Cochabamba

Advantages: Beautiful climate
Disadvantages: not many obvious attractions

I have lived in Cochabamba for three and a half years in total, and would love to recommend it as an excellent all-round place to visit. Cochabamba is used principally by tourists and backpackers as a sort of starting-off point. For this it is admittedly very fine, as all within this department of Bolivia there are walkable yet impressive peaks, jungle excursions, picturesque colonial towns and a variety of pretty destinations for those who like ...
...middle of nowhere. But the Cochabamba valley itself is a place where there a hundreds of interesting destinations for perhaps the less ambitious traveller who might not be looking to climb high peaks or seek out the must-see attractions. The city itself does not contain many unique landmarks, but still has a good variety of interesting things to see, for example the city mansion built by Simon Patino, the tin baron, and the art gallery beneath ... Read review