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City Guide > North America > Mexico > La Paz | |
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Key Attractions Museo de Coca The city’s best museum tackles the thorny issue of coca with an informed and objective jaunt through the history of the much-maligned coca leaf. Surprisingly insightful, it leaves you to make up your own mind about a continually contentious topic. Calle Linares 906 Tel: (02) 231 1998. Website: www.cocamuseum.com Museo Nacional de Arte La Paz’s finest baroque building includes a collection of Andean art classics spread across three floors, including works by Bolivia’s best-known artist, Melchor Pérez de Holguin. Calle Socabaya 432 Tel: (02) 240 8600. Website: www.mna.org.bo The Mercado de Hechiceria (Witches' Market) The Mercado de Hechiceria, where potions and charms designed to placate the Aymara spirit world are readily available, is La Paz’s most colourful site. The perennial bestseller is the dried llama foetus, a ghoulish charred skeleton to be buried in the foundations of new homes or offices to ensure future prosperity. Calle Linares between Sagarnaga and Santa Cruz. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Plaza This popular museum has three floors of modern artworks set in a striking old colonial building (Gustave Eiffel was involved in the design), plus a peaceful on-site cafe. The standard of the works can be variable, but the setting is attractive. Avenida 16 de Julio 1698 Tel: (02) 233 5905. Museo Costumbrista La Paz’s best-preserved colonial street is home to four traditional museums of which the Museo Costumbrista, with displays on La Paz’s colourful history and characters, is the most rewarding. The ticket is valid for the other museums in the street. Calle Jaén corner with Sucre Tel: (02) 237 8478. |