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La Paz City Walk: Exploring Culture, History, and Landmarks
4.8
258 Ratings
La Paz
Embark on a 3-hour guided walking tour of La Paz to immerse yourself in the rich culture, history, and landmarks of this captivating Bolivian city.
Embark on a 3-hour guided walking tour of La Paz to immerse yourself in the rich culture, history, and landmarks of this captivating Bolivian city.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Mi Teleferico - The journey begins at the San Francisco Church, followed by a visit to the witches’ market in La Paz, San Pedro Square, and a view of the infamous jail from the outside. Participants will then board various cable car lines to enjoy a bird’s-eye view of the city. The tour continues to the witches’ market in El Alto, which offers a…
- Mi Teleferico - The journey begins at the San Francisco Church, followed by a visit to the witches’ market in La Paz, San Pedro Square, and a view of the infamous jail from the outside. Participants will then board various cable car lines to enjoy a bird’s-eye view of the city. The tour continues to the witches’ market in El Alto, which offers a distinct experience compared to the one in La Paz. On Thursdays and Sundays, there is an opportunity to explore a portion of the vast flea market in the area. The tour then returns to La Paz to explore the charming Jaen Street, followed by a visit to the main square to admire the cathedral and government buildings. The journey concludes with a stroll through open-air markets and various shops, ending back at the San Francisco Church.
What's Included
- Local guide
- Local guide
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
Embark on a captivating 3-hour guided stroll around La Paz, where you’ll uncover the intriguing culture of this high-altitude Bolivian city. Listen to the tales, historical accounts, and legendary stories associated with its buildings and streets. Joined by a local guide and a maximum of 15 fellow explorers, you’ll traverse the Witches Market and behold…
Embark on a captivating 3-hour guided stroll around La Paz, where you’ll uncover the intriguing culture of this high-altitude Bolivian city. Listen to the tales, historical accounts, and legendary stories associated with its buildings and streets. Joined by a local guide and a maximum of 15 fellow explorers, you’ll traverse the Witches Market and behold the La Paz Cathedral, while discovering the notorious past of San Pedro Prison.
- Dress code is smart casual
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Operates in all weather conditions. Please dress appropriately
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
Location
Basilica of Saint Francis
Sagarnaga
We meet in front of the main door of San Fransisco church. Our guides wear and orange and beige vest with the HANAQPACHA TRAVEL logo on the back and WALKING CITY TOUR below the logo.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(258 Ratings)
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Antonio_s
Jan 15, 2026
This walking tour was a... - This walking tour was a fantastic way to get to know La Paz. Our guide was friendly, knowledgeable, and shared a lot of interesting context about the city’s history, culture, and daily life. The group size was small, which made it easy to ask questions and stay engaged throughout the tour.
The highlight was definitely taking the cable cars up to El Alto — the views over La Paz are incredible and give you a completely different perspective of the city. The visit to El Alto felt authentic and informative, not rushed at all.
Overall, it was a well-organized, insightful experience and a great introduction to both La Paz and El Alto. Highly recommended, especially if it’s your first time in the city.
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Sarbari_m
Jan 14, 2026
Good tour - Great walking tour. Kelly the guide was friendly and shared good information with us. It was a small group. We went on a Sunday evening, I'd recommend going in the morning tour as a lot of the flea market shops and other street shops were closing in the evening tour. I think the morning tour will be more bustling and active. Finally, this is nothing to do with the guide or the tour company, but one of the other tourists in this tour, just kept talking to the guide random, irrelevant things. This took up a lot of her time as she listened to him politely. I felt that it took away time from important info that she could have shared with us. It was a constant blabber from this other guy, nothing related to the tour or Bolivia, but just about anything in the world. So, if you are reading this review, I hope we can be mindful of using up a guide's time with general talk that is not relevant to the tour!
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Johannessn1524yj
Oct 20, 2025
Great way to get to know La Paz - Carolina provided us with an excellent 3 hour trip with the right balance of walking and talking, good insights in some aspects of Bolivian society and marvellous views from the cable car on La Paz. Fully recommended.
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Marvin_s
Sep 11, 2025
Highly recommend this... - Highly recommend this walking tour. Our guide is very passionate about his city and very knowledgeable of the local history. The view from the cable cars are amazing!
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Anderspoulsen10
Aug 24, 2025
Excellent experience - We were picked up on time by our guide, Abraham, and our private citytour in La Paz started. He was very knowledgeable, helpful and nice. Our tour was very vell planned and Abraham told us lots of relevant and interesting things about buildings, neighborhoods and events but he never talked too much about irrelevant details. He did a terrific job! Our tour was modified because we wanted to see the cemetary and another church, and Abraham was very well prepared to those additions to the tour. At the end of our tour he helped us buy the right tickets and choosing the right line in the teleferico.
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Frequentflier522009
Aug 13, 2025
Very interesting - Luis did a great job. He knew a lot, is very nice and could tell interesting stories. What more could you want. It was good that I booked the tour
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Mccardoso
Jun 22, 2025
About orienting in La Paz - Excellent guide with knowledge of the architecture and history of the country. Punctuality and care with the traveler. Anyway it was very good
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Milhad
Jun 16, 2025
Luiz did a great job... - Luiz did a great job talking through the history of Bolivia and La Paz. Particularly enjoyed walking through the streets and riding the cable cars.
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Solidcameraderie
Jun 6, 2025
The best way to spend three hours in La Paz - It was a great overview of the city. Our guide was SO informative. He even managed to wangle us into Plaza Murillo which was under security lockdown. Our exploration of the Teleferico system was fabulous. Thanks Fabian!
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Flemming_n
Apr 17, 2025
Good - It was nice to see La Paz walking around, and cool to experience the teleferico. However, our guide was not very good at English, and most of the time it was hard to hear anything.
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