La Paz Shopping

  1. Arco Iris

    Opposite Sopocachi Market, Arco Iris has an extensive pastelería and deli featuring fine specialty regional meat and dairy treats like smoked llama salami, plus products such as fresh palm hearts and dried Beni fruits.

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  2. Artesanía Sorata

    Specializes in export-quality handmade dolls and original alpaca and sheep's wool designs for children.

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  3. Bodega La Concepción

    Award-winning, high-altitude vintages at wholesale prices from this Tarija-based winery.

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  4. Breick Chocolate Shop

    Bolivia's best chocolate at rock-bottom prices.

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  5. Camping Caza y Pesca

    A range of basic camping equipment, including gas-stove canisters.

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  6. Campos de Solana/Casa Real

    A Tarija winery best known for its Malbec and Riesling.

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  7. Comart Tukuypaj

    Offers export-quality, fair-trade llama, alpaca and artesanías from around the country. Upstairs the Inca Pallay women's weaving cooperative has a gallery with justly-famous Jal'qa and Candelaria weavings.

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  8. Condoriri

    A good selection of new and secondhand climbing, trekking and camping equipment can be found here. It sells everything from ropes and backpacks to boots, compasses and headlamp batteries, plus a selection of high-quality climbing hardware, books and maps. Also rents out equipment and has a repair service.

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  9. et-n-ic

    If you prefer to rent equipment, et-n-ic has some top-quality Swiss-made gear and also sells gas-stove canisters. Ask for Christian - he'll kit you out with exactly what you need.

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  10. Gisbert & Co

    Spanish-language literature and maps.

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  12. Joyas y Gemas

    Below Hungry Jacks, come here for jewelry, including stunning pendants of the Bolivian semiprecious stone, bolivianita (a purple and yellow amethyst).

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  13. Ketal Hipermercado

    If you're headed off for a picnic, load up on everything from olives to cheese, crackers and beer at Ketal Hipermercado. There's also the decent but more basic Ketal Express on Plaza España.

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  14. La Casa de la Llama

    Sells stunning llama and alpaca fashion items.

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  15. Liliana Castellanos

    Sells stunning llama and alpaca fashion items.

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  16. Los Amigos del Libro

    Widest selection of foreign-language novels and magazines.

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  17. Lumen Böhrt

    Sells stunning llama and alpaca fashion items.

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  18. Mercado Negro & Upper Market Areas

    The area from Plaza Pérez Velasco to the cemetery has a largely indigenous population and is always bustling. Traffic honks through the narrow cobbled streets, cholitas (Quechua or Aymará women) rush about making purchases and pedestrians jostle with sidewalk vendors.

    The Mercado Negro (Black Market), roughly within the area around Max Parades, Tumusla, Tamayo and Santa Cruz, is the place where undocumented merchandise, much of it bootlegged, is sold along with just about everything else.

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  19. Millma

    Sells stunning llama and alpaca fashion items.

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  20. Pro Lentes

    A good optical outlet providing glasses and contact lenses is Pro Lentes.

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  21. Waliki

    An alpaca artisan outlet that supports community employment and offers stylish contemporary clothing.

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  23. Zatt

    Zatt is a smaller US-style supermarket option.

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