Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Parador Santa Maria La Real
Bolivar 625 04 6439592,
parador.com.bo
.
Sucre's
best hotel is a joy: a painstakingly-renovated colonial building housing elegant rooms with
period furnishings, arched ceilings and sinks fashioned from old Singer sewing machine
stands. There
's also a r
oof terrace, and a jacuzzi with vistas over the city. Free internet and
wi-fi access.
Bs560 ($80)
La Posada
Audiencia 92 04 6460101,
hotellaposada.com.bo
.
This top-end hotel boasts
beautiful gardens, a superb restaurant and very professional service. The rooms, meanwhile,
have
exposed w
ooden beams, whitewashed walls and all the modern comforts you would ex-
pect.
Bs360 ($51)
EATING, DRINKING AND NIGHTLIFE
Sucre has a good variety of restaurants (a disproportionate number of which are run by Dutch
expats) where you can get everything from the spicy local cuisine to authentic internation-
al dishes. If you're on a budget, the
Mercado Central
, at the junction of calles Ravelo and
Arce, has inexpensive meals. Several restaurants host frequent performances of
Andean folk
music
, and some double as late-night drinking spots.
RESTAURANTS
Los Balcones
Plaza 25 de Mayo.
The main meals at this smart first-floor restaurant are over-
priced, but the four-course set almuerzo (Bs40) - featuring meat-heavy dishes and a well-
stocked salad bar -is worth checking out, particularly if you can nab one of the tables on the
balcony overlooking the plaza. Live folk music on Fri nights.
Daily for lunch and dinner.
El Huerto
Ladislao Cabrera 86.
Ask a local for the best restaurant in town, and the chances
are they'll direct you here. The menu features excellent meat, chicken and fish dishes
(Bs25-60) cooked to both traditional Bolivian and international recipes and served in a beau-
tiful garden. It is some distance north of the city centre, but well worth the taxi fare (around
Bs10).
Thurs-Sun for dinner and Mon-Wed for lunch.
Locot's Café Aventura
Bolívar 465.
Popular travellers' restaurant-bar serving good break-
fasts and Bolivian, Mexican and Italian dishes (mains Bs20-50) in an attractive space. The
building reputedly once served as the stables for one of Bolivia's most notorious presidents,
Mariano Melgarejo - infamous for trading a valuable swath of Bolivian territory to Brazil for
a white horse.
Daily 7am-late; happy hour Thurs-Sat 10-11pm.
New Hong Kong
San Alberto 242.
The obligatory photos of the Great Wall, red lanterns
and paper fans are all present and correct at this
chifa
, as well as a menu of tasty fried rice,
noodles and Cantonese stir-fry dishes. Mains Bs25-50, almuerzos Bs30-35.
Mon-Sat for
lunch and dinner.
