Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Eating
Unfortunately, eating options are pretty poor here and on Sunday everything is closed; eat
at your hotel if you can. If you are on a budget try the following, all on the plaza.
Club Social $$
(mains B$30-50)
Arguably the best in town, at least at weekends, when it serves up juicy
churrasco
(steak) for all and sundry. Á la carte menu during the week. It's on the west
side of the plaza.
INTERNATIONAL
Bar-Restaurant Renacer Princezinha $$
(mains B$25-50)
Fortunately, the name of this place isn't the only mouthful on offer here.
Basic, filling fare will help you fuel your mission tour. On the south side of the plaza.
BOLIVIAN
Information
The Casa de la Cultura on the southwest corner of the plaza houses a small
tourist office
(
8am-noon & 2:30-6:30pm Mon-Fri)
. There is now an ATM in town.
Getting There & Away
Micros
leave from their respective offices scattered inconveniently around the market dis-
trict, a B$5 moto-taxi ride from the center. Cover your luggage to prevent it from arriving
with a thick coating of red dust. An 11am service with 131 del Este runs to Santa Cruz
(B$70, 11 hours) via San Javier and Concepción, and there is sometimes a second depar-
ture in the evening.
Several companies run an overly complicated timetable to San José via either San
Miguel or Santa Ana (sometimes depending on the day of departure). Departure times
change constantly and it is worth inquiring locally about your onward trip on arrival. It
can be extremely frustrating if you intend to stop off briefly at San Miguel or Santa Ana
en route - necessitating an overnight stay. Consider haggling with a taxi driver to visit
these towns. A full-day round-trip should cost around B$300 if the roads are in good con-
dition.
SAN MIGUEL DE VELASCO
3 / POP 10,300
Sleepy San Miguel hides in the scrub, 37km from San Ignacio. Its
church
was founded in
1721 and is, according to the late Hans Roth, the most accurately restored of all the
