Category: City Info
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Traveling Between Sucre and Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz de la Sierra is Bolivia’s most populous city (with almost as many people as La Paz and El Alto combined). It is a modern tropical city with a diverse population. It is just a short flight (or a long, grueling bus ride) from Sucre. Here’s the details of how to get from Santa […]
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Traveling Between Uyuni (Salt Flats) and Sucre
Sucre is within easy reach of one of the world’s most remarkable natural wonders, Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni. The Salar is the world’s largest salt flat located 3656 meters above sea level, and is the place to go to capture some of the most spectacular panoramas you’ll ever see. Salar de Uyuni is accessed from […]
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Traveling Between Potosi and Sucre
The mining town of Potosi sits at the base of Cerro Rico, a mountain “made of silver” which famously enriched the Spanish empire. Despite the flow of silver out of the town, the population remain poor and many work in very tough dangerous conditions in the mines, tracking down the remainder of the silver. It […]
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Travel Insurance by World Nomads
Brigid and I have been travelling through Latin America for almost exactly a year. As well as having an absolutely awesome time, we’ve sadly reached the end of our travel insurance coverage. Needing to extend our policy, it was a no-brainer to renew with World Nomads. World Nomads are a very professional insurance provider, backed […]
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Buying a Sim Card in Sucre
If you’re spending a bit of time in Bolivia, you may want to pick up a local sim card. These are cheap and easy to obtain in Sucre. Bolivia’s most popular mobile operator is Telcel, who operate under the name Tigo. Unless you are in Bolivia for a long time or have particular requirements, I […]
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Buying Books in Sucre
Looking for a good read? It is surprisingly tricky to find books and book stores in Sucre, but our guide is here to help you out. Depending on what you are after, there are a number of options. Book Stores in Sucre For many people, the first choice will be to look for a proper […]
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Sucre’s Christmas Lights
Christmas celebrations are in full swing here in Sucre. Here is our guide to some of the best of Sucre’s Christmas lights: Christmas Lights in Plaza 25 de Mayo The focus of Sucre’s Christmas celebrations is its central square, Plaza 25 de Mayo. The plaza is decorated with lights, Christmas trees, a large nativity scene […]
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Sucre Hairdresser: Jaime Solis Soria
It doesn’t look like much from the outside, and it doesn’t look like much from the inside. But Peluqueria Jaime Solis Soria do a great men’s haircut. It’s not the kind of place you’re likely to notice as you walk along the street. I only found it because of a recommendation from the guys in […]
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Exchanging Money in Sucre
One thing you learn when travelling is to exchange your money as little as possible. Every time you do, particularly at border crossings, you lose a sizable chunk of your money. So it was a surprise to find that in Sucre, this is not the case. It may be due to the low cost of […]
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Photocopies and Printing in Sucre
One of the first things you’ll notice in Sucre are signs outside numerous shops saying “fotocopias”. So getting photocopies made in Sucre should be easy, right? Black and White Photocopies If it’s black and white copies you’re after, then yes. You’ll have no trouble walking into any of these copy shops and getting your copies […]