Start taking your high altitude medicine days before you get here, and you’ll be good if a bit breathless! This Andean city is so pretty, and the cable car system makes getting around a fun and inexpensive breeze as well as a sightseeing adventure. Plaza Murillo, Valley of the Moon, good eats, a bustling colonial area, engineering wonders… there is enough to keep one busy for a few days. Do not miss the Thursday and Sunday market in El Alto…the largest market in South America. Must admit, it will be hard to go back to Starbucks after Juan Valdez Cafe!! Stay at the Stannum Boutique Hotel and Spa, located steps from a cable car stop…2 lines…at a mall, in the very walkable upscale Sopocachi. The views from this boutique hotel are amazing and the staff superb!
