Cerro Calvario Copacabana

As soon I have stepped out of the bus, I felt that Copacabana is the right place to be. The sun high in the sky, the Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana, the Titicaca lake down the road and the Bolivian holiday music playing in the restaurants made this my favorite city of the trip. Besides, a very good and cheap hotel was waiting for us. We even …

After the mind-blowing experience that was Salar de Uyuni we had one tiny stop left on our tour-de-altidude of Bolivia, a visit to the Brazilian-sounding Copacabana.
It might share the name of its more famous Brazilian counterpart, but despite not having in the Brazilian version I can say its only in name. Copacabana resides well tucked away in …

... It seems that many Bolivians involved in the tourist industry are not very service oriented. At sunset we walk up to the top of Cerro Calvario, the steep hill overlooking the town. The ´stations of the cross´ line the route to the top of the hill ...

... for hours. I went trekking around the local area into the hills, which included covering Cerro Calvario, which overlooks the whole of Copacabana. Every morning at 10am the Benediciones de Movilidades or blessing of automobiles, takes ...

... take back to their friends and rellies as a treat from the sunny shores. On the headland that overlooks the town and harbour is Cerro Calvario on top of which is a pilgrimage site called the Stations of the Cross. We decided to make the very steep walk ...

... hotel above the town. Following in the footsteps of Michael Palin, we walked the 'pilgrimage' up to the top of Cerro Calvario, a steep climb up stone steps to almost 4000m. The breathtaking views from the top were definitely worth the ...

We made it to Bolivia!!!!!!!!  Today we caught a bus from Puno, Peru on Lake Titikaka to Copacabana, Bolivia on Lake Titikaka.  The bus ride was 3 hours and the border crossing was really simple.  The bus company we bought our tickets ...

... are even advised not to go out at night! The town was strewn with rubbish (litter, trash, garbage) as was the sacred Cerro Calvario above the town which some locals were in the process of cleaning up (can you believe that?!) and burning off the ...

... like a mini-mini Brighton.  After a quick look around, we began making our way to the top of Cerro Calvario, a hill overlooking Copacabana and Lake Titicaca.  We climbed for about 30 minutes, finally making it to the top ...

... 's vers 17H30. Internet et réservation du billet pour Puno. Mercredi 20 mai 2009 Aller on s'anime et on monte au cerro calvario (montagne). J'avais promis à la banquière de la paz Anna, (qui m'avait bien rendu service en changeant mon billet de ...

... a few blocks from the bus stop to the hostel just about killed us. So too did the walk up to the amazing lookout on Cerro Calvario we endured to see the sun set over little Copacabana. It really is a pretty town sitting on the edge of the lake with an ...

... pilgrims from across the country flock to pay homage to their saint at the shrine, and also at the stone altars on top of Cerro Calvario, a big steep hill that overlooks the town and has a trail following the 14 stations of the cross up to a summit ...