecable
(Pérez 331, in Supermercado SAS; per kg B$12;
daily)
8:30am-8pm Mon-
Sat)
Medical Services
Hospital Santa Bárbara
(
646-0133; cnr Ayacucho & René Moreno)
Good hospital.
Money
ATMs are located all around the city center but not at the bus station. Businesses with
'Compro Dólares'
signs only change cash. Street money changers, who operate outside
the market along Av Hernando Siles, are handy on weekends when banks are closed but
check rates beforehand.
