Points of Interest near the Hotel
1. GOVERNMENT PALACE (3 min.)
2. NATIONAL CONGRESS (3 min.)
3. METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL (4min.)
4. MUNICIPAL THEATER (4 min.)
5. SAN FRANCISCO (11 min.)
6. CABLEWAY (11 min.)
7. JAEN STREET (8 min.)
8. SAGARNAGA (11 min.)
9. LINARES (15 min.)
10. BUS TERMINAL (19 min.)
11. OBELISCO (7 min.)
1. Government Palace
The Government Palace is the seat of the executive power of Bolivia and is located in Plaza Murillo, in the historic center of the city of La Paz. The palace was built in 1853 and is the most important Presidential Palace in the history of Bolivia.
1. Government Palace
The building is neoclassical in style and has a façade of two sections and five naves with an entrance door for each one. The central door and window are flanked by 3 Corinthian columns on each side. Its façade presents several Corinthian columns and ornaments reminiscent of Greco-Roman.
2. National Congress
The Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ALP) is the legislative body of the public power of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. The ALP is made up of two chambers: the Chamber of Deputies with 130 members, and the Chamber of Senators with 36 members.
2. National Congress
The Assembly meets in the new legislative building in the city of La Paz. The powers of the legislative body are established in the Political Constitution of the State, and its organization and functions are regulated by the General Regulations of the Chamber of Deputies.
3. Metropolitan Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of La Paz is a minor basilica located in Plaza Murillo in the city of La Paz, Bolivia. It was built in 1835 with neoclassical style architecture with some baroque elements.
3. Metropolitan Cathedral
It has an interior distributed in 5 naves. The architect Antonio Camponovo participated in its construction and design. The cathedral has a façade of two sections, five naves with an entrance door for each one. The central door and window are flanked by 3 Corinthian columns on each side. Its façade presents several Corinthian columns and ornaments reminiscent of Greco-Roman.
4. Municipal Theater
The Alberto Saavedra Pérez Municipal Theater is the main theater in the city of La Paz, Bolivia. It was inaugurated in 1845 and is the oldest theater in South America
4. Municipal Theater
The theater is a stage for the presentation of musical recitals and concerts, plays, ballet and opera, among other cultural shows. It is located on Indaburo street corner Genaro Sanjinéz in the city of La Paz. The theater was designed by the architect José Núñez del Prado and its architectural style corresponds to the Republican period.
5. Church of San Francisco
It was built between the 16th and 18th centuries in the mestizo baroque style. The church is part of the convent complex that gives its name to the adjacent square, Plaza Mayor de San Francisco.
5. Church of San Francisco
The hero of the Bolivian revolution, Pedro Domingo Murillo, is buried in its façade.
6. Orange cableway
This line was inaugurated in September 2017 and is projected to transport more than 30,000 passengers per day from the Former Central Station to Plaza Villarroel.
6. Orange cableway
La línea cuenta con cuatro estaciones: Estación Central, Estación Armentia, Estación Periférica y Estación Plaza Villarroel. El tiempo aproximado de recorrido es de 12 minutos.
7. Jaen Street
It is known for its legends and mysteries. The street is said to be haunted and moans and screams can be heard late at night.
7. Jaen Street
It is also said that the ghost of Pedro Domingo Murillo, Bolivian hero and former resident of Jaén Street, sometimes appears trying to start a conversation with passersby.
8. Sagarnaga Street
The street was designed as part of the first urban layout with European characteristics that was implemented in the sector after the founding of the city.
8. Sagarnaga Street
It is part of the most consolidated part of the checkerboard-shaped urban layout that characterized the New World cities planned by the Spanish..
9. Linares Street
It is a traditional street in the city of La Paz, Bolivia, located in the San Sebastián neighborhood. It is known for its historic buildings dating back more than a century and for being the home of the Witches' Market.
9. Linares Street
The street also has craft centers and galleries of silver jewelry and clothing with motifs typical of the Bolivian Andean culture, including aguayos, bags, ponchos, scarves, gloves and much more.
10. Bus terminal entrance
The La Paz Bus Terminal was built between 1913 and 1917 with the purpose of being the station of the Guaqui – La Paz Railway. It was financed by the Bolivia Railway Company.
10. Bus terminal entrance
Its design was carried out by the French civil engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, known for the construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
11. Obelisco
Se encuentra en la avenida Mariscal Santa Cruz. En este lugar, se erige el Monumento al "Soldado desconocido", en homenaje a los cientos de soldados caídos en la Guerra del Chaco entre Bolivia y Paraguay (1932-1935). Este obelisco es un punto de encuentro céntrico y estratégico debido a su ubicación en el corazón de La Paz.
11. Obelisco
In August 1964, the creation of a ceramic mural began in La Paz, although its creation was interrupted by the coup d'état on November 4 of the same year. This mural represents 50 years of history and is an artistic testimony of the city.
