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In-Depth Information
ated with
artesanía
. You can often negotiate a discount. It's not wonderful but it's the
best hotel in town.
Hotel de Turismo
HOTEL $
( 423390; laquiacahotel@gmail.com; cnr Árabe Siria & San Martín; s/d AR$230/330; )
In
decline but acceptable, this hotel offers adequate heated rooms with parquet floors and
decent bathrooms. The restaurant (mains AR$40 to AR$80) is the town's most reliable
eating option.
Information
Change money on the Bolivian side of the border or at the bus terminal. Call centers and
internet places abound.
Banco Macro
(Árabe Siria 441)
Has an ATM.
Information Kiosk
(Av España s/n; 10am-1pm & 4-8pm)
Run by a hostel, this offers de-
cent information opposite the bus terminal.
Tourist Office
(
422644; turismo@laquiaca.com.ar;
7am-7pm)
Branches at the border,
and at the southern entrance to town. Often shut.
Getting There & Away
The chaotic
bus terminal
(cnr Belgrano & España)
has frequent connections to Jujuy
(AR$70, four to five hours), Salta (AR$150, 7 hours), and good-value services to Buenos
Aires (AR$520, 28 hours). There is no transportation to Bolivia, but a few Argentine
long-distance buses leave directly from Villazón's bus station.
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Yavi
03885 / POP 210 / ELEV 3440M
Picturesque, indigenous Yavi, 16km east of La Quiaca via paved RP 5, is a great detour
and lazy little hideaway, with the tumbledown romanticism of its adobe streets and two
fascinating colonial-era buildings.
Sights & Activities
