Food
Ahijada Ajicería
11 Dec, 2019 | Alexandra Meleán
Photos: Michael Dunn Sopocachi’s new boîte features Bolivian food with a spicy twistThe Sopocachi neighbourhood’s new kid Ahijada, or ‘goddaughter’ in Spanish, is the sister restaurant to th...
A Slice of Naples in La Paz
11 Dec, 2019 | George Fearnley
Photos: George Fearnley How Bolivia’s most authentic pizzas are being made in Cota Cota This year, the Big 7 Travel website ranked the pizza at La Paz’s Imilla Alzada the sixth best in South America,...
Todos Santos en Bolivia
11 Dec, 2019 | Lauren Minion
Wooden ladders are available throughout the La Paz cemetery so that family members can access the rest places of their family members and keep their shrines up to date. Photos: Lauren Minion &...
Singani Casa Real Receives a Superior Taste Award
29 Oct, 2019 | Singani Casa Real
This award by the International Taste Institute, a world leader in food and beverage evaluation, is the highest recognition this Bolivian national product has achieved. Singani Casa Real celebrat...
RECOMMENDATIONS BX-99
29 Oct, 2019 | BX TEAM
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY COMUNIDAD INTI WARA YASSI Description: CIWY is a Bolivian non-governmental organisation dedicated to rescuing, caring for and rehabilitating sick, mistreated and abandoned...
Veganism in La Paz
25 Sep, 2019 | Amelia Swaby
Photos: Amelia Swaby Bolivia goes back to its roots As the recent fires in the Amazon make clear, we need to drastically reduce our red-meat consumption to combat the climate crisis. Our foo...
La Casa de Les Ningunes
25 Sep, 2019 | Adriana L. Murillo A.
Illustrations: Alejandro Archondo Vidaurre Experiencing an alternative, communal way of life The recent ecological crisis brings feelings of anguish and uncertainty, leaving us to wond...
A Brief History of Singani
25 Sep, 2019 | Caroline Risacher
Images: Courtesy of Casa Real The traditional bolivian liqueur is increasingly recognized on the world stageSingani is a grape-based liqueur produced in a few selected Bolivian high valleys. It w...
RECOMMENDATIONS BX-98
25 Sep, 2019 | BX TEAM
MUELA DEL DIABLO Description: This rock formation in the south of the city is one of the most iconic sights in La Paz. Muela del diablo means ‘devil’s molar’ and its shape is what remains of an e...
Bolivian drinks!
31 Dec, 1969 | BX Team
Photos: Courtesy of Casa Real Singani Singani, the national spirit Singani is a drink made from fermented and distilled white Muscat de Alexandria grapes. Despite initially being a spirit dr...
Recommendations BX-97
31 Dec, 1969 | BX Team
LA SENDA VERDE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY Description: La Senda Verde is home to more than 800 animals from almost 60 different species. They provide daily educational tours of the refuge to local and fo...
Singani Comes Finds an International Audience
30 Jul, 2019 | Christopher Niklas Peterstam
Photos: Courtesy of Singani 63 And Director Steven Soderbergh thinks it’s in a class of its ownSingani is the national spirit of Bolivia, created by newly arrived Spanish monks who needed a...
RECOMMENDATIONS BX-96
30 Jul, 2019 | BX TEAM
CARNAVAL DE ORURO Description: Declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, the Carnival of Oruro is the maximum representation of carnivals in Bolivia and is one of the most impo...
Recommendations BX-95
24 Jun, 2019 | BX TEAM
CASA MUSEO SOLÓN Description: Walter Solón Romero (1923-1999) donated his house/workshop to the Solón Foundation in 1994. He is one of the most outstanding exponents of Bolivian plastic art of th...
From the other side of the bar
23 May, 2019 | Emily Kilner
Photo Essay by Emily Kilner The intricacies of inventing, creating and presenting cocktails at Jallalla Will it be a G&T or an espresso martini tonight? We often spend a few minutes brow...