tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25747139232421069742024-02-08T10:24:05.329-08:00Hotels and Hostels in BoliviaOur Blog is a showcase for the best Hotels and Hostels in Bolivia, so you can find the “best value” for your money. We Provide a detailed listing of hotels in Bolivia grouped by city. Includes information about room rates, amenities, and contact information.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2574713923242106974.post-59666614067204859002009-07-10T13:58:00.000-07:002009-07-10T14:01:20.629-07:00La Paz invites you to the Bicentennial celebrations<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Come to the celebrations of 200 years of the proclamation of the first independent government in </span><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;"><?xml:namespace prefix = u1 /><u1:place>Latin America</span></u1:place></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;"> held in <a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/la_paz.html"><u1:place><u1:city><span style="color:#800080;">La Paz</span></a></u1:city>, <a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/bolivia.html"><u1:country-region><span style="color:#800080;">Bolivia</span></a></u1:country-region></u1:place> on </span><u1:date year="1809" day="16" month="7"><st1:date year="1809" day="16" month="7"><span style="font-family:Arial;">July 16, 1809</span></u1:date></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;">. The bicentennial celebrations will last the entire month of July and officially began the first of July, with the flag hoisted in <a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/la_paz.html"><span style="color:#800080;">La Paz </span></a>and the lighting the torch located at the Plaza Murillo, representing the fire of freedom that never goes out, near the monument to Pedro Domingo Murillo, a leader of the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Latin America that was under the Spanish yoke. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;font-family:Arial;" lang="EN" ><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';" >As part of the celebrations, commemorative coins have been minted. Also the mayor of </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';" ><u1:city><u1:place>La Paz</span></st1:place></st1:city></u1:place></u1:city><u1:city><u1:place><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';" ></u1:place></u1:city> has planned the execution of an endless array of activities throughout the month. But the </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';" ><u1:city><u1:place>high point</span></st1:place></st1:city></u1:place></u1:city><u1:city><u1:place><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';" ></u1:place></u1:city> of the celebrations will take the 15 and 16 with parades and music festivals throughout the Department of La Paz with the participation of all citizens of the city, including the national government and guests from around the world. The festival will be extended naturally to other cities in the La Paz Department, El Alto, <a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/copacabana.htm"><span style="color:#800080;">Copacabana</span></a>, <a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/coroico.htm"><span style="color:#800080;">Coroico</span></a>, <a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/tihuanaku.html"><span style="color:#800080;">Tiwanaku</span></a>, and so on. An excellent opportunity for those who are in the city of <a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/la_paz.html"><span style="color:#800080;">La Paz </span></a>on these dates to be part of the party, and share the patriotic fervor of the party.<br /><br style="mso-special-character: line-break"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2574713923242106974.post-61538715379819457302009-06-16T06:33:00.000-07:002009-07-01T10:56:10.312-07:00Everything for Aymara's New Year 5517 at Tiwanaku<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Happy New Year 5517, it’s not a typo; Aymara people in <a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/tihuanaku.html">Tiwanaku</a> </span><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/bolivia.html">Bolivia</a></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:Arial;"> are celebrating the year 5517. Tiwanaku has been the center of spiritual and political life of the Tiwanaku culture. After the extinction of this culture, before the Spanish conquistadors reached </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">America</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:Arial;">, Andean people had gathered here to celebrate the Willkakuti (Return of the Sun), for many centuries. The celebration of the New Year or Willkakuti coincides with winter solstice in the southern hemisphere, when the sun is farthest from the planet. This natural phenomenon marks the beginning of a new planting season. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">According to the official program, the June 20 will start on the town’s main </span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:Arial;">square</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:Arial;"> of </span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/tihuanaku.html">Tiwanak</a>u</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">, with a pilgrimage to Quimsa Chata, where there will be an offering to mother earth. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Later at 5 p.m. on the main square of the town there will be a Cultural Festival for all visitors, this will last trough the night and it will be accompanied of native music and. The next day all will be ready for the Ritual Ceremony of the Great Willkakuti at the </span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:Arial;">temple</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:Arial;"> of </span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:Arial;">Kalasasaya</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">. The sun will rise around </span><st1:time minute="25" hour="7"><span style="font-family:Arial;">07:25 a.m.</span></st1:time><span style="font-family:Arial;"> when all locals and visitors will receive the Cosmic Energy of the first rays of the sun on a New Year. This will be done by raising the hands to the rays of the new sun as tradition calls.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Tours for this celebration are easy to find around </span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:Arial;">Sagarnaga Street</span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:Arial;"> in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/la_paz.html">La Paz</a></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:Arial;">. It’s advised to bring warm clothes, gloves and something warm to drink, due to the frigid conditions of the </span><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Andes</span></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;"> during the night. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2574713923242106974.post-32312789832889047722009-06-03T13:32:00.000-07:002009-06-03T13:37:07.841-07:002009 Fiesta del Gran Poder<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">If you're planning to be in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:city><st1:place><a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/la_paz.html">La Paz</a>, <a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/index.html">Bolivia</a></st1:place></st1:City> on June 6th this is an event you can miss. Make your hotel reservation fast because this celebration brings people from around the world and most hotels are booked well in advance. The Fiesta de Jesús <st1:state><st1:place>del</st1:place></st1:State> Gran Poder (Jesus Almighty) is one of the larges celebrations in <st1:country-region><st1:place>Bolivia</st1:place></st1:country-region> outside the Carnaval. The religious celebration include a dancers parade a across the city of<a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/la_paz.html"> <st1:city><st1:place>La Paz</st1:place></st1:City></a>, the dances are performed by devotes of the image of Jesus of el Gran Poder, one of the most revered and venerated images in <st1:country-region><st1:place><a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/index.html">Bolivia</a></st1:place></st1:country-region>.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The dancers parade starts around 10:00 a.m. and lasts the entire day, it starts at Cementerio near the Jesus of Grand Poder Church and finishes at Park Roosevelt near the Hernando Siles Stadium, crossing the entire downtown area, you'll need to get a sit early in the morning, the area near Plaza San Francisco is considered to be one of the best places to be watch this magnificent traditional dances display. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></o:p> </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Seasom: High</span> </o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">June 6th (Movable according with the Catholic Calendar)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-BO" lang="ES-BO"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Fiesta de Jesús del Gran Poder<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">La Paz-La Paz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Religious/ethnic</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2574713923242106974.post-2967684344496135182009-04-23T09:40:00.000-07:002009-04-23T09:41:18.649-07:002009 Feria International de CochabambaThe Feria International de Cochabamba is one of the largest trade fairs in Bolivia this Fair is accompanied by shows, great food and artist presentations. The Fair includes companies from around the world, showcasing their products, going from the food industry to technology and machinery. This event qualified as one of the most important economic events in the country, expects to generate more than 150 million dollars in business transactions, commercial agreements and other activities such as tourism, entertainment, services, direct sales, among others.<br /><br />Date of the event: Starts on April 23th (normally goes for two weeks)<br />Recurrence: las week of April (Movable Event Organizer defines de date)<br />Location: Feria International de Cochabamba, <a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/cochabamba.htm">Cochabamba</a><br />Type: Trade Fair<br /><br />Season: High<br /><a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/cochabamba.htm">Read more about to Cochabamba</a><br /><a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/hotelresults.asp?yshciudad=Cochabamba-Cochabamba&yshtipo=Hotel&Submit=Search">Find Hotels in Cochabamba</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2574713923242106974.post-39658479868655323952009-04-07T11:49:00.000-07:002009-04-07T11:54:42.065-07:00Easter in Bolivia (Semana Santa)This is one of the most important celebrations in the Bolivian calendar. The celebration is deep into the catholic roots of the country. It includes processions and parades on every city and town.<br />The long Holiday (starts on Thursday and ends on Sunday), it's used for many Bolivians as a chance for a short vacation; therefore most hotels are completely booked during this days. We <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">recommend</span> you to do your reservation well in advance if possible; and to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">double</span> check with the hotel, for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">availability</span> at least one day before you get there.<br /><br />The peoples favorites are: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Coroico</span> in <a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/la_paz.html">La <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Paz</span></a>, <a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/uyuni.htm"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Uyuni</span> </a>Salt flats in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Potosi</span>, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Las</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Misiones</span> or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Samaipata</span> in <a href="http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/santa_cruz.htm">Santa Cruz</a>, etc.<br /><br /><br />Recurrence: April or May (Movable according with the Roman Catholic Calendar)<br />Where: Bolivia<br />Type: Religious<br />Season: HighUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2574713923242106974.post-52530484975959395262009-03-30T12:20:00.000-07:002009-03-31T13:37:10.594-07:00Something to have in mind about the Hotels in BoliviaHigh season goes from June to August also Christmas and Holly Week are consider high season. The star classification system is used in Bolivia to rate hotels. Higher star ratings often indicate hotels with higher levels of luxury available. In Bolivia you will find that there are hotels to suit every budget and in most cases offer excellent value for the money. Normally 3,4 and 5 star hotels are normally found in the main cities alone (La Paz, Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, etc.), but on smaller places which receive a lot of tourist such as Copacabana, Coroico, Rurrenabaque, Sorata and Uyuni, you will find many hotels offering suitable accommodations.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2574713923242106974.post-41207784649665476682009-03-27T10:22:00.000-07:002009-03-27T10:23:27.815-07:00Welcome to Hotels in BoliviaOur Blog is a showcase for the best Hotels and Hostels in Bolivia, so you can find the “best value” for your money.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0