Cochabamba

This review is about a trip I took a few years ago in Cochabamba, Bolivia. About Cochabamba This city is actually in the centre of Bolivia and is popular due to the nice weather it seems to have all year round. Cochabamba actually lies 2,558 metres above sea level and has around 608,000 as a population. The actual destination comprises of two words which mean lake and open plain. The city is located in a valley between a very tall hill known as the Tunari Hills and a nice lagoon. Cochabamba is the third biggest city in Bolivia and has a very large number of catholic residents who live there ... more

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 to get away from it all but not be in the middle of nowhere. But the Cochabamba valley itself is a place where there a hundreds of interesting ... more