Hotel Mirador Copacabana

... indicated that we had just arrived into something huge.   After lots of dead ends we eventually we found accommodation in Hotel Mirador. We were each charged 80Bolivians, which is the equivalent to $11 for the night. Of course this is not expensive ...

... sun had gone down and so after a quick wander around town we found a chilly bar for a nightcap and retired to the "Mirador". The hotel breakfast was, as expected, fairly uninspiring and we were quite glad only to be staying one night.  The staff were ...

... control, then have a 300 metre walk, then go through Bolivia immigration and then hop back on the bus. Breaks the journey! Copacabana is totally different from Puno, and definitely worth a stop to see another side of Titicaca. Its a small town set ...

... en aan te zien. Maar goed, ieder zijn eigen keus. Van de avondzon genoten in een hangmat bij Hotel La Cupula en vervolgens omhoog naar de Mirador. Onderweg onszelf laten zegenen voor 2006: met onze liefde, gezondheid en geluk kan het straks niet meer ...

... girls!) - Bolivia! A nice and easy border crossing thankfully, after the scary stories of passport thefts and corruption we'd heard! Copacabana is where you can visit the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca and the Isla del Sol island. The village itself is ...

... 1 After the eventful Bolivian border crossing a minivan dropped us of at Plaza Sucre. We walked down the hill towards the Hotel Mirador. DO NOT STAY HERE!!!!! It is dirty and has horrible service. Theelectric heater  shower actually shocks you when ...

... be to head to the lake front in the hope of finding reasonably priced rooms with water views. We cracked it at the Hotel Mirador. A double with a massive lake view window and en suite bathroom came in at 80 bolivianos (a whopping 2.50 each in quids!). ...

... a lacklustre beach looking out over the lake - we were encouraged by the bus driver and fellow tourists to go to the Hotel Mirador. After looking at the impressive rooms we settled in late at night...and then the nightmare unravelled. Daisy went to have ...

... themselves too well). Back on, down the road and you are in Copacabana. More road tax to pay and then check in to the Hotel Mirador with beautiful Lake view and guess the price? 13 pound for the 3 nights for 2 people!! Perfect place to chill out for ...

... we hadn’t booked anywhere we thought we would try one of the ones he recommended as it sounded pretty cheap. It was called Hotel Mirador and although was quite old it looked unfinished. The room was ok, a view of Lake Titcaca, TV and ensuite ...

... from us too long... Marc and Kim, the Dutch couple we´ve seen since Santa Cruz, were already in Copacabana and were in a great hotel called the Mirador, so we checked in. This hotel was right on the beach overlooking this amazing lake. I say lake, ...

After arriving in Copacabana on the night bus I checked into a decent hotel and booked a boat trip out to Isla del Sol one of two islands, along with Isla del Luna which are sacred to the Inca's as the birthplace of their gods. It was a long trip and ...

... their comedy folkloric names, are in fact real places. For those of you familiar with Rio de Janeiro, I am not in Copacabana beach, but in Bolivia. Copacabana sits on the shores of the lake Titikaka, which seperates Bolivia from Peru. It's ...

... the shore of Lake Titicaca which was really nice and even managed to find a shop selling Toblerone!! (I was very happy especially given that it was Easter Sunday! The next day we caught a 6 hour bus from Copacabana to Puno in Peru....country number 6!! ...

... There was a short stop at a small border crossing to get our passports stamped but no real security. When we arrived in Copacabana we were collected by our hotel which was handy because it was up a hill. It wasn’t a big hill but to be honest I ...

... we wanted were full, so we made a change in plans.  We decided to stay only one night in Copacabana in a decent, if florescent, hotel (which we selected mostly based on the breakfast offering), then head to the nearby Isla del ...

... a two our bus to Puno (where the strikes had died down). Puno was where the fun began. When I booked my bus ticket in Copacabana I was promised a semi-cama seat. What I got was a minibus where I couldn´t even move my seat back. Therefore close to ...

... and the altitude seemed to get to everyone, as post-lunch all bar Ashleigh decided to nap, so Ashleigh had a walk round Copacabana up to the cathedral, before following a parade through the streets. On return everybody was still sleeping! So, naturally, ...