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In the city of La Paz, we offer the following three walks or treks. All three strive to provide you with a better understanding of La Paz, its history, culture, ecology and relationship with other parts of the Central Andes. We consider La Paz to be the center of “command and control” of a complex social, economic and ecological network (much as Tiahuanacu and Cuzco were in the past: see Concept of Vertical Control of Ecological Tiers) and our outings provide an interpretation of La Paz and its past and present-day role in regional development, economics and politics.
The following descriptions are summaries. For more detailed information, such as itineraries, costs, and what to bring, please send us an email: info@lapazonfoot.com.
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The Urban Trek is the “heart” of La Paz on Foot’s treks and tours. The half or full-day trek takes you (on foot and downhill!) from the heights of El Alto (4000m) through the “hanging neighborhoods” and colorful and complex markets of La Paz to the city’s bustling commercial and political center and, if you choose a full day option, on through the Urban Central Park and the recently developed Calacoto and San Miguel residential and commercial districts in the “Zona Sur.” The trek provides you with an interpretation of La Paz—the city’s ecology, its history, its markets, its relationship with El Alto and other regions of Bolivia, the present-day political situation, its government and its future. If you like cities and understanding how they work (and don’t), you will love the Urban Trek. |
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The Living History City Center Walk focuses on historical and contemporary politics and culture in La Paz. Setting out from La Paz’s cultural center, the Plaza San Francisco, the 3-hour walk provides you with an understanding of the political history of the “second capital city” of Bolivia and the present-day center of dynamic and complex political and cultural changes. During the walk you’ll visit the Sagarnaga Handicraft District, the Witches Market (which is not just for show, people really use those dried llama fetuses!), the Plaza Murillo, site of the Executive and Legislative branches of the national government (the Judicial branch remains to this day in Sucre) and the La Paz City Hall. Your guide will try to answer all your questions about the “Bolivian Experiment” of an indigenous-led government and the current political and economic situation facing Bolivians today.
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Our art and architecture walk in downtown La Paz focuses on both historic and contemporary art and architecture. The guided tour takes you to a number of important building sites from different periods in the city's development
and to art galleries in the city center and in the neighborhood of Sopocachi. The tour also includes insight into local government and its efforts to revitalize the urban core, make it pedestrian and auto-friendly (traffic USED to be a nightmare), and prepare for 2009, when La Paz will serve as the Ibero-American Capital of Culture.
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