La Recoleta Sucre

Getting into Sucre proved to be a adventure in itself. In other words we had struck it lucky (or unlucky) on Bolivia's monthly 'strike week'. I'll expand a little...We were busing overnight from La Paz to Sucre, only to awake to our bus stopping approx 20km out of Sucre. We were in the middle of the countryside and the wee village we found …

Our mindset travelling south was to eventually get to Tupiza where we had booked a salt flats tour. After a surprisingly smooth overnight ride; for Bolivian standards, even the asphalt has many bumps, we got to Sucre with perfect weather. Sucre, a lot lower than La Paz was warmer during the day and night. I could wear jeans and a t-shirt at night …

... architecture. For this reason I spent much of my time in Sucre wandering about the streets and just enjoying the views. I also visited La Recoleta convent which is an old part of the city with a fantastic view towards the centre. The convent was built in ...

... , and the market, visiting museums and generally taking it easy. Although I exerted a bit of energy the day I walk up to La Recoleta, which has a church and looks out over the city...very nice. One thing I found out about the Bolivians is that ...

... ' :mes parents et Mimi. Me voilà rassurée. J'ai donc rejoins Rosanna la Russe et nous sommes directement allées visiter le musée de la recoleta. Très intéressant couvent. Moi j'ai préféré la vue : nous nous sommes posées dans un jardin et nous ...

... shopping.  I met up with Sara again for a late lunch (completely uneventful today) and then we went with Sofie and Marcel up to La Recoleta, which was up on a hill where you have a nice view of Sucre, to watch the sunset.  Then we had to hurry ...

... ;roof top view of the city. There is a small fountain in the middle of the plaza, on one side is a church ´La Recoleta` and on the opposite side to the church is a row of arches from where you can see the view over the city. The ...

... seasons, what an unbelieveable coincidence! We hadn't seen each other in ages, and where should we see each other but in Sucre, Bolivia. Elle, who is travelling with her boyfriend Ed for 4 months, was meeting up with a couple from her ...

... me mettre en route, et l'après midi je suis finalement monté avec deux Brésiliens (Lucas et Guido) pour visiter le Convento de la Recoleta, sur les hauteurs de la ville. Le soir il s'est mis à pleuvoir à sceaux, alors avec les Brésiliens et une ...

... Francisco , La Merced , Santa Monica and San Lazaro. Up a hill from the plaza sits a Franciscan church and convent called La Recoleta which faces another little plaza and a cloistered mirador high above Sucre ... making for some great views over the ...

... majestuosos, a los que una no esta acostumbrada en Bolivia y pasé un día estupendo en la terracita mirador de la Recoleta, comiendo bien y tumbada al sol, viendo la panorámica de la ciudad. Ahora, toca seguir bajando y aproximándose al frío de ...

... to come learn spanish.. We met a few people who had come for that purpose..one english guy who recommended we head up to la recoleta which has a fantastic view of the city...we took some pics and then had lunch in the mirador cafe another lonely planet ...