Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Eating & Drinking
BARBECUE
Churrasquería Patujú $$
(6 de Agosto; mains B$30-50)
This place serves up tasty, good-value steak-oriented
meals. The best place for a decent feed in the town center.
Churrasquería Sujal $$
(mains B$35-55)
This out-of-town steakhouse is a nice, quiet place, most readily access-
ible by moto-taxi (B$15).
BARBECUE
ICE CREAM
Heladería Pato Roca $
(main plaza; ice cream B$5-20)
Renowned for its mountainous fruit and ice-cream cre-
ations.
Snack Bar Antonella $
(main plaza; mains B$15-30)
Pleasant place for a beer and a snack as you watch the world
go round the plaza.
FAST FOOD
Shopping
Thanks to its designation as a duty-free zone (authorities couldn't fight the illicit trade, so
they decided to sanction it), Guayaramerín is a shopper's mecca. There's nothing of ex-
ceptional interest, but there are lots of counterfeit brand-name shoes and clothes, and fake
brand-name electronic goods. For
artesanía,
visit Caritas, near the airfield, which sells
locally produced wooden carvings for reasonable prices.
Information
There is a slow internet connection at
Masas
(per hr B$5)
just off the plaza. A block east
855-3766; Beni & 24 de Septiembre; 9am-5pm Mon-Sat)
issues visas in three days.
Money changers hanging around the port area deal in US dollars, Brazilian
reais
and
bolivianos.
Prodem
on the corner of the plaza can give you cash advances on Visa and
MasterCard.
