La Paz City Walking Tour: Discover Historical Streets in World's Highest Capital
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386 Ratings
La Paz
Embark on a captivating walking tour of La Paz, the highest capital city in the world. Discover the historical streets, meet the locals, and immerse yourself in the vibrant culture of this incredible destination.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Mercado Rodríguez - Colorful market life comes alive as we explain the culture and customs behind what we find. The sights and sounds of this vibrant market tell a fascinating story of local culture and tradition. Your guide will explain everything and keep it entertaining.
What's Included
- Free local drink at the end!
- Local guide
- Local taxes
- Fun and informative bilingual guide
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
La Paz is a city unlike any other on earth. Its staggering height (3,600m/11,800ft) is only surpassed by its incredible beauty. Sprawling over a gorgeous valley and surrounded by massive mountains, one’s first sight of La Paz is unforgettable, but its lasting mark on those who visit, is the life it holds within the valley walls. Our city tour will bring this complex, busy, and incredibly interesting city to life! The people, history, and customs that make up La Paz are truly fascinating and give an insight into the life that makes up one of the world’s most vibrant cities. A visit to La Paz is hardly complete without walking her narrow alleys, meeting her people, and getting to know the past that makes her what she now is.
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
Sucre Square
Cañada Strongest
Look for the guide in the center of Plaza San Pedro (near the statue) with the red cap.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(386 Ratings)
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Floor
Apr 22, 2024
Walking tour and food tour were great! - The walking tour in la Paz was great! Loved learning about the crazy history of the city, talking about ‘sugar’ next to the prison, and the special witch district. We did the food tour with Denise as well, and it was amazing too! Make sure you show up VERY hungry! You could feel her enthusiasm about the city and the food culture, and was able to joke around with our shenanigans. It was eggcellent!
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Voyager447428
Apr 8, 2024
Must do! - Super informative, great guide, highly recommended. I would encourage this is your first tour in la Paz so you get to know more about the city and get very useful tips from the locals.
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Nanna273
Apr 7, 2024
Fantastic stories of La Paz - We love a walking tour, and this was one of the best. The guide shared such interesting stories and history about the city and the people, and was a fantastic storyteller. Would recommend.
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Euniej2024
Apr 7, 2024
Great fun! - Our guide was Max, and he explained a lot about Bolivian culture and history. It was not only fun but also very educational. Thank you!
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Ydelnatte
Apr 6, 2024
Great Tours, learnt alot - We did both the extended and standard tour, one with Max and one with Denise. Both were so knowledgeable, approachable and fun. Answered all our questions and have a great attitude. Max for president. We really enjoyed both tours and learnt alot.
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Irisrk2745ic
Apr 4, 2024
Could not recommend enough - Could not recommend enough!! Daniel was so knowledgeable about the history of the city and it was amazing to learn about the culture. The tour takes you so many different places including the witches market and the plaza Murillo. Thank you so much Daniel! :)
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R942jpamberm
Mar 29, 2024
Best walking tour I’ve ever been on! - Best walking tour I’ve ever been on! Denise was incredible, extremely knowledgeable, engaging and enthusiastic. I can’t recommend her enough!! Highly recommend
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Willbc3273ko
Apr 10, 2024
Good Tour - The guide was amazing. He explained the history and culture of Bolivia. Amazing story teller. The only bad thing is that tripadisvor overcharged us $2 each. The tour actually costs $3, not $5. Book the tour directly with them. And also we were promised free drinks, no free drinks at all.
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C2338ygbriannac
Apr 1, 2024
Great tour, but expected tip is three times the price of the tour - I'm giving three stars because while the guide was very good (lots of interesting stories, made time for questions, great English, etc.), the Red Cap tour company was misleading about the price. When you sign up for the tour online you're charged 20 BS. When you show up, the guide tells you you're expected to tip, which, fine, except the minimum expected tip is 50-60 BS. I hadn't brought much cash with me because I never expected a "tip" to be three times the cost of the tour, so the guide was unhappy with me for tipping too little, and I felt awkward about tipping less than expected, and the whole thing could have been avoided if the company had just charged 80 BS straight off.
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Lkolaiti
Apr 6, 2024
The most disappointed walking tour ever - 10 am Group on Fri 5 April was way too big - min 26 people
The leader, she was very knowledgable and explained well but with these many people there were a handful of questions …..
the story regarding the witches market was interesting but that was it - a story that you could have read in a guide. The visit to the open market was done at such a high speed pace which really I do not know why it was included
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