Country Info
- La Paz /Sucre
- Capital
- Boliviano (BOB)
- Currency
- 8,300,463
- Population
- BO
- Country Code
Sucre Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Sucre, Bolivia
Paragliding in Sucre, Bolivia.
I just wanted to send a quick update about my paragliding experience and pass on some rather funny photos of the event. After having nightmares about plummeting from highrise buildings the night before and spending most of the morning having to run to ...
starry starry night
... cemetery i wandered up into town, where in the central plaza there was a competition of all of the childrens homes in sucre. they had a recycling competition where they made things from plastic bottles and bit of old wood and junk. some kids were playing ...
Sucre, Manu Chau and La Glorieta
... into the kitchen and make myself a cup of good English tea and just sit in the garden and soak up the sun. Sucre is said to be Bolivia's most beautiful city and with it's centre filled with only white buildings (some law has been passed stipulating this) ...
Inca Trail
This is a top pick! ... of hesitation, we decided to cross it one at a time. We came upon a house of a Japanese man, leaving on the mountains of Bolivia, tending to his garden who let us stay with him overnight. We set up our tents, helped ourselves to some fruit from his garden ...
Flying Visit
... for a late afternoon bus, and the only other thing that remained to be done was to re-visit the sticker-swapping hangouts of Sucre. Darbera came with me, she had bought the album herself in Chile but wasn't planning to complete it, but once she saw the ...
More bed rest than sightseeing
Three hours from Potosi is the pretty white-walled colonial city of Sucre. It has lost its governmental capital title to La Paz but is still the judicial capital. We stayed at a Hosteling International hostel close to the bus terminal and it was the ...
The Beauty and the Beast (by KCT)
... city with many students and consequently parties everywhere, also many chic cafés and restaurants. If you are in Sucre, you can't believe that you are actually in Bolivia! It is a city to fall in love with. That's why we decided to stay longer ...
all souls day - todos santos
... and singhani and masitas. cheecha and singhani are really strong drinks and lasitas are small bread like treats that are traditional to bolivia especially on todos santos. it was a real privalage to sit in the house. we also got invited to pray for the ...
Metal Guru
... over a woman called Isabelle, or something. I neither fully understood nor cared. Sleep. That's where it's at. Onwards. Sucre. The capital of Bolivia. As all Sucrans (and plenty outside, such as the guide who drove me round the south west) will tell ...
Overland and underground
... are there. After having spent another night on a bus we grabbed a quick shower and set out to take a look at the town. Sucre was very pretty and Kerry was particularly pleased to find that it was famous for its chocolate shops! In one visit she managed ...
Sucre, za predah i uzivanje
... (Mercado Central) gde se moglo kupiti sve, od suvenira do sira (rima je namerna). Karen je vec sutradan po pristizanju u Sucre organizovala moj rani odlazak u Imigracionu kancelariju, sve s njom u drustvu kao vodicem i prevodiocem, i ja sam konacno, posle ...
Jurassic Sucre
... definitely worth it. We had to avoid some road works on our walk as well(never ending problems with roads here in Bolivia). Sucre, like Popayan, is largely made up of white buildings, so when the sun is setting it looks spectacular. We enjoyed a ...
Sucre and Potosi
Sucre was a pleasure to arrive in. A contrast to the other cities in Bolivia with brilliant white buildings and very clean. The main tourist attraction in Sucre is the dinosaur footprints. To get there you have to take the very tacky Dino Bus so we ...
Sucre
Um vom sueden Boliviens nach Norden in den Regenwald zu kommen, haben wir uns entschlossen Sucre, der eigentlichen Hauptstadt Boliviens einen Besuch abzustatten. Und jetzt aber wirklich endlich Sonne ...
Sucre- Judicial capital of Bolivia
... can be a huge treat when travelling for so long without it!! ) This did not affect our mood and opinions on Sucre however- it was our favourite place in Bolivia. It was great to see a more modern city than what we had seen up to then in Bolivia. There was ...
Dancemoves, Broken Sandels and Ferris Wheels
... as is often also the case) what makes it not work! Sucre is an interesting city, interesting because Bolivia the country itself is a little confused. Sucre is technically the capital (constitutional and judicial capital) city but every book will tell you ...
Recharging our batteries in Sucre
... to head out that night to Sucre. We booked a bus for 730 that evening and had a nice dinner before we left. As we are in Bolivia, we were expecting a bus that would be similar to the ones that we had in Ecuador and some that we had in Peru. So we were ...
Inti Wara Yassi
Communidad Inti Wara Yassi is a refuge for wild animals which have been recovered from private homes, or donated by owners who can no longer care for them. Its growing as people get to know about it, as of today it has 4 pumas, as many ocelots, a jaguar, ...
Le Marche de Tarabuco
... suis completement cuit, vite une pause en terrasse ouaaaa trop bon!!! Un dernier p'tit tour pour le PLAISIR?? et retour a Sucre. Nous terminons par une petit ballade sur les hauteurs de la ville fort sympatique, on en profite pour bouquiner un peu, ...
this place must churn out alchoholics
dear oh dear, its amazing how many people ive met, and how many people are going the same places as me, but seriously, sucre si dangerous man. ive been out so much and im still struggling to spend my money. i was out again last night, until the morning. ...
Camino de la meurte, monkeys and mines
... cards and returned the next day with a couple of chewed bolivianas by way of an apology. After that I headed to Sucre (which is the real capital of Bolivia). It is gorgeous. Spent over a week there and went to Spanish school. Met Michelle (from London) ...
randonnee de chameaux!
... le chemin et ds environ 2h de marche ns rencontreronsa une carriere ou des camions transportant du sable retournent ts les jours sur sucre... allez cest parti... ns navons pas encore fait de pause, les jambes commencent a tirer un peu mais cest pas ...
A Gringo Pub Crawl, Waterfalls and More Sick Days!
... the bar became a bit boring. Around 10ish we were shepherded on to the next bar which is also a very popular Gringo bar in Sucre- Joyride. Here the bar had messed up as they were totally unprepared for the pub crawl's arrival! We were all supposed to ...
Final Days of Spanish Classes
... (and I hoped this would be good for me to feel better) though I couldn't eat it all. We then took a bus to Sucre Cemetery which is apparently quite famous for being beautiful. At the cemetery there are many large mausoleums and it has plenty of trees so ...
Santa Cruz & Sucre - what a difference!!
... , the restaurant La Tavern serves up shredded cow´s tongue in a chocolate and chilli sauce - nom nom!! Sucre is definitely a place to come if you travel to Bolivia, don´t waste your time in Santa Cruz but head directly here. Potosi and the silver mines ...
A Sickly Introduction to My Bolivian Homestay
The second week of Spanish classes started with my being unexpectedly ill. I must have eaten a dodgy burger the night before as I was feeling very ill and could barely make it out of bed. I decided to cancel my classes for the day and stay in bed. At ...
Poisoned
... and badly timed bus routes; "the scenic route" some might say. Id prefer to say, puck you lonely planet... Sucre, beautiful colonial buildings surrounding a perfectly kept plaza, inclusive of gardens your grand mother would be proud of. Overlooked by ...
Huatajata
This is a top pick! ........................We came to the town and charted a boat to take us onto Lake Titicaca. The name might not translate well into any language, but it is a beautiful lake, quite, blue and clear as crystal, almost like a mirror. ...