Be a Local - La Paz Walking Tour

5.0 (305 reviews) 2–3 hours Free cancellation Private tour

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About this activity

BE A Local it’s a walking tour focus on showing, and teaching about unique and quirky, aspects of La Paz, and on thrusdays and sundays el Alto City. Teaching you us much as we can from a local’s perspective, and taking you to the unseen routes and alleyways of this two high metropolis.

Be a local takes you through the city of La Paz, exploring paths where not many tourists go and see. Extended Tour on Thursdays and Sundays includes: Teleférico, flea market and Cholitas Wrestling show

We advise you to bring the following:

Comfortable shoes

Extra money

Sunglasses and sunscreen

Water

Camera

Private and Luxury Private Sightseeing Tours Cultural Tours Historical Tours Walking Tours Excellent Quality Short term availability Weather Dependent - Weather-Proof

At a glance

Duration: 2–3 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English, Spanish
Operated by: Altitude Travel

Ages: Children (5–17 years) · Adults (18–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Local Tour Guide (English-Speaking)

Not included

Not included: Snacks: Does not include food and drinks
Not included: Tips and Extras not mentioned in the Program

Itinerary

Plaza Murillo

40 min

Located in La Paz’s Casco Viejo, or old town, is a lively plaza framed by some of the city’s most important political buildings.
Mercado Lanza

30 min

Conveniently located in the center of La Paz is one of the city’s largest and most uniquely-designed food markets.
Iglesia de San Francisco

30 min

One of La Paz’s most important and historical landmarks is the San Francisco church (Iglesia de San Francisco), also known as the San Francisco Basilica (Basílica de San Francisco).
Mercado de Las Brujas

40 min

“Do you have any dried llama fetuses?”

“How about a spell to punish a cheating lover?”

“Perhaps a little something to help altitude sickness then?”

For those suffering an ailment, searching for wealth or looking to exact revenge on a cheating partner, La Paz’s Witches Market (Mercado de Hechecería or Mercado de las Brujas), is the place to go for a variety of potions, medicinal plants, spells and spiritual advice.
Iglesia de San Pedro

40 min

Located only meters away from the tranquil Plaza San Pedro, lies one of the word’s most notorious and corrupt institutions, San Pedro Prison.

What makes San Pedro so interesting are the conditions in which around 1500 of Bolivia’s most hardened criminals live. A society within itself, the prison contains shops and restaurants run by inmates, women and children living voluntarily with imprisoned family members and ironically, some of the country’s busiest cocaine laboratories.
Stop 6

30 min

The manicured gardens the statues, the park benches that line the Midway between the vehicle traffic going and coming from downtown was pretty cool. El Prado is also surrounded by huge office buildings housing many restaurants.
Stop 7

20 min

Avenida Camacho: One of the most important and traditional avenues of the City of La Paz, is located in the city center. Its route begins at the Obelisk Square and ends at the former Municipal Zoo, also known as Monkey Park. This avenue was named in homage to the former President of the Republic, Eliodoro Camacho.